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ECI (Early Childhood Intervention)
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- My first son didn't walk until 13 months and my second until 15 months. I'm suprised your ped said he was worried about it. I've always heard that if they aren't wal...
- If you want to contact ECI, I personally see no problem with it. I personally do not understand why the dr is so concerned. My daughter is 13 months today. She craw...
- Hi A., my thoughts on this is that if your pedi is only concerned with his interest and nothing else, then I would wait. First, you've heard right - a lot of kids do ...
Early Childhood Intervention
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- S., Your instincts as a mother are the best guide for you. I have triplets that were all seen by ECI for about a year for physical therapy. ECI is a great organizati...
- Hey S.. I work for MHMR of Tarrant County (ECI is a part of us). Anyways, I'm just so happy to read all of the posts saying that ECI has helped them! I guess my onl...
- S., I have had 2 situation dealings with ECI with my youngest son. First when he was an infant one of his neck muscles wasn't developing properly. They came out and d...
First Steps Early Intervention
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- NO! Don't do it. I had the WORST experience with First Steps. The speech therapist only showed up once a month (scheduled for once a week) and would show up unannou...
- I got my son involved with FirstSteps when he was 18 mos, and he had speech and ocupational therapies each one day a week, and physical therapy once a week for the fir...
- My son has been in First Steps since 8 months (he's now 18 months) and started speech services shortly after he turned one. I absolutely LOVE his speech therapist. M...
Looking for Other Moms of Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech
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- Hi M.. I'm a speech-language pathologist and I have worked in early intervention for some time now. I have worked with several kids under 3 years old with what I wou...
- I have a different kind of response. I didn't speak clearly until I was four or five. It was tough in preschool because I couldn't communicate with the other kids an...
- My friend's son was also diagnosed with apraxia but at 4 and lost so much time and therapy. I know his mom has him in private speech 2 times a week and she has worked...
Childhood Stuttering?????
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- My son did the same thing at 3 1/2. I talked to the speech path at school and she said to just ignore it. She said don't tell him to slow down either. He is learnin...
- do not wait to solve the problem. I see students who did not get the help early on and they still have problems because the parents waited too long. Early interventi...
- I wouldn't worry about it too much. My son who is almost 4 went through this same phase when he was 3. It scared me at the time because he was having such a hard tim...
Early Education Program for 2 Yr Ol to Faciliate Speech and Language Development
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- Hi, I am not sure where you are located. I know Plano has several early child development centers that are for children with developmental delays or disabilities. Yo...
- K., I'm sorry to hear about your loss. I hope you guys are doing okay. I just wanted to let you know that I currently run an In-home preschool. We have been op...
- S.T.A.R. Music (Speech Therapy And Recreational Music), is a parent-child program (led by a speech-language pathologist) that focuses on each child's individual object...
27 Mth Old Won't Talk
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- Hi E., my 5 yr old grandson is just like your son. I went through all the same stuff you are and as far as I'm concerned the sign language is not a good thing because ...
- Talk to him constantly. Name his body parts when you wash them (ex:"let's wash the thumb, now the pointer finger...". Name his clothes when you dress him. Talk about t...
- Don't worry. There are alot of late talkers these days. He will talk when ready, then look out....non stop talking. If he is healthy in every other way then try to ...
Autistic Behaviors
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- Hi Julie, I have about 4/5 years experience working with autistic children and have found the Autism Project of Rhode Island to be great! They are located in Cranston...
- I wish I had specific names and numbers to give you, but I am still working on it. In the meantime, WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN. Be a scientific observer of your child. F...
- I have 2 1/2 year old son with PDD-NOS, on the spectrum and have been workig with EI for about a year now. There are tons of ideas out there. OT is wonderful, it does ...
18 Month Old Not Talking Yet
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- I was concerned about my son's speech at 18 months, too. He wasn't saying anything other mama or daddy. His doctor wasn't concerned. He is now 23 months and using a...
- Stacy, At my son's 18 month check up it was my doctor who was concerned about him not talking. There was no reason at that point to believe he had a problem, but my...
- My son only had 2-3 words at 18 months. At 21 months his language exploded and by 22 months he was speaking full sentences. Many boys speak later than their female cou...
Fragile X Syndrome
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- Fragile X give symptoms simular to autism spectrum. Our son who is in the catch all of the spectrum (PDD-NOS) was tested for it. It is one of the few that have a deffi...
- I'm no expert, but I had my son tested for Fragile X when we were going through testing that ended in him being diagnosed with autism more than 7 years ago. Fragile X...
- Hi M., Well I don't have children with Fragile X but I have a very dear friend who has three boys that was diagnosed with it. I don't know much about it myself but i...
