It Takes Two to Talk: A Practical Guide For Parents of Children With Language Delays

Am excellent book. Read to your kids every night and anytime you can! It will help.. point to the words as you read too!

I can't recommend this book highly enough! I have scoured the internet (including what several speech and language pathologists recommended) for practical resources to help my communication-delayed child and I found this book to be BY FAR the best resource. I appreciate that they break down communication stages so you can identify where your child is and then provides specific examples for each stage. They include a lot of examples with pictures that help you understand the suggestions they are making, many of which are more subtle changes so the pictures help a lot. I have seen significant improvement in my child's communication capabilities after implementing these recommendations, which I am incredibly grateful to have. I am now exploring other books they have released, which I also am finding helpful. While it may seem expensive for a paperback book, it is 100% worth it for the content - it actually works! I couldn't be more appreciative of this practical guide to enhance child communication.

I have a 2.5 yo daughter who used to avoid eye contact, never answered to her name, and hadn't pick up any words even by her second birthday. We went to a developmental specialist who told us that she may be autistic. Since then, she's been undergoing occupational and speech therapy and has been progressing in leaps and bounds in her interaction and talking. As speech therapy must also be continued at home, this book has been an invaluable instruction manual for me. As a 'director' parent, the best lesson I learnt from the book is letting your child lead by focusing on what he or she likes to do and building their vocabulary on that activity. I also solved many mysterious sounds she made by following another tip where you get physically down to her level, and imitate the sound until you realize what she's trying to say. If you want to improve your interaction with your child and use a proven method of teaching to help your child speak, do not hesitate to buy this book. Even if your child is developing normally but you'd like some idea on how to inject vocabulary into your interaction with him or her, this is still the book to buy. I edited this review to add that this book can be used on its own without a course, contrary to what another reviewer mentioned. This book is a simple straightforward yet enlightening instruction manual for teachers or parents on how to get your child interested in speaking.

I was hesitant purchasing this because of the price. (And it's a paperback) But it was recommended by our daughter's pediatrician as well as 2 developmental pediatricians and a child psychologist. It gives pertinent information, especially to parents who need a "road map" to assist with their child's speech delays. I wish the cover was a little more rigid because my two year old wants to hold it when I'm reading it. Other than that, I'd suggest parents at least use it as a reference guide in conjunction with traditional speech therapy.

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This is the best book for developing your child's language skills that I have read. I have read many, many books however this is the only book I have read that helps you to understand what level your child is at in terms of communication and implement strategies to improve communication at their level. I have read many books that just list a series of activities you can play with your child however this book goes beyond merely listing activities. This book helps you to understand your child and the developmental stage they are at in terms of play and communication. This helps you to see opportunities in your everyday interaction with your child that you can implement to improve their language skills. I highly recommend this book even on its own without taking the course. The book is very simple to read and has many great examples of how to implement the strategies they suggest.

This book provided me peace of mind and guided me on how to properly use all the tactics to help my child. After thirty minutes of reading this book, I started putting the information read into effect. My three year old said a new word in those first thirty minutes. This book has not only helped my child, but it has also helped me as a parent to have patience and to understand that my child will talk at her own pace. I had many fears, and this book has helped me to understand how to deal with them and help my child with her speech. Thank you!!!!

I have already done Speech Therapy with my eldest, and with Mr Squeaky (2.5) not really talking, I found this books to be comprehensive and also non-patronising. You can sometimes feel as though you've done something wrong when your child doesn't speak properly, but this book is very gentle and non-judgemental. I stopped beating myself up and started to implement the strategies. I also discovered that he had glue ear and couldn't hear us properly, so getting that sorted out has made a huge difference as well. He now has two or three words (he had none before) and also waves "Bye-Bye" which he also didn't do. Its baby steps to start with, but I am happy to be seeing progress, especially as even privately, there is a three month wait to see a speech therapist where we are ! The other thing I like about this book is that its multicultural and inclusive. A small point, but I think its worth mentioning :)

I have been wanting to buy this book forever but it is just too much money for me right now and then i came across this book and i was blown away. I read the description and placed my order and the book came fast :) And is in amazing EUC condition and i was blown away at the fact that you can buy used books on here. I didn't even know that and i love this book. It is so helpful and gives you great illustrated pictures as well. Great buy :)

We liked the short, sharp and concise advice given with good examples and illustrations. Enjoy and best of luck on your child's communication journey.

It really helped me to connect with the child at their level and techniques given to improve their communication have been effective

Suffisamment d'informations sur comment aider un enfant en panne de langage ou de communication, étayées par des illustrations très réussies et très parlantes. Je recommande fortement.

Instrucciones sencillas y prácticas para hacer ya. El libro no es muy largo y se lee facil. Yo lo tengo en inglés lo que puede suponer alguna dificutad.