Teaching Kids to Talk Back with Joanne Cazeau (Koze Speech Therapy)

The ability to communicate with others, in whatever mode or form, is truly such a gift. Whether it's through spoken words, written language, signs made by the hands, or through the use of devices, our thoughts, feelings, needs, and wants can be expressed to others. Unfortunately, this is not the truth for everybody. According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 5-10% of Americans may have difficulties in communication, ranging from speech disorders (the inability to correctly or fluently produce voice and sounds) and language disorders (impairments with understanding and sharing ideas with others). Additional statistics, such as about 5% of children having noticeable disorders with speech and over 3 million Americans who stutter, present the sad truth that there are tho ...