Look Who's Talking: How to Enhance Your Child's Language Development, Starting at Birth

By Laura Dyer

Book Overview

Based on the latest academic research, Laura Dyer has written the most comprehensive and practical book on the market to help parents enhance their child's language development. It covers pre-verbal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881664650
• ISBN13: 9780881664652
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Meadowbrook Pr
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Very informative book

I purchased this book several months ago seeking advice and tools to help my daughter who is developmentally delayed. I found this book to be filled with very practical advice and tools that a parent can use to help their child to develop great language skills. I highly recommend this book.

Wonderful resource for parents

Look Who's Talking is a wonderful resource for parents who have questions about their child's speech. Laura Dyer, a speech-language therapist with a master's degree in communications disorders, has written a book that is well researched, easy to use and full of practical advice. Look Who's Talking begins with an overview of speech and language development, including influences, potential problems and causes. Complicating issues such as auditory processing, hearing, language delays, and developmental delays are discussed. One of the key features of this book is the very detailed descriptions provided for each age and developmental stage; parents of babies and older children will find this a helpful resource.

Offers straight answers to common questions

Knowledgeably written by Laura Dyer (a speech-language therapist especially skilled in working with children), Look Who's Talking! How To Enhance Your Child's Language Development, Starting At Birth draws upon academic research and field work alike in order to show how parents just how they can help stimulate their children's ability to use language. Individual chapters address such topics as proverbial signs and gestures; common language development concerns and warning signs; steps for successful sign language usage; bilingualism and second-language learning; the unique challenges of international adoptions; using music to enhance language development, and so much more, Look Who's Talking! offers straight answers to common questions and is highly recommended reading for the parents of bubbling young personalities wanting to express themselves with an articulation suitable to their age.

Book Review for Look Who's Talking

"I thoroughly enjoyed reading Laura Dyer's book. As a parent of small children and an elementary school teacher, I found this book to be a valuable resource for anyone who has or works with small children. The information is very practical and presented in a way that's easy to read and understand. Laura addresses what a vital role parents play in the language development of their children. She gives wonderful hands-on activities, reading suggestions, musical activities, and imaginary play activities that parents can use to enhance their children's language skills and development. She addresses things that can influence language development such as daycare and television viewing and she includes useful information about language development that is broken down in stages from ages birth to age seven. I would highly recommend this book!"

Wonderful Book

The past few years, I've had several people tell me that my child had some speech delays, but no one could tell anything concerning what his delays specifically were. It wasn't until I found this book that I was able to pinpoint & know what delays he had & didn't have. Laura begins the book by telling you what you can do with your child at birth in order to enhance his/her language. She has ideas for different stages until age 7.Laura has included easy to read graphs that tell you what sounds should be developed at each age. I would have never known that it sometimes takes boys a year or so longer to develop some sounds. For instance, the "th" may not be fully developed until 2 1/2 years after most girls. Who would have known that boys sometimes develop that much slower than girls?This is a wonderful book to have in your person library & to use as a resource for many years. It would make a wonderful baby gift.