{"id":216,"date":"2024-07-13T10:01:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T10:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesmalltalk.co\/?p=216"},"modified":"2024-07-13T10:01:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T10:01:40","slug":"speech-and-language-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesmalltalk.co\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Speech and Language Delay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a developmental issue where the child lags behind the typical speech and language milestones. It impacts child\u2019s ability to produce words and use language to communicate effectively<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Child\u2019s speaking skills or expressive language skills may not be age-appropriate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In some cases both understanding and speaking is affected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can be associated with cognitive difficulties, autism or other developmental difficulties<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is caused due to family or birth issue related factors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characteristics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No babbling by the age of 6-9 months<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduced use of consonants and only using vowels while babbling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limited vocabulary than peers of same age<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not speaking in 3 words sentences by 3 years of age<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Difficulty combining words into sentences \u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shows frustration due to difficulty in communicating<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limited social interaction or likes to play alone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treatment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Speech language therapist works with children to improve their language skills using play therapy and various techniques.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parents are involved in the process to learn strategies which will help in generalising the language skills to different environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is it? Key Features Characteristics Treatment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesmalltalk.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesmalltalk.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesmalltalk.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesmalltalk.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesmalltalk.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesmalltalk.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217,"href":"https:\/\/thesmalltalk.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions\/217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesmalltalk.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesmalltalk.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesmalltalk.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}