Purdue University

Purdue Summer Fun program shapes understanding, treatment of developmental language disorder

When she noticed her son was having language difficulties, struggling to put words in the right order, Stephanie Bowers began seeking opportunities and programs to help him. It was through ...
University of Delaware

Helping bilingual children

Amanda Owen Van Horne sits on the floor while a child mixes up cake batter in a play kitchen. While at play, an intensive language therapy program is also underway for preschool-aged children with ...
WebMD

Speech Therapy: What to Expect and How It Works

Speech therapy is a treatment for speech, language, and voice disorders. During speech therapy, you or your child works with a speech-language pathologist (SLP), who teaches you how to speak more ...
Purdue University

Purdue researcher among first to explore children’s language abilities in relation to speech sound disorder

Roughly 8-9% of young children have a speech sound disorder, which results in difficulties producing speech sounds correctly and often has no known cause, according to the National Institute on ...
Psychology Today

Parent Participation in Treatment Impacts a Child's Anxiety

Anxiety in children and adolescents is at an all-time high. Providers and parents are seeking better ways to help anxious children. While It’s challenging to get up-to-date numbers, based on ...