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Dr. Rashmi Das's avatar

So wonderfully penned. Thank you Dr. Sethi - it is always remunerative to build in a medical layer of understanding for attaining targeted goals. Cognition pushes language acquisition and usage in context. What is the point of having verbal ability/speech and little or no communication in the pragmatic sense. Speech and Language are a package much in the same way as eyes & sight!

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ACHLA SETHI's avatar

Very informative article indeed job of speech therapist is challenging yet development of nonverbal children is unpredictable. My learning so far with my grandchild & sessions with various speech therapists are two salient ways

1. parallel talks &

2 . continue talking to build up their understanding at cerebral cortex level.

Childs understanding & comprehension really surprised me.

A life long mission with beautiful souls.🌹✨🌹

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Gunjan Arora's avatar

Job of a speech therapist is tougher than my initial perception. I end up learning something more on your blog. Thanks for sharing this informative article. Look forward to experiencing some learning first hand at HAS. Warm regards,

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