Late-Talking Children: A Symptom or a Stage?

by Stephen M. Camarata

Book Overview

What parents need to know about the causes and treatment of children's late talking: how to avoid misdiagnoses, navigate the educational system, and more.

When children are late in hitting developmental milestones, parents worry. And no delay causes more parental anxiety than late talking, which is associated in many parents' minds with such serious conditions as autism and severe intellectual disability. In fact, as children's speech expert...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262027798
• ISBN13: 9780262027793
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher