Lois Heymann
Speech-language pathologist specializing in auditory processing and listening development; founder of ListenLoveLearn; author of "The Sound of Hope."
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Are there myths or misconceptions about language development and listening that you wish every parent knew the truth about?
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That listening has to develop in order for language to develop and then speech to develop, so actual talking.
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And here's the thing, when you look at the skills a child needs to go to school, right? Listening and language and speaking is supposed to happen at home.
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so that they can understand the teaching that the teacher is teaching, and they can learn to read and write, which is supposed to happen at school.