Speech Therapy: Preschooler
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Speech Delay
Asked by M.L. from Dallas
on February 22, 2011
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My 3 year old grand daughter has a speech delay and will be receiving speech therapy soon. Could any of the members provide a description of their experiences with sp...
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- Love Speech Therapists! I had one woman that came to home once a week for an hour for a little girl who has downs that I babysit. I just loved learning from her! I kno...
- We LOVED ours! She came to our house once a week for about 3 months and the improvement was beyond amazing! My son was 26 months old and speaking at a 17 month old lev...
- depends on the delay and what type it is. with my oldest they played with him and made his look at them while talking to him they would emphasis the CH in chair. or th...
Speech Delay
Asked by N.T. from Dallas
on February 5, 2008
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My little one has recently been diagnosed with a speech delay; we have been given the option of private speech therapy or ECI. Can anyone who has had experience with ...
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- My youngest is also speech delayed and was going to Treat Services in Plano(Debbie) which I Loved and so did my son. He progress Very well but we had to stop because w...
- I am a private speech therapist in the Plano area- feel free to contact me off list and I can give you my opinion on both! Thanks, J. ____@____.com www.julieslp.com
- Hi I'm willing to share my experience with both. At our 24 month check up we got our referral for speech. I was not aware of ECI/ITIP at that point. We went to Our...
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 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 C.R. from Miami
on September 17, 2011
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My son just turned three and i believe he is speech delayed. At home he talks but but not in full sentences and alot of things that he says are not understood. At scho...
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- He needs a professional SLP. I wouldn't worry about sound errors as much as language aquisition. The whole body and central nervous system are involved when there is a...
- Since he is 3 now you don't have to go through the doctor to get your son evaluated. Go to the public school and they will evaluate him.
- I am a speech therapist but work only with adults. I have a 3 1/2 year old and a 22 month old. if I were you I would get an evaluation. He may need therapy or jus...
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 Therapy
Asked by B.P. from New York
on May 4, 2010
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Hi Moms.
My son just started speech therapy with EI last week. Today was his first real therapy session. When he is with us and we point things out and ask h...
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- Well, two year olds are by no means cooperative. However, having had two sons in EI, I know the drill inside and out. They will not treat your son the way that you do ...
- I know it's difficult to watch someone else work with your child, but the therapist has training in developing your child's weaknesses. You describe his delay quite w...
- My son had speech Therapy... from about 19 months old until almost 3 years old. His Therapist, is also not only educated/knowledgeable in "speech" as a Pathologist, b...
Speech Therapy
Asked by T.L. from Fresno
on July 8, 2008
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Ok, ive posted about this before. My daughter will be two in a couple weeks, and shes not really talking yet. She understands when you talk to her, but doesnt talk u...
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- My husband works hand in hand with speech therapists, and the child needs to be evaluated to determine what the cause of the delay is before they can design a program ...
- T., My daughter is 6 and in Speech Therapy. She was part of the early intervention program, and I've been really pleased w/ the results. I'd give a call to your Schoo...
- Don't worry about how your daughter will do on the eval...any speech pathologist that works with young children will not expect your dd to be instantly comfortable wit...
