I want to start out by saying that your new book is fantastic and that I’m using it all the time with my families.  I absolutely love the charts and have had great success going through the 11 skills checklist with the parents.  They really seem to get what I’m explaining when I use the visuals.  I’ve found it to be useful in the following situations:

1) Use it as a segue into having a conversation about needing more testing 

2) Reassuring parents of expressive language delay only kids that the children are well on their way to talking (9 out of 10 times it’s delayed imitation – but you knew that already!)

3) Checking progress in 3-6 months after first discussing the checklist

4) Reviewing it with parents to show where the child is getting stuck and to ideally have them do more to help their child progress (I’m thinking of a situation with a child whose attention is poor and could really use more outside time and less screen time)

I’m sure I will discover many more situations as I continue to review it.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.  Your work has transformed my practice and my confidence!”