Between two and a half and three years, many children can use 50 to 100 different words and follow two-step instructions, for example: “Can you pick up your shoe and bring it to me, please?'.

Advice includes — when talking with them, make a point of calling each child’s name and waiting for that child to look at you before you speak

A recruitment crisis in the HSE is being partially tackled by work to quickly facilitate international recruitment, Disabilities Minister Anne Rabbitte said.

Fiona Craven, senior adult speech and language therapist, HSE, North Wicklow