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No One Told Us

Episode 67: Baby Babbles, Books and more with Joanne Cazeau, SLP

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9590 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Rachel Shepard-Ohta interviews Joanne, a pediatric speech language pathologist and early childhood development expert. Joanne shares her journey into speech therapy and discusses her child-led play-based approach to therapy. Joanne emphasizes the importance of reading books, talking to children, and using music to facilitate language. She also provides tips for choosing age-appropriate toys and books! Here’s more of what you’ll hear in this episode: Representation in speech language pathology especially for children of color. Debunking common myths about language development. About child-led play-based therapy and who may benefit What the most effective ways to facilitate language development are How to choose age-appropriate toys and books that align with a child's developmental stage and interests.  And much more! Joanne Cazeau is a renowned pediatric speech-language pathologist and an early childhood development expert at Lovevery. She believes that play and routines are the best tools for supporting development for young children of all abilities! Joanne is the owner of Koze Speech Therapy, a child-led play-based speech therapy practice that supports babies, toddlers, and preschoolers in northern New Jersey. When Joanne is not clinically supporting clients, she is empowering parents and caregivers to support their little one’s communication potential on her social platform, Beyond Babbles. Joanne’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondbabbles/?hl=en  Joanne’s Speech Therapy Practice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kozespeechtherapy/?hl=en  Joanne’s tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beyondbabbles?_t=8oF997EyaqN&_r=1  Koze Speech Therapy Website: https://bio.site/kozespeechtherapy  The Daily Routines Course: https://earlyandbright.teachable.com/p/routinescourse  Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Instagram | Tiktok |  Website  ✨For infant and child sleep support, visit heysleepybaby.com and follow @heysleepybaby on Instagram! 😴☁️🤎✨ If you enjoyed this episode, please rate 5⭐️ and write us a review! ⬇️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

If I get my kid a phone, I'll be able to keep in touch with them all the time.

0:02.8

We'll be on it all the time.

0:04.1

He could walk to school by himself. She could see something, she shouldn't. He could chat with grandma. Friends, trolls. They can access anything on the internet. They can access anything on the internet. So, should I give my kid a phone? Growing up with phones isn't always easy. Introducing EEE safer Sims. Sims that help moderate usage and shield harmful content on any smartphone.

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network. To verify best network see e.e.com.uker.combs. Welcome to No One Told Us, the podcast

0:35.8

that tells the truth about parenting and talks about all the stuff you wish you knew before having kids.

0:40.2

I'm your host, Rachel Shepardotaw, and today I am speaking with Joanne Kazoo, a renowned pediatric speech language, pathologist, and early childhood development expert at Love Every.

0:51.3

She believes that play and routines are the best tools for supporting development

0:54.8

for young children of all abilities, and she's also the owner of Cozay Speech Therapy, which is a

1:00.1

child-led play-based speech therapy practice supporting families in Northern New Jersey.

1:05.8

When Joanne is not clinically supporting her clients, she's empowering parents and caregivers

1:09.9

to support their little

1:10.9

one's communication potential over on her social platform, Beyond Babbles, on Instagram.

1:16.4

Joanne, I'm so happy to have you today. I think sometimes speech and language development is

1:20.8

another one of those things, very similarly to sleep, where parents are anxious about it.

1:25.8

So I'm so excited to hear all of your great tips and advice

1:29.9

for parents today. So thanks for joining. Of course, same. I'm excited to be here. I'm excited to chat.

1:36.0

Yeah, and I think kind of similar to what I do on a daily basis, which is sleep. I think language

1:41.0

development is one of those things that parents are really, really nervous about

1:44.1

and that there is such a wide range of normal in little ones. So any light you can shut on it for

1:50.0

us today is going to be so, so helpful. But before we kind of dive into those types of questions,

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