Imitation is a hugely important prelinguistic skill! Before children imitate speech, they imitate motor movements! If you are an SLP, share these 5 tips for working on building imitation abilities with your families for home carry over or refresh your own clinical skills in this area with practical helpful ideas you can easily implement! Focusing on imitation of actions and movements first will give your child the boost they need to get ready to possibly then focus on oral speech next! Made for