“Helping Your Child Build the Foundation for Lifelong Communication, Blog #1” By: Marisa Spencer, Speech-Languae Pathologist, Clinic Director, Bay Ridge Speech Therapy When parents first come to speech therapy , they’re often focused on helping their child say more words — and that’s an understandable and excellent goal. But before we work on vocabulary or sentence-building, we may need to start by building something even more important: the motivation to connect. At Bay Rid