Speech Therapy: Toddler
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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 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 C.F. from Dallas
on December 26, 2006
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My daughter may need some speech therapy. She is four and I emailed the public school in my area. We are in Eagle Mountain Saginaw schools. Does anyone else have a ...
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- Yes, my son, Logan, goes to Greenfield Elementary in the EMSISD and he has a speech therapist there. I dont know her name but she is great. He has so many special te...
- Hi, my son goes to remington point in the EMSISD, he saw the speech teacher at his school. She did a full assesment of his speech. She said he didn't need to be in sp...
- My daughter has been in speech therapy (with the school system) since she was 4 (before she was enrolled in school). We spoke to someone at my son's school who gave u...
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...
