Feb 24 2025 58 mins 4
This week we’re chatting all about speech and language development for little ones with Speech Pathologist, and Founder of Back Chat Speech Pathology - Olwen Forker.
Olwen talks us through the difference between speech and language, milestones for little ones, what level your child should be at before starting school, and signs to look out for that your little one might need a bit of extra support. Olwen also shares some easy exercises we can do at home with our kids to help develop their speech and language skills!
Olwen Forker is a paediatric Speech Pathologist with 26 years experience working in the paediatric early intervention field, but most importantly, she is a Mum of three very busy boys! Olwen’s journey as an SLP has developed as her experience as a Mum has grown. Olwen focuses on encouraging the kids SMARTS, while ‘tweaking’ that which they struggle with.
To learn more about Olwen and Back Chat Speech Pathology, head to the links below:
Website: www.backchatspeechpathology.com.au
Instagram: @backchatspeechpathology
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BackChatSpeechPathology/
Youtube: www.youtube.com/@backchatspeechpathology
This week’s sponsor:
This week is sponsored by Pigeon, the absolute OG when it comes to helping mama’s get babies on the bottle with less stress! They have a range of feeding products to assist in your bottle or breastfeeding journey.
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We also used Pigeon for their anti-colic system. For all OG listeners who know that Blake suffered with severe reflux we specifically chose Pigeon bottles due to their teats with the anti colic system to ensure less air intake when feeding to limit reflux symptoms as well has having the soft touch teats for a softer nipple like feel making it all the more closer to breastfeeding.
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