Pediatric Podcast Pearls: "Normal and Abnormal Speech Development in Children", Virginia Van Epps, MEd, CCC-SLP, CLC and Jodi Urzua, MS, CCC-SLP

Lecture Objectives:- Understand the range of normal development for speech and language.- Understand signs and symptoms of speech delay or disorders requiring a referral to a speech-language pathologist.Resources:Identify The Signs of Communication DisordersStuttering (asha.org)ASHA's Developmental Milestones: Birth to 5 YearsLearning More Than One Language (asha.org)Bilingualism_PrimerPediatricians.pdf (washington.edu)Baby Sign Language in the development of young hearing children: A review of selected studies - OvidDSThe effects of sign language on spoken language acquisition in children with hearing loss: a systematic review protocol - OvidDSUsing the Childhood Autism Rating Scale to Diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorders - PMC (nih.gov)Clinical Characteristics Associated With Stuttering Persistence: A Meta-Analysis | Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (asha.org)Crowe, K. & McLeod, S. (2020). Children’s English consonant acquisition in the United States: A review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_AJSLP-19-00168Healey, A., Mendelsohn, A., & Childhood, C. (2019, January 01). Selecting Appropriate Toys for Young Children in the Digital Era. Retrieved November 04, 2020, from https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/143/1/e20183348McLeod, S., Crowe, K., & Shahaeian, A. (2015). Intelligibility in Context Scale: Normative and validation data for English-speaking preschoolers. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 46(3), 266-276. https://doi.org/10.1044/2015_LSHSS-14-0120Pontecorvo, E., Higgins, M., Mora, J., Lieberman, A.M., Pyers, J., & Caselli, N.K. (2023). Learning a sign language does not hinder acquisition of a spoken language. Journal  of  Speech, Language, and Hearing  Research, Vol. 66, 1291–1308. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00505Ravichandran, P., France De Bravo, B., & Beauport, R. (2017, August 14). Young Children and Screen Time (TV, Computers, etc.). Retrieved November 04, 2020, from http://www.center4research.org/young-children-screen-time-tv-computers-etc/