After thirty years of working as one of Britain's leading language therapists, Dr Sally Ward has discovered the three factors that are directly responsible for the development of a child's ability to speak - and, more importantly, she has developed a program for controlling and using these factors to maximise a child's learning curve. Background noise, the amount of time a parent spends talking to the child, and the way in which a parent speaks to a child are the basis for the BabyTalk program which, over the last seven years, has had results beyond her wildest dreams.
Children who have gone through the program accelerated their language and comprehension skills at least a year beyond their age, and because the BabyTalk program doesn't just affect a child's verbal abilities, participation also resulted in a dramatic increase in their IQ. This ground-breaking book represents the most important research into childcare of the decade - if not longer - and BabyTalk's down-to-earth, sensible approach shows how all parents can apply Dr Ward's program to bringing up their own children.
