Speech Training: A Handbook for Parents and Educators

About this book

Speech Training: A Handbook for Parents and Educators by Annie Penda, PhD is a practical guide for adults who support children's communication and speech development. Written for parents, teachers and other educators, the handbook focuses on the everyday role adults can play in encouraging clearer expression, attentive listening and confident communication. Its value lies in bringing speech training into the environments where children spend much of their time: the home and the classroom. The book is suitable for early childhood educators, primary-school teachers, parents, caregivers and students in education who want a structured introduction to supporting speech and communication. Rather than treating communication as something that develops in isolation, the handbook encourages adults to be deliberate about the language environments they create around children. It provides a useful locally published resource for readers interested in child development, education, classroom communication and practical ways of strengthening children's ability to express themselves.