Vocabulary Concerns with Developmentally Delayed Kids

Posted by Lynn Moore Jul 6, 2006

Parents write those first words in baby books. Parents of children with special needs may have to wait longer to write those words.

My article today is about teaching children more words so that they become talkers and readers.

What kinds of kids are often slow at talking? There is a long list: autistic, deaf, hard of hearing, and developmentally delayed are a few. Adopted children who are learning Enlgish as a second language fall into that group as well.

Pattern books are a fun way to increase vocabulary, get ready for reading, and have some quality parent-child time. . . L.