INTRODUCTION; 1. HEARING: A Building Block to Talking; What's Hearing, Anyway?; How Does Hearing Development Happen?; Let's Look at the Anatomy and Physiology of the Ear; Types of Hearing Loss; Testing, Testing, Testing; 2. SPEECH: The Road to Mastering Sounds; What's Speech, Anyway?; How Does Speech Development Happen?; Move That Mouth, Baby!; Let's Look at Developmental Milestones in Speech Development; A Common Concern: Articulation Disorder; 3. LANGUAGE: The Key to Communication; What's Language, Anyway?; How Does Language Development Happen?; Language Theory 101.

Let's Look at Developmental Milestones in Language DevelopmentA Common Concern: Late Talkers; 4. FLUENCY: Making Speech and Language Sound Smooth; What's Fluency, Anyway?; What's Happening When Speech Is Not Smooth?; Let's Look at Stuttering; 5. LITERACY: Reading Begins with Talking; What Are the Elements of Literacy?; Let's Look at Developmental Milestones in Literacy; Let's Look at Developmental Milestones in Writing and Spelling; 6. MORE THAN ONE: A Guide to Bilingualism; Are Babies Born to Be Bilingual?; Let's Look at the Many Forms of Bilingualism; How Does Your Child Become Bilingual?

Bilingualism in the School Setting; 7. SPECIAL CONCERNS: When Things Don't Go as Expected; Hearing Disorders: When Your Child Has Difficulty Detecting and Recognizing Sounds; Speech Disorders: When Your Child Has Difficulty Forming Speech Sounds; Language Disorders: When Your Child Has Difficulty Conveying Thoughts and Ideas Through Words; Other Disorders That Affect Your Child's Ability to Communicate; 8. GETTING HELP: Who to See, Where to Go, and What Your Therapy Options Are; Getting Started on Getting Help; Meet the Professionals; Public Options for Getting Help for Your Child.

Private options for getting help for your child; Let's look at methods of speech language therapy.