Language Facilitation Helpline

Language Facilitation Helpline

By Marci Melzer, M.Ed.-SLPAlternative HealthHealth & Fitness
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Language Facilitation Helpline episodes

  • 5 Ideas to Create Amazing (Physically Distant) Holiday Experiences

    We might not have the same holiday experience this year, worry not! Marci shares these fun ideas to create an amazing time while practicing social distancing during the holidays! 

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    Marci's book, "If it isn't FUN it ISN'T fun - Teach Your Child to Talk Faster Than Speech Therapy" is available on Amazon here: http://bit.ly/MarciFUNbook    Free Language Facilitation Resources on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257927428372565/    With Marci's  Waves of Communication Parent Coaching Programs, she is able to offer parents and caregivers the opportunity to provide infinite communication intervention with your child by teaching YOU to become your child’s best Language Facilitators.

    Parents who are interested in working with her personally should visit www.wavesofcommunication.com for program options.    

    *Disclaimer* While she has held certification for 30 years, Marci Melzer does not currently operate as a licensed speech therapist. Advice and suggestions offered in the videos produced on this channel are designed to help parents make independent decisions about how they talk with their children and facilitate language naturally. No claims or guarantees are offered for any suggestions. Marci Melzer assumes no liability for parents' independent actions with their children.

    18 min
  • Help Your Strong-Willed Late-Talker Learn to Compromise!

    In this replay of Marci's live Q & A, she helps parents learn how they can help your strong-willed child discover how to use natural speech! 

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    Marci's book, "If it isn't FUN it ISN'T fun - Teach Your Child to Talk Faster Than Speech Therapy" is available on Amazon here: http://bit.ly/MarciFUNbook  

    Free Language Facilitation Resources on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257927428372565/  

    With Marci's  Waves of Communication Parent Coaching Programs, she is able to offer parents and caregivers the opportunity to provide infinite communication intervention with your child by teaching YOU to become your child’s best Language Facilitators.   

    Parents who are interested in working with her personally should visit www.wavesofcommunication.com for program options.  


    *Disclaimer* While she has held certification for 30 years, Marci Melzer does not currently operate as a licensed speech therapist. Advice and suggestions offered in the videos produced on this channel are designed to help parents make independent decisions about how they talk with their children and facilitate language naturally. No claims or guarantees are offered for any suggestions. Marci Melzer assumes no liability for parents' independent actions with their children.

    1 hr 7 min
  • How to Set Up Your Child's Environment for Learning and Rev Up Recess - Spotlight Interview

    Olivia Weisinger is a PT, Mom, and Play Ambassador who is sharing her strategies to set up your child's environment in a way that facilitates natural learning opportunities.

    Check Rev Up Recess on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/RevUpRecess

    My book, "If it isn't FUN it ISN'T fun - Teach Your Child to Talk Faster Than Speech Therapy" is available on Amazon here: http://bit.ly/MarciFUNbook  

    Free Language Facilitation Resources on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257927428372565/  

    With my Waves of Communication Parent Coaching Programs, I am able to offer parents and caregivers the opportunity to provide infinite communication intervention with your child by teaching YOU to become your child’s best Language Facilitators.   Parents who are interested in working with me personally should visit my Website: www.wavesofcommunication.com for program options.  

    *Disclaimer* While she has held certification for 30 years, Marci Melzer does not currently operate as a licensed speech therapist. Advice and suggestions offered in the videos produced on this channel are designed to help parents make independent decisions about how they talk with their children and facilitate language naturally. No claims or guarantees are offered for any suggestions. Marci Melzer assumes no liability for parents' independent actions with their children.

    31 min
  • How to Set Up Your Child's Environment for Natural Developmental Learning

    Learn how your child's learning environment is the easiest way to change things up and facilitate new skills. There is a right way to do it!

    Listen in as Olivia Weisinger from Rev Up Recess shares her best strategies for keeping ahead of her 4 busy little boys and how she used the same principles to teach her son to talk as well as facilitating functional walking in the most challenging physical therapy clients.

    Learn more as you visit Rev up Recess on Facebook here:

    https://www.facebook.com/RevUpRecess/

    Free Language Facilitation Resources on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257927428372565/

    My book "If it isn't FUN it ISN'T fun - Teach Your Child to Talk Faster Than Speech Therapy" is available on Amazon here: http://bit.ly/MarciFUNbook

    With my Waves of Communication Parent Coaching Programs, I am able to offer parents and caregivers the opportunity to provide infinite communication intervention with your child by teaching YOU to become your child’s best Language Facilitators.   Parents who are interested in working with me personally should visit my Website: www.wavesofcommunication.com for program options.

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    32 min
  • Forensic Psyc Mom Analyzes How Marci Can Help Find Her Son’s Speech Even With His Rare Genetic Disorder

    This Full-time essential worker Mom and her husband have been watching My videos on Facebook and YouTube. Mom is already convinced that language facilitation is her best chance to find her son’s speech, AND She has already learned from 5 years of experience that the PECS and old Speech Therapy ways of do not work for her son. She and her husband even have funds available now to invest in coaching.

    There are other reasons that this family has hesitated to get started in my program.

    This brave mama was honest enough to express her concern is that she doesn’t have what it takes to be “Wonder Woman” and take over control of the process to teach her child how to find his speech.

    Listen in as we talk together to uncover this and more of the mindset blocks that have been keeping this mom stuck. I also explain exactly the process I use to guide parents to use their powerful connection with their child to transform into language facilitators and make REAL change, no matter how chaotic your life is.

    1 hr
  • What to Do About Ear-Shutting Behavior?

    Today's episode is a segment from one of my community coaching sessions. This mom has a 3-year-old who has a history of ear fluid and sensitivity to sounds. He has demonstrated the behavior of holding his ears when he sees certain people and it worries his mother that there might be something more going on than just late talking. 

    Listen in as I share my analysis of the situation, provide feedback, and we work on a plan to help this behavior decrease.

    15 min
  • Mom Can't Stop Prompting! Marci Helps Explain the Way

    Dream has a 9-year-old who uses only occasional single words and needs-based language. She has used multiple different interventions and is currently doing play-based intervention and ABA without success. She has tried to stop prompting her son but somehow can't give up the practice because she doesn't know what else to do.

    Listen in as Marci explains why this is happening and how Dream can find her son's unprompted language.

    22 min
  • She Found Clear Speech Herself in Half the Time of Therapy While Having FUN

    Olivia has been in my program for 18 months. She was overwhelmed by the effort to get her child to therapy and losing sleep over the slow progress. Now, this mom has learned to facilitate speech clarity and conversational/social language without even thinking about it.  In half the time she was told by her speech therapist, Olivia's son is confidently chattering about all of his ideas with better speech to everyone.

    21 min

About Language Facilitation Helpline

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Parents are the BEST language facilitators! Marci Melzer, M.Ed-SLP @ WavesofCommunication.com helps parents and caregivers teach their late-talking kids how to shift communication behaviors into unprompted speech.