Aug 25, 2026 · 15 min · 9 segments
When a child has words but speaks too quietly to hear, low volume may be connected to confidence, fluency, and how difficult the word feels. In this coaching call excerpt, Dr. Mary Barbera explains…
Okay, so your baseline videos, the alone condition and with dad on the floor, I mean, he was quiet and calm, uh, which is good, uh, and that's your baseline.
The one thing about the, the videos, which, I mean, you guys are race through the course.
One of the things I heard him say pretty loud was, "Handsome man." Um, and that's, like, a little pat phrase that you must say and, like, kind of, you know, "You are a handsome man." Um, and I explain it like this, like, if you're really confident with something, if I say, "What's 2+2?" Everybody here would yell out, "4," you know, especially if there was a prize or something, you know? But if things get harder, what's even 9x5? You're less confident in the answer.
Somebody asks you, "Well, what does a mand mean?" You know, you could say, "Well, that's like a request," you know, or, "That's a, that's classed as a label." Like, you might be more confident with that.
But if I said, "Well, can you explain multiple control?" You know, you're not an expert in that.
Or if somebody asks me, "What's a reflexive conditional discrimination?" You know, it's like, I'm a little fuzzy.
And I think if I were you, I would do a lot more, um, giving him the answer, not holding up the arm and saying, waiting for him, 'cause every second that goes by is, um, is not a good practice, is not...
Is, is technically an error if two seconds go by, or giving him a partial prompt of a p- You know, for now, I would just be very, um, very much giving him the word so that he hears the volume.
Okay, so your baseline videos, the alone condition and with dad on the floor, I mean, he was quiet and calm, uh, which is good, uh, and that's your baseline.
The one thing about the, the videos, which, I mean, you guys are race through the course.
One of the things I heard him say pretty loud was, "Handsome man." Um, and that's, like, a little pat phrase that you must say and, like, kind of, you know, "You are a handsome man." Um, and I explain it like this, like, if you're really confident with something, if I say, "What's 2+2?" Everybody here would yell out, "4," you know, especially if there was a prize or something, you know? But if things get harder, what's even 9x5? You're less confident in the answer.
Somebody asks you, "Well, what does a mand mean?" You know, you could say, "Well, that's like a request," you know, or, "That's a, that's classed as a label." Like, you might be more confident with that.
But if I said, "Well, can you explain multiple control?" You know, you're not an expert in that.
Or if somebody asks me, "What's a reflexive conditional discrimination?" You know, it's like, I'm a little fuzzy.
And I think if I were you, I would do a lot more, um, giving him the answer, not holding up the arm and saying, waiting for him, 'cause every second that goes by is, um, is not a good practice, is not...
Is, is technically an error if two seconds go by, or giving him a partial prompt of a p- You know, for now, I would just be very, um, very much giving him the word so that he hears the volume.
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