The Interaction Coach
You can help your child learn to talk with speech-language pathologist Joyce Olson of The Interaction Coach. Listen to daily tips that make every interaction a learning opportunity for speech and language development. Whether your child needs to start using words, make longer sentences, or improve social communication, this podcast is for you.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 234
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2020
1.034 LANGUAGE: Use Words: Learn to tell hungry cry from others
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During Level O…
1.033 LANGUAGE: Use Words: Offer sounds to your child
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Now that you are noticing the sounds your child can make, you can use them during your social interactions. Enjoy a back-and-forth exchange with…
1.032 LANGUAGE: Use Words: Imitate cooing and babbling
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Your child will start to make cooing and babbling sounds during Level One. Even babies who can’t hear coo and babble at this level. They don’t ge…
1.031 LANGUAGE: Use Words: Respond to child sounds
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Consistently responding to sounds your child makes helps them learn that making sounds get r…
1.030 LANGUAGE: Understand Words: Use “motherese”
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Motherese is a term used for the way people t…
1.029 LANGUAGE: Understand Words: Don’t mask speech with background noises
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At all eight levels in this series, your child will learn words from interacting with people who are using words. Later, when your child is usin…
1.028 LANGUAGE: Understand Words: Show that sounds come from objects
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We can tell the location or direction that a sound is coming from. This is called sound localization.
At Level One, your child laying the founda…
1.027 LANGUAGE: Understand Words: Watch for responses to sound
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Your child should be reacting to sounds consistently. They startle when there’s a loud or surprising noise. They pause to listen or turn to look…
1.026 LANGUAGE: Understand Words: Use names instead of pronouns
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Your child will learn people’s names after hearing them over a period of time. By the end of…
1.025 LANGUAGE: Understand Words: Narrate everything
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Model, model, model. This is a mantra that speech-language pathologists use no matter what language level or mode of communication your child is…
1.024 LANGUAGE: Understand Words: Say name off to child's side
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Communication is any way we exchange a message or idea to another person. We can communicate with language, body movements, facial expressions.
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1.023 PLAY: Movement: Lift feet up
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Leg movements and tummy muscles are important for rolling over. This activity helps your child feel the experience of raising their legs togethe…
1.022 PLAY: Movement: More tummy exercise
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Your child will develop arm strength during tummy time, and start to push up off the floor.
If your child has motor skill weaknesses, consult wi…
1.021: PLAY: Movement: Play on tummy
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Tummy time continues to be important at this level to strengthen the muscles your child needs for raising their head and the later skills of rol…
1.020 PLAY: Attention to Objects: Track a light on the ceiling
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The ceiling is several feet away but it’s easy for your child to notice a light shining on t…
1.019 PLAY: Attention to Objects: Here comes the bottle
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When your child is a little older, they start to anticipate things that will happen in the future. Learning to anticipate outcomes starts at thi…
1.018 PLAY: Attention to Objects: Here it comes
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Watching an object as it slowly comes closer is naturally interesting to your child. Children tend to show extra interest in unfamiliar objects.…
1.017 PLAY: Attention to Objects: Play with a mobile
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Mobiles are fun for little ones to watch and good exercise for their eyes. Think of ways you can also spend some time interacting with your chil…
1.016 PLAY: Attention to Objects: Track a slowly moving object
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Eye tracking is when your child moves their eyes to follow the movement of something interesting. It’s important for play development because we…
1.015 PLAY: Object Use: Swipe at objects
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Your child will begin to show interest by waving their arms (and legs). With practice, your ch…