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Supporting Children with Oral Language Difficulties at School

By Brent Connolly
23 November 2021

Childhood Communication Milestones

Early childhood communication milestones Understanding and speaking “between the flags”. Children learn to communicate by interacting with early childhood educators, family, and friends. Early childhood educators and speech pathologists can support children to build their communication and keep them developing “between the flags”. Early childhood educators and speech pathologists can work together to: find out […]

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