How Can We Help Our Children Speak? - Ollie & Gareth Locke-Locke
Dads Ollie and Gareth Locke-Locke seek expert help as concerns grow about their nearly three-year-old twins’ speech and language development.
Ollie and Gareth Locke-Locke fell in love and got married on reality TV. Their dream was to become parents, but their journey to starting a family proved far more difficult than they had imagined.
After experiencing the heartbreak of multiple miscarriages, they finally welcomed twins into the world. Born prematurely, their children faced a challenging start, but are now healthy and happy. However, as the twins approach their third birthday, Ollie and Gareth are becoming increasingly worried about their speech and language development.
With the children still using very few words, the gap between their communication skills and expected developmental milestones is becoming harder for the dads to ignore. Concerned about what this could mean for their development, Ollie and Gareth seek expert advice to understand what may be affecting their speech and communication, and what they can do to support them.
They meet a speech and language professional to learn more about how young children develop communication skills, and discover simple techniques they can introduce into everyday family life through play, interaction and routine.
Can Ollie and Gareth find new ways to encourage their twins to communicate, while learning to recognise and celebrate every step of their individual development?
Armed with new ideas from a speech and language expert, Ollie and Gareth are determined to support their twins’ communication development. But as they begin putting the suggested activities into practice, another challenge quickly emerges: they may agree on what they want for their children, but they don’t always agree on how to get there.
