About this episode

This episode features speech therapist Stephanie Thompson discussing the importance of early speech development and its connection to various health factors.

"The most powerful thing you can do as a parent, to help with your child's speech development, is to Read for them..." In this episode we learn How speech development for our children starts from day one, even before they speak a single word! In this fascinating episode we are joined by a professional Speech Therapist, Stephanie Thompson. She explains that new research makes it clear: speech development work in tandem with good dental health, facial development, hearing, breathing, and eating. Brought to you by Epi-Max Baby & Junior - Our Family, for Your Family. Sponsored by Curaprox and supported by Jacaranda FM.

People in this episode

Host: Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp

Guest: Stephanie Thompson

Topics covered

• speech development
• parenting
• toddler communication
• dental health
• child development

Keywords

• speech therapy
• toddler talking
• parenting tips
• child speech development
• early reading

Sponsors

Epi-Max Baby & Junior, Curaprox

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jacaranda FM

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