Play To Talk: A Practical Guide to Help Your Late-Talking Child Join the Conversation

by James David MacDonald, Pam Stoika

Play to Talk is a hot new parenting resource you won't want to miss! This award winning book has been recognized by iParenting Media Awards as a 2008 Best Product, and is a Gold Award winner in the 2008 National Parenting Publications (NAPPA) Parenting Resources competition. Based on 30 years of clinical research, Play To Talk empowers parents with proven strategies and step-by-step instructions to help children of any age learn to talk and develop essential skills for conversational relationships and social interactions. Guided by the belief that families have the greatest influence on a child's social and communicative development, Play To Talk will help you create closer and more fruitful relationships with the children in your life. This approach turns everyday play sessions and social interactions between your child and family members into opportunities to foster language development, relationship skills and positive behavior - without taking the fun out of being together.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction, Education

232 pages, Perfect Paperback

Published October 8, 2007

Reviews

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very helpful book on how to optimize parent-child interactions. The takeaway is: meet your child where she is, and make playing with you the most fun she can have. Bonus: you can apply the same techniques in your own interpersonal relationships. I have no idea if it will actually help speech to emerge, but I'm sure it will result in happier families.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

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This book fell into my lap at my first meeting for my son, Anthony, to begin Early Intervention services in Waunakee, WI. I was told their program was based off this book, Play to Talk. I was skeptical at first, but decided to browse some sections to see if I could pin-point some reasons as to why I should read this book in the first place. I instantly fell in love with the way the book was set up and read all of it in 7 hours. It encouraged me to become my son’s therapist. In my opinion, true generalization of therapy is the key to success no matter what type of program you choose to run. I worked through all of Anthony’s sensory issues using this book and by age 4, my son started talking. I kept using the book until he was 7 years old and thanks to the hands-on training I received through Waunakee’s Early Intervention Services, I’m able to implement its practices everyday with children I work with and my other typical functioning children as a natural habit now. I couldn’t recommend this book more…it was certainly a life-saver for us.

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[Jodi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was a very good book. Read it in one night. Put some of the principals into affect already with son. Made me less stressed to know that this is just a small phase in son's life and a pretty easy fix. Felt like the worst mom alive reading other books that basically told me he would be in specials classes in school.

[Inder · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a method of engaging with your speech-delayed child that is responsive, at your child's level, and playful. It's BY FAR my favorite book on helping your speech delayed baby communicate (both verbally and nonverbally) more and better, and I have now read a few. It has its gimmicky moments, but it's also positive and empowering for parents, and FUN.

[Kirsti Call · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although most of the book is just common sense, it's very informative and interesting in terms of communication in general. You can use this communication program for all relationships, not just late-talking children.

[Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for parents and professionals working with late-talking young children! I loved this book - easy to read, awesome suggestions, simple to carry out. Lots of clear examples for parents. Highly recommended!

[Hwydiva · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son's speech therapist borrowed me this book. He is under two and I was struggling with how to get six daily home therapy sessions with him. The book gave great advice on therapy play for this age and gave great tips on things I needed to stop doing.

[Jamie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book should be marketed to parents of kids with autism or other neuro issues, not "late talkers." The book had some good content for delayed kids, and I think it would be a great intervention for ASD kids. Not very reader-friendly. I didn't like the structure or layout at all.

[Deborah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another of those books that I will never really "finish". I often refer to it for ideas on how to get my five year-old to be more communicative.

[Laurenschnaremahoney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent strategies