TIME TO TALK
What You Need to Know About Your Child’s Speech and Language Development
By Michelle MacRoy-Higgins, PhD and Carlyn Kolker
Wondering when to expect baby’s first word? Want to get your toddler talking? Worried your child is not speaking as clearly as his peers?
When it comes to language acquisition, all parents have questions…and Time to Talk has the answers. Written by an experienced speech-language pathologist and mom, this practical and proactive guide will help you:
Understand the building blocks of speech and language • Monitor progress against expected milestones • Enhance your child’s communication skills • Spot signs of potential problems with hearing, speech, or language development • Address common concerns, such as articulation, late talking, stuttering, dyslexia, and more • Get the best results from speech and language therapy • Foster literacy • Raise bilingual children successfully
From baby’s first babbling to reading readiness, this speech-language booster and troubleshooter covers it all.
The Authors
Michelle MacRoy-Higgins, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
has worked as a speech-language pathologist for more than 15 years, focusing on the treatment of infants, toddlers, and young children. An associate professor in the Communication Sciences Program at Hunter College, Michelle has a M.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders and a Ph.D. in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences. She lives in Brooklyn, New York and is the mother of two girls.
Carlyn Kolker
is a freelance writer and former reporter for Bloomberg News and Reuters. She is the mother of two boys.
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November 9-11
American Speech-Language hearing association convention
Please join the authors of Time to Talk at booth #753 at the annual ASHA convention in downtown Los Angeles. Stop by for some candy and our free book giveaway.
WED, MAY 10
HUNTER COLLEGE
NEW YORK CITY
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IN THE NEWS
authors of time to talk interviewed on cnn.com
May 2017// read the article
"5 ways to help your baby's speech development without electronics"
June 2017 // read the article
"YOUR BABY IS LISTENING TO YOU, MAMA" IN MOTHERLY
APRIL 20017 // read the article
Dr. Michelle speaks with Fatherly about late talkers
MARCH 2017 // read the article
BlogCritics calls Time to Talk "a treasure"
MARCH 2017 // read the article
TESTIMONIALS
“From tips to takeaways to red flags and Q&As, Dr. Michelle has created an in-depth treasure book of priceless information that can be easily digested by busy parents and education professionals.”
“Time to Talk is a phenomenally valuable and highly readable guide to your child’s speech and language development. I wish this book had been available when my children were babies. Dr. Michelle and Carlyn have distilled a vast academic literature volume of clear explanations, illustrative stories, and practical tips that will be helpful to all parents who want to enrich their children’s learning environments. Parents of children with delays or other special needs will find the authors’ clear and honest introduction to speech and language services to be especially useful.”
“While giving a lucid and clear introduction to the building blocks of speech and language including hearing, where this book really shines is in making clear the milestones that should be reached in a child with normally developing speech and language. If an evaluation or therapy is necessary, this knowledge will prevent any delays that could adversely affect the child. A remarkable feat.”