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Baby babbles

This excerpt from Talk to Me, Baby!: How You Can Support Young Children’s Language Development, Second Edition gives tips and insights on how to encourage babies’ language development. Read More

Behavior Support for Students with ASD: Practical Help for 10 Common Challenges Excerpt

Read the excerpt from Behavior Support for Students with ASD: Practical Help for 10 Common Challenges. Read More

Supporting students on the path to disability pride

How can you best support students with invisible disabilities—including but not limited to learning disabilities, speech/language disorders, and behavioral disorders—on their path to pride and empowerment? Read More

Story Friends frequently asked questions

What areas of oral language are addressed in the intervention? Read More

Why these words?

Can young children really learn the challenging words in Story Friends—and why should they? Read More

8 strategies for teaching budding readers

How can you support budding readers in early childhood settings? Begin by teaching explicitly during storytime, expanding and enhancing instruction, and focusing on key skills.

5 mnemonic strategies to help students succeed in school

Use of mnemonics is a highly effective way to help students (with and without disabilities) recall and retrieve the new information you teach. Read More

15 fun ways to build language & literacy skills in young learners

What makes a successful reader? Read More

Books that preschoolers like best

Research shows it is the talk that surrounds storybook reading that gives it power, and different kinds of books foster different kinds of talk. Use this tip sheet to learn the types of books preschoolers like best.

Books that toddlers like best

With their insatiable curiosity and notoriously short attention spans, toddlers are not always kind to books. Use this tip sheet to learn the types of books toddlers like best.