Speech Delay?
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Comments (9)Is he is speech therapy with a licensed SLP? I know you said 'Early Childhood Speech program -- but the quality of those programs can vary widely, and an ineffective program or one that's geared toward a problem your son doesn't have won't do much (if any) good! My younger son had a great deal of difficulty with speech, but luckily for us, a good friend put me in touch with our city's best resource -- so my son's speech problem was diagnosed quickly and correctly (childhood apraxia of speech) and we began appropriate treatment right away. Within a few weeks, it was very clear that the treatment he was receiving was effective, and we began to see good results. But then we moved, and he was enrolled in our local school's Early Childhood Speech Program. It took me several months to ferret out that their "treatment program" was what is called a "language enrichment" model -- In a nutshell, they assumed that the child had been language-deprived at home, and that all he needed was lots of exposure to good language models, a little encouragement, and time to develop. WRONG! It took 3 meetings, finally bringing in the district's head SLP to get the school to provide appropriate treatment -- at which point, positive progress resumed. Ninos - I've seen your writing, and it's clear you're able to provide your son with good speech and language models, so just being around more good speech won't cure your son's speech problem. If the other kids his age are teasing him because of his speech, your son needs speech therapy. If it's just a few sounds that are problematic and he's speaking in complete sentences, then it's probably not as serious a problem as my son's, and just a few months of good therapy should be able to really help. I'm linking to a site called Apraxia-Kids.org. I'm not suggesting your son has Apraxia (unlikely) -- just that this site has the most incredible resources for early childhood speech problems. Here is a link that might be useful: Apraxia-Kids...See MoreDoes anyone have preschool workbooks I can have please
Comments (3)You didn't say - But is your son in any sort of Early Intervention program or PPCD? If he's 3, has fine motor skills deficits, and has no speech as indicated from your other posts, there's more going on than workbooks can fix. Do you know what it is? And is he getting the therapy he needs? There are several of us here who have children with developmental difficulties, and we can help you get started if needed....See MoreDelayed Speaking in Children
Comments (21)I have a degree in Speech Therapy. I would not worry about a 2 year old that is babbling, but not saying words. What I would do is make sure he is around other children, that he is read to, and mom or dad name simple objects for him and repeat it often. Other than checking his hearing, these are the things I would recommend if he were my grandson. Did he walk at an appropriate age? Can you ask him simple questions--like "show me the whatever" and have him respond correctly? Can he follow simple instructions? One, then 2--i.e. put the book on the chair, etc.? I think maybe docs might recommend intervention b/c it takes the problem out of their hands. I would give it at least 3 months and if there's been no change, I might reconsider, but I'd make sure he has other children around and that he's read to. I just wouldn't worry about 2 years old if all the other developmental stages have been met....See MoreDoes anyone have speech videos or sign language books
Comments (4)Although I don't know anything about your son's situation except that his language has not developed by that age, I also recommend for your son's hearing to be tested and language development evaluated if not done already. Then you will have a starting point. I am also a teacher of the deaf and I am Deaf. I was very fortunate to have parents who started me in a good program for the deaf right away after finding out about my deafness at the age of 2. They also started learning sign language to communicate with me. All of that helped me greatly with my language development compared to many deaf people who are still struggling with English. Now my son is also deaf, I have already began working on his language development so he will have the same advantage as I had....See Morelindac
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