Speech Therapy: Older Child
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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 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 Delay in Son
Asked by M.D. from Los Angeles
on January 11, 2012
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My son just turned 2 1/2 and has a speech delay. I went through the Regional Center of OC and they diagnosed him with an expressive speech delay but wont provide serv...
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- One of my dads just picked up his son and was demonstrating how he can get him to say a few words. This boy is in special school and he's not made any real progress t...
- Hi, If you can afford it, please get speech therapy for your son now. He is at the age children really want to communicate with family and peers. He acts out, most ...
- **Edit: I read your comments. Speech Therapist, have years of schooling and my son's Speech Therapist had a Master's Degree and various certifications etc. They do NOT...
Speech and Language Delay
Asked by B.M. from Tampa
on August 28, 2008
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Hi I have a 5 year old boy with a speech and language delay. He goes to therapy at kindergarten. I know this sounds awful but I find it really frustrating trying to ta...
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- Brief background... My daughter just started talking in December. She didn't babble as a baby and her first word was mama in December. She was diagnosed with speech de...
- B., I don't have a child in your situation but I have an idea that may help. I took a linguistics class in college and the professor provided many examples of child...
- First, confusing "he"/"she" is age appropriate, not part a speech delay. ALL young children confuse their pronouns. That doesn't mean he doesn't know there are girls a...
Speech Delay
Asked by S.U. from Anchorage
on May 22, 2008
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I have a 3 year old and a 9 month old (preemie). We finally have warm enough weather for all of us to go to a park. I see a lot of kids younger than my 3 year old who ...
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- Have you looked into speech therapy? Really helped with my 3 yr old. Good luck as every child develops on their own time table and it definitely doesn't help when ot...
- Hi S., I know that some children wait to talk later and then just go ahead and talk but, I just think that you should make sure he can hear well. That is also,...
- sorry to heard that , you right about seeing them often 'cause the small community, but there are so many places and groups you and your child can join... rude peple...
Speech Delay- Pros and Cons of Eval/therapy?
Asked by R.M. from Nashville
on April 11, 2010
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This question is really for my sister's son and the ongoing discussion in our family about his speech delay and getting an evalutaion and therapy. He is 2 1/2. We all...
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- HI. I am a preschool psychologist; I evaluate 3 to 5 year-olds for developmental delays. It sounds like those ear infections definitely played a part in delaying your...
- ok when i did speech on my first one it was because foot ball came out hubababall. he had problems with his r's like elmer fudd. his w's came out wrong. several other...
- My son was a late developer in speech. We had him tested by a speech therapist and ENT at age 3. I would recommend you do that. We did it with a local college where we...
Son with Speech Delay - How to Handle Comments
Asked by D.A. from Los Angeles
on February 17, 2011
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My son is speech delayed. His speech right now is targeted at about a 4 y/o (academically and socially tested at 6 yr, 6 -9 mo.) He is 5.
He didn’t really start ...
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- Tell them, "At least my son doesn't say hateful nasty things about other people's children. You could learn from him."
- In response to, "“My son talked well by a year old because I never talked “baby talk” to him at all. Maybe that’s the problem. So many parents make that mistak...
- I'm so sorry. I am thankful I've actually never had that problem, at least that I can recall, at least after they realized that he is developmentally delayed, etc. The...
2.5 Year Old My Have Speech Delay...
Asked by E. from Detroit
on May 23, 2007
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Hi!
My son is two and a half years old and I'm wondering if he may have a speech delay. I'm in contact with a program in 'Early On'. Is anyone familiar with them and ...
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- HI, my now 3 1/2 year old went through the Early On assessment when he was about 13 months because he wasn't walking and showed no signs of doing it. It was a great...
- My son is 18 months and we just started with Early On. We were recommeded by his Pediatrician. We did the testing and he does qualify so we start a "play group" in Jun...
- My now 7 year old was tested at 3 and a half. She basically didnt say "bye" until she was 2. I also decided she needed something to do so looked through the phone boo...
Speech Development
Asked by L.B. from Columbia
on August 10, 2009
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Hi,
My son is 5 and will be starting Kindergarten in a couple of weeks. I'm not sure if his speech should be a concern or if it is something that corrects with age. ...
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- My son(5) has a speech delay that sounds very similar to what you described. I asked the pediatrician and he told us to call Parents as Teachers for an evaluation. W...
- L., I'm with Ruth Ann. I think he'll be fine. If the school thinks there's a problem, I think most of them have a speech teacher that will take kids out and work wit...
- I think you are doing the exact right thing. Helping him witht the sounds when you notice them. Your childs teacher will let you know if he needs extra help. But I ...
Speech Delayed
Asked by R.B. from Phoenix
on January 28, 2008
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My son just turned two and he's still not really talking. He says the first sound of words, but that's all. For example, ball is ba, water is wa, drink is dr. No se...
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- My son will turn two in two weeks and he is not talking iether. I had the same thing with my older son who is a little over three. My older boy didn't start talking un...
- Hi, My friend is a Speech Language Pathologist and said what you have described is concerning and she suggests that he be evaluated. What area do you live in? She s...
- Hi I have a 6 yr old that has the exact same problem. Definitely speech therapy to start off with. My oldest had everything checked out since she was 2. They are now c...
