Language Facilitation Helpline

Language Facilitation Helpline

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

  • Mom proves her little daughter's excellent listening skills by speaking more despite neurological issue

    Happy 2023 Everybody!

    We wanted to start this new year with an inspirational story from an Aussie mum, Natasha, and how she helped her beautiful little girl find her words and increase her speech, despite a brain diagnosis.

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    To work with Marci, visit wavesofcommunication.com, over 100 families have been coached by Marci and they are thriving!

    33 min
  • Win the War Over Speech

    Did you know there is a war going on about speech intervention? Therapists, teachers, and parents are battling it out over the best way to help children start talking. Tune in to learn what I suggest you do to avoid becoming a casualty while professionals argue over “best practices”. Stay tuned to the end for my advice to come out of the chaos and facilitate the outcome of unprompted, natural, spoken language improvement.

    Marci's Newest digital resource is now available for purchase

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    To work with Marci, visit wavesofcommunication.com, over 100 families have been coached by Marci and they are thriving!

    32 min
  • Language Facilitator Describes What It Was Like Not To Be Able to Use Words

    What an amazing interview with Avi, an Anthropology University student working as a language facilitator for a nine-year-old late-talker.  This interview is so good that we had to share it in two parts!   In The first part of the interview, she explains how she was able to show empathy to her student because she was also a late talker.   Parents would certainly appreciate Avi’s perspective!   Avi can be reached here: [email protected] phone: 8609086695

    43 min
  • Lessons learned in Australia and what families around the world can do too!

    Traveling is indeed life-changing, and this is proven by Marci as she looks back on working with her WOC community and had fun discovering what families of late talkers enjoy and flourish on.

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    To work with Marci, visit wavesofcommunication.com, over 100 families have been coached by Marci and they are thriving!

    36 min
  • How to Use Your Holiday Time Wisely and Facilitate Speech Progress Before the New Year Begins

    How are you spending your holidays? 

    Parents have the opportunity to use the break to facilitate their children's development and see progress before they send their children back to school. Learn what smart parents are doing to use their time wisely and unlock their child's amazing new potential to begin 2023.

    Marci's Newest E-book is now available for purchase

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    To work with Marci, visit wavesofcommunication.com, over 100 families have been coached by Marci and they are thriving!

    25 min
  • Mom of two recalls how she ignored the doctors' warning of her son's inability to speak

    Magic Barclay’s energy and mindset is something for parents to aspire for.

    Now with sons in their early twenties, she rejected the status quo and paralyzing fear of practitioners telling her that they can’t be capable of doing things young adults do.

    They are thriving young men pursuing their interests now and what a beautiful and inspiring story Magic has shared with Marci.

    To know more about Magic, click here: https://magicbarclay.com/

    Listen to Magic’s podcast episodes here:

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-magical-life-health-wealth-and-weight-loss/id1519925991

    52 min
  • Mom Attributes Mindset Transformation To Trigger Her Son's Speech

    Hayley is a member of Marci's Community, a group of parents who are guided and coached by Marci using a personalized plan.

    In this episode, Hayley credits her mindset shift as she handled motherhood with three children, one of whom is a late talker.

    Share your comments with us, and we can't wait to hear about your family's success!

    Stay tuned to our channel to see Hayley and Charlie when this episode airs; Marci is in Australia visiting Hayley's family and meeting other families in her community!

    37 min
  • Psychotherapist shares how she helped her own Late Talker

    Marci talks with Orlesa Poole, a psychotherapist who helped her own young son use more words and is now so verbally expressive and won’t stop talking!

    Find out how she shifted from private speech therapy to doing it herself.

    To find out more about Orlesa, click here: https://psychotherapyformoms.com/meet-orlesa/

    Marci's Newest E-book is now available for purchase

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    34 min
  • Energy Coach shares the significance of your energy as a parent to your child’s language development

    These two women were brought together by the universe, and what an incredibly connected conversation it was between these two!

    Caz is an entrepreneur and energy coach who centers her business around mothers and shares how she used her energy to help her child with language development.

    To learn more about Caz, check out her website with her podcast link here:

    https://cazgaddis.com/

    Marci's Newest E-book is now available for purchase

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    22 min
  • Why Educators Must be Inclusive to all Learners

    After twenty years, DJ left the public school system early to pursue her life's work of engaging every child in learning.

    DJ and Marci discussed several problems that DJ has observed in schools over the course of her more than 20 years as an educator and how to make education more inclusive.

    In this interview, she offers some enlightening advice for parents who worry that their child may not be keeping up with the required academic outputs.

    To know more about DJ, check out her LinkedIn profile here:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/dj-nicholson/


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    51 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.