Alcott Elementary, in the San Diego Unified School District, offers a speech therapy program through their Infant and Toddler Program to help parents learn the basics of how a baby begins to learn speech.  The class is ideal if your baby with special needs is at or near the age of beginning to talk. It offers the opportunity to learn some significant techniques to use to encourage “child lead learning” and enhance the interactions between parent and child. You really ought to talk with your public school system and see if they offer any classes for parents.

I signed up for a 12 week class and I have a lot to learn. Our instructor Ms. Dale Bushnell-Revel SLP, a veteran speech therapist, impressed me from the start.

[Note: as of 1/8/10 the company that Alcott uses in their free speech therapy program, while they have not threatened legal action,  would prefer that I do not blog about what I learned in the class.]

Tags: Alcott Elementary Infant and Toddler Program, Speech Therapy