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.
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"...a brilliant and essential resource...provides the 'road map' of how to practically embed strategies into the natural flow of daily life. Great stuff! " --Andrew Shahan, M.A., Early Childhood Special Educator, San Francisco, CA
"...a brilliant and essential resource...provides the 'road map' of how to practically embed strategies into the natural flow of daily life. Great stuff! " --Andrew Shahan, M.A., Early Childhood Special Educator, San Francisco, CA
"...a brilliant and essential resource...provides the 'road map' of how to practically embed strategies into the natural flow of daily life. Great stuff! " --Andrew Shahan, M.A., Early Childhood Special Educator, San Francisco, CA
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Nicola Moore
Play to Talk is an easy to read "how to" book that will empower parents to take fun, effective steps not just to develop their childs speech but to develop real communication and conversation. The method is easy to learn and does not require any long boring speech therapy sessions at home. It simply teaches you how to engage with your child, and how to turn every encounter in normal life into an easy opportunity to improve your child's communication and conversation, right through from totally non-verbal kids to in-depth conversation.
With this method I no longer feel helpless in teaching my daughter to communicate well.
With this method I no longer feel helpless in teaching my daughter to communicate well.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By woodsmc1
I purchased this book because I wanted to learn how to help my boys (diagnosed with autism) become more social. Wow! Did I learn!
The book details the strategies needed to motivate your child to want to be socially responsive, assess what YOU need to be doing, and develop a plan to help you figure out how to make it work on a day-to-day basis, plus so much more.
In addition, it is written in a way that is easily understandable with no technical jargon. I cannot say enough about how practical and useful this book is. A must have for parent's and professionals.
The book details the strategies needed to motivate your child to want to be socially responsive, assess what YOU need to be doing, and develop a plan to help you figure out how to make it work on a day-to-day basis, plus so much more.
In addition, it is written in a way that is easily understandable with no technical jargon. I cannot say enough about how practical and useful this book is. A must have for parent's and professionals.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By music lover
The core ideas in this book are presented in different ways to make it understandable to adults who have various learning styles. It is clear that a tremendous amount of work went into making the content accessible to anyone. It is the best book out (of the MANY I've read) for parents of late-talking children in showing us what we need to do before our children have speech - and as their speech emerges - in order to ensure they acquire language that is truly communicative - not just rote or academic. When mastered, the principles are profoundly life-enhancing. Most importantly, they WORK. Do not be deceived by this book's apparent simplicity; that simplicity is a great strength and is quite hard to accomplish. It is based on great wisdom, compassion and tremendous research. The author, James D. MacDonald, PhD, demonstrates a breadth of understanding that only someone who has spent over 40 years doing research, working with thousands of families, and training many hundreds of professionals (as he has) can accumulate. As a professional who works with people of all ages I can assure you the core principles work profoundly with individuals across the life span. His work has enriched thousands of lives, including mine, the lives of families with whom I work, and my children's.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Effective, practical, easy to read book for parents and family members...
Very useful resource. Seems to be one of the better books on the market for parents with concerns about their child's speech delays. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Eden M. Venti
4.0 out of 5 stars
Love it
I have not finished reading the book yet (thus 4 stars) but as I am reading it I am implementing some of the ideas and tips and already I noticed my son responding to them with... Read more
Published 6 months ago by A blessed mom
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great resource
Very good book. My daughter has no verbal communication skills, and this is giving us somewhere to start from. Serves as a great reference to refer back to. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Cory K D Forscutt
5.0 out of 5 stars
informative, easy to read guide
the speech therapist @ my daughters school recommended this book and it has been very helpful to teach my child about communication.
Published on December 11, 2010 by Robin C. Fong
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really helpfull
I believe that this book help me to change my way of look my daughter speech problem... and also the way of play with her... Read more
Published on October 18, 2010 by Nigle
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book
This book is very reader friendly. Makes it easy to set and achieve your child-specific goals and gives very good examples of "Less Like This" and "More Like This". Read more
Published on September 17, 2010 by Immort17
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommend!
As a therapist working with children on the autism spectrum, I frequently recommend this book to parents because the easy to follow, highly effective strategies WORK. Read more
Published on August 17, 2010 by R. Bonner
3.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful ideas, but very repetitive
There are some very helpful ideas in this book, but I have read many books on speech delays in children (I have twin preschoolers whose language has been delayed), and this one is... Read more
Published on January 29, 2010 by Mama o' boys
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inspiring and practical
I would highly recommend this attractive, easy-to-read and well laid-out book for anyone with a late-talking child. Read more
Published on January 27, 2010 by Anja Huebel
5.0 out of 5 stars
I found This Very Helpful
My son is alittle languaged delayed due to effusions in both his ears. He lost his hearing, thus some language development until he had tubes placed. Read more
Published on January 15, 2010 by JRay
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