Speech Therapy: Infant
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Speech Delay
Asked by J.K. from Chicago
on February 25, 2007
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i have a 19 month old with a speech delay. she does not use any words and has been in speech therapy for 3 months. although she seems to have made some cognitive progr...
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- My daughter was evaluated at 19 months because the only word she used at that time was "NO". Speech therapy was recommended, but I opted to wait because I truly belie...
- I have cared for a few children in my child care program, which is in my home, who have spoken later than usual. I know it can be worrisome, but every one of the chil...
- FIRST, DON'T PANIC. I had the same issue with my daughter. Children develope at different rates. I was lucky enough to have worked in fields that helped educate me ...
Speech Delay
Asked by T.L. from Stockton
on June 15, 2010
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Hi,
My 2.5 year old son was recently diagnosed as PDD/NOS with a severe speech delay. He is on the spectrum but expected to be one of the few to be off by kindergarte...
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- Just wanted to share that one of my son's best buddies was a PDD/NOS diagnosed kid and with the services he received, he is now in a completely typical elementary scho...
- Have you tried a pecs book, so he can have pictures to go along with the words? Sometimes this helps a lot, and sometimes it's a hinderance, they sometimes get lazy an...
- When our son turned 2, he literally spoke no words! His pediatrician referred us to VMRC. They came to assess him and he definitely has a speech delay. He began ther...
Speech Delay?
Asked by B.E. from Jacksonville
on May 19, 2011
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My 2 year old was recently diagnosed with a speech delay and will be starting speech therapy (finally!) tomorrow. We read to her, talk to her, play with her...and she ...
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- I have a 3 and a half year old with Apraxia. She barely speaks at all, when she does it mostly comes out gibberish. Every once in a while she will suprise us. This m...
- I had a child that my wife and I just thought didn't speak because he got everything he wanted by pointing and crying or squeeling. He was around 4 before we insisted...
- My son didn't start talking until 3 1/2 yo...He is in a full day vpk w/speech and has speech once a week privately. He is now 4 yo and talks up a storm. Some words are...
Speech Therapy
Asked by B.E. from Jacksonville
on June 12, 2011
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My 2 year old just started speech therapy about a month ago. The SLP comes to our house once a week for a 1/2 hour. I am just wondering...what is normal for speech the...
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- I don't blame you for being impatient about getting her hearing testing. What's up with the delay? Do you just need a referral from the doctor? They're really dragg...
- My son had speech therapy, from 19 months old until almost 3 years old. He was simply delayed in speech. They were from our local Early Childhood Intervention organi...
- A speech language pathologist is trained to work on improving speech, not diagnosing developmental disorders. Sometimes a specific diagnosis is helpful in determining ...
Speech Therapy
Asked by J.K. from Cleveland
on January 29, 2009
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Hello all moms! I have a 2 yr old boy that has just started speech therapy. Our therapist is great and I feel that our son will make progress the more sessions we at...
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- J., I am a speech therapist working with preschool children. Someone suggested going into the session with your son and I would check with the therapist. Some kids...
- My son was in speech therapy when he was 2. Our therapist gave us sheets with similar words and pictures. For example, one sheet would have 12 simple words starting wi...
- Hello, My son has been in speech therapy since he was 3 years old and he is now 7 years old. Our speech therapist always gave us things to work on if we asked. Th...
Speech Therapy
Asked by K.F. from Nashville
on January 6, 2009
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My son is 20 months old. He has not started talking except for about 3 words. His Pediatrician referred him to speech therapy however......he had quite a few ear infec...
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- I went through a similar situation with my daughter. She was a little older before we realized there was a problem. She too had some ear infections however they were...
- At 20 months I really would not worry about it. I know my son only spoke the few words that he had to till he was about 2 and 1/2. He had an older sister that talked...
- My son who is 37 years old now did not talk until he was 3+ years old. He could point at things and knew what things were. His doctor suggested we get one of those thi...
Speech Therapy
Asked by L.M. from Chicago
on March 8, 2012
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So my son turned 3 in October, and his speech seems delayed - more in pronunciation than not speaking at all. At his 3 yr appointment, the Dr was aware but didn't see...
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- Many speech therapy clinics offer free screening. That's how we had our daughter (then age 4) diagnosed. I encourage you to have him screened, talk to your pediatric...
- Speech Therapy made a huge difference for my son. He was getting help through our school district, but it just wasn't getting the results I was expecting, so I contac...
- Your school district, even at age 3, should help you. Prior to age 3 your child would have been eligible for Early Intervention. The school districts have excellent ...
Speech Delay
Asked by N.G. from Fresno
on February 23, 2010
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Im a mom again after an 11 yr gap, my youngest son is 2 and his vocabulary is not at 200 words as most Drs and Pediatricians, Speech Therapists, recommend, I am up to ...
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- ECI could do an evaluation for free. My son didn't speak at 18 months and as I researched (he also was very fussy and had chronic GI issues) I realized he is autistic...
- All three of my kids didn't say their first words until 18-24 months old. I heard it all too... your child needs to be tested... when is s/he going to talk? My pedia...
- some kids are just naturally quiet and don't talk much. My niece is that way. I would however get his hearing tested. If he is not hearing words, he won't be aware ...
Speech Therapy
Asked by R.D. from St. Louis
on February 14, 2009
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My son's dr. said if in 3 mos. he isn't talking he should see a speech therapist. He is only 18 mos. old. He has about 9 words he can say. Although he can't fully s...
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- Like everyone else on here... ha..... I'm not going to say your doctor is wrong or to ignore his or her usggestions..... but yes, my son showed up to his 18 month appo...
- My son didn't start really taking until he was 2 1/2. Everyone started getting nervous, saying I needed to take him to someone, but I didn't. He's now almost 6, and ...
- Good Morning R., I wouldn't be concerned over much. Our youngest son wouldn't speak for himself until I made our eldest son stop translating for him. He was almost 2 w...
Speech Therapy
Asked by J.G. from Dallas
on November 15, 2005
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Iam a mom to a very active 18 month old in Carrollton he's my first and in his last check up our pediatrician recommended we take our son to a speech therapist. He ca...
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- My son also had his 18 month appointment last week. I decided that he wasn't saying enough words either (maybe 3 or 4), so I decided to take him completely off of his...
- I am not a doctor, but I wonder if your child is in daycare? I too have an 18 month old and he probably says about 6 words total. He "talks" alot, but it is his own li...
- I was worried too. I took my daughter to have her hearing checked but it was ok. I can't remember exactly when her vocabulary expanded, but she is 2 1/2 now and her vo...
