Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Mama, Dada, and Uh-Oh

2. Don’t Play “Wait and See”

3. But I Know Something’s Wrong

4. New Vocabulary Words… for Parents

5. Playing Hungry Hippos is Therapy?

6. Getting Results or Getting Frustrated?

7. Fish Oil, Horseback Riding, and Trapeze Swinging

8. Dealing with Diagnosis

9. The Little Mermaid as Therapy

10. School Daze

11. Are You Covered?

12. Continued Vigilance

13. Light at the End of the Tunnel

About the Author

Debbie Feit is the mother of two children with speech disorders. A professional writer for 15 years, she is a regular contributor to Parents magazine and has written for Child, Good Housekeeping, and other national magazines. She is founder of ourspecialkids.com, a website for parents of kids with special needs.

Heidi Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., is a leading expert in child development and language disorders. She is an endowed professor of developmental-behavioral pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine.