It Takes Two To Talk: A Practical Guide For Parents of Children With Language Delays Paperback – May 1, 2017

Learned a tremendous amount from this book. For the longest time I've had trouble connecting with my child. There are times when I get my frustration get to me as he's just not playing how I'd wish to play or how I did it when I was younger. This book really opened my mind, just the simple act of letting them lead the activity brought us new interactions I've not had before. Must read for any parent who are struggling just like me

Such a great book! I have purchased this book so many times……and given to families, teachers and therapists! Love it!!

I can't recommend this book highly enough! I have scoured the internet (including what several speech and language pathologists recommended) for practical resources to help my communication-delayed child and I found this book to be BY FAR the best resource. I appreciate that they break down communication stages so you can identify where your child is and then provides specific examples for each stage. They include a lot of examples with pictures that help you understand the suggestions they are making, many of which are more subtle changes so the pictures help a lot. I have seen significant improvement in my child's communication capabilities after implementing these recommendations, which I am incredibly grateful to have. I am now exploring other books they have released, which I also am finding helpful. While it may seem expensive for a paperback book, it is 100% worth it for the content - it actually works! I couldn't be more appreciative of this practical guide to enhance child communication.

I have a 2.5 yo daughter who used to avoid eye contact, never answered to her name, and hadn't pick up any words even by her second birthday. We went to a developmental specialist who told us that she may be autistic. Since then, she's been undergoing occupational and speech therapy and has been progressing in leaps and bounds in her interaction and talking. As speech therapy must also be continued at home, this book has been an invaluable instruction manual for me. As a 'director' parent, the best lesson I learnt from the book is letting your child lead by focusing on what he or she likes to do and building their vocabulary on that activity. I also solved many mysterious sounds she made by following another tip where you get physically down to her level, and imitate the sound until you realize what she's trying to say.If you want to improve your interaction with your child and use a proven method of teaching to help your child speak, do not hesitate to buy this book. Even if your child is developing normally but you'd like some idea on how to inject vocabulary into your interaction with him or her, this is still the book to buy.I edited this review to add that this book can be used on its own without a course, contrary to what another reviewer mentioned. This book is a simple straightforward yet enlightening instruction manual for teachers or parents on how to get your child interested in speaking.

I thought this book was well laid out and a good practical synthesis of the advice we have been given by speech therapists this far. I do feel like it was missing something I was hoping for mostly, what to do when your child's understanding is way beyond their verbal abilities. They do say in the beginning that when they talk about "words" they mean signs as well as spoken words. My daughter primarily communicates by sign and has very, very little verbal language though her understanding is age appropriate. I found it difficult to implement some of the advice given because her "category" seemed to assume a larger verbal repertoire than she has. I am still finding it difficult to find ways to connect and encourage more communication when her turn taking and imitation of us is still minimal even though she understands us. However, there definitely great takeaways in general and I'm hoping they help some.

I have already done Speech Therapy with my eldest, and with Mr Squeaky (2.5) not really talking, I found this books to be comprehensive and also non-patronising. You can sometimes feel as though you've done something wrong when your child doesn't speak properly, but this book is very gentle and non-judgemental. I stopped beating myself up and started to implement the strategies. I also discovered that he had glue ear and couldn't hear us properly, so getting that sorted out has made a huge difference as well. He now has two or three words (he had none before) and also waves "Bye-Bye" which he also didn't do. Its baby steps to start with, but I am happy to be seeing progress, especially as even privately, there is a three month wait to see a speech therapist where we are !The other thing I like about this book is that its multicultural and inclusive. A small point, but I think its worth mentioning :)

This is the best book for developing your child's language skills that I have read. I have read many, many books however this is the only book I have read that helps you to understand what level your child is at in terms of communication and implement strategies to improve communication at their level. I have read many books that just list a series of activities you can play with your child however this book goes beyond merely listing activities. This book helps you to understand your child and the developmental stage they are at in terms of play and communication. This helps you to see opportunities in your everyday interaction with your child that you can implement to improve their language skills.I highly recommend this book even on its own without taking the course. The book is very simple to read and has many great examples of how to implement the strategies they suggest.