Bilingual Storytelling can use screens or spoken retell. Learn what research supports, what remains uncertain, and how adults can help.

A child says something, the listener looks confused, and the conversation stalls. Communication repair in children is the skill of noticing that a message did not land and trying another way to make it understood—not simply saying the same thing louder or being corrected until every sound is perfect. Breakdowns can happen because a message…

Speech Processing Autism research can help families read brain studies carefully and turn findings into practical communication questions.

Bilingual Autistic Children may adapt differently across home languages. Learn what recent research suggests and what support can look like.

A preschooler who says “I’m mad” may actually be disappointed, jealous, frustrated, embarrassed, or overwhelmed. Building emotion vocabulary for preschoolers is not about teaching impressive words; it gives children more precise ways to explain experiences that otherwise may come out as crying, withdrawing, yelling, or a vague “I don’t like it.” The shift can happen…

Word learning improves when adults teach target words in meaningful routines, repeat them, and support bilingual children’s full language use.

A preschooler who answers “good,” “nothing,” or “I don’t know” is not necessarily unwilling to talk. Building preschool conversation skills often depends less on finding the perfect question and more on creating an exchange that gives the child something meaningful to respond to. That distinction matters because adults can easily turn conversation into an interview…

How instructional language relates to Spanish-English preschoolers’ bilingual growth, with research limits and practical support ideas.

A parent checks a sports score during dinner, answers a work message during play, scrolls social media at the park, or opens an adult gambling app during family downtime. Young children may not understand what is on the screen, but parent phone habits around children can still change what they experience: whether an adult responds…

How academic language instruction shapes bilingual preschoolers’ Spanish and English growth, with practical guidance for home and school.

A child repeats the question you just asked instead of answering it. Later, the same child quotes a line from a favorite show during dinner, play, or a stressful transition. Echolalia in children can sound puzzling from the outside, but repeated language is not automatically random, meaningless, or something adults should immediately try to stop.…

For a young autistic child, an AAC device can provide another way to communicate—but only if the system fits naturally into the interaction. New Nebraska research on visual scene display AAC asks whether familiar photographs can make communication support easier to weave into play instead of repeatedly pulling a child’s attention away from it. The…