To most people, the terminology, and jargon that exists within medical niches can be confusing, and that applies as equally to speech therapy as it does any other. This can be especially frustrating for the parents of children with speech and language difficulties as sometimes they struggle to fully comprehend what speech pathologists and any other professional speech therapist is explaining to them about their child’s problems. We are not for a second suggesting that those who work within speech therapy are deliberately trying to confuse parents. They are likely to be using words and phrases which they almost take