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How Do You Know If Your Child Needs Speech Therapy?
He makes it very clear what he wants thru body language and "uh uh's." My pediatrician is leaving it up to me if we choose to go to speech therapy. ...
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- A., I'm not sure what school district you are residing in but my suggestion is to contact the public schools. My recommendation is based upon my 11 years of experi...
- I would call your local school distract and ask about screening Also you could try the Spokane Guild School they could let you know where to go for screening if your s...
- I think that the law requires that your school district has to provide free evaluation and testing for early childhood development concerns (even for kids that are not...
Baby Speech Delay
She is above the learning curve in every area except her speech. She has been sitting up on her ... speech language therapy · speech and language therapy ...
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- I can understand what you are going through. My daughter also has speech delays. You need to talk to her pediatrician and tell them that you want to see about gettin...
- Hi C., Depending on what city you live in, cities have places where you can have your baby tested for delays. In this way you won't have to worry. Check the web...
- Hi Camryn, My daughter did not say anything until she was about 18 months old and then it wasn't much just sounds, but after she turned 2 she just started talking and...
Advice for Speech Delay
My son was diagnosed by the school district with early speech delay (at age 2) and the school district paid for .... speech and language · parts of speech ...
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- Just to give you some encouragement... My youngest who will be 3 in April did not talk until she was two. Until then whe sounded much like your child. She quickly m...
- My son did not talk until he was almost 3. Every child talks at a different time. My daughter was born a year after my son and he didn't start really talking in sent...
- Speak to your local school district about early intervention programs they have. My son was diagnosed by the school district with early speech delay (at age 2) and th...
Speech Delay
Sep 23, 2009 ... I am a speech/language pathologist in Midland and yes both of those disorders are treatable and children do get better! ...
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- My son (who will be 4 this weekend) was diagnosed with apraxia and phonological disorder this summer after we had read a lot about apraxia and were fairly sure that wa...
- Is this where their tongue tends to not always be where it should be with trying to say words... It has been over 30 years since my daughter had speech problems...the ...
- E., No worries. My daughter was diagnosed with same at age 2, she is now 8. We cannot keep her from talking!!! We continued with private speech tutor and public at ...
Speech Delay in 2-Year-old
Aug 13, 2009 ... Some districts do have preschool services for children who only have speech and language deficits and I do not think that they would charge ...
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- both my boys wetn through the Early Intervention program where the therapists came to our home until they were 3. My 4-year-old is in preschool with in-class speech t...
- The previous post is correct in saying that if your child qualifies, the services would begin when the child turns 3. You are on the right track if you have already c...
- You don't qualify for help with the school district until they are 3. You will have to get an evaluation from them. They are just getting back to work as they are on...
Speech Thearipst
I don't know much about LaVergne but I work in the hospital in Murfreesboro and I do know that they have a speech and language clinic. ...
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- Shelia could you edit your response and tell where you live? I think you will get more responses.
- Welcome to the area! I don't know much about LaVergne but I work in the hospital in Murfreesboro and I do know that they have a speech and language clinic.... I know ...
- If your in Jacksonville, NC I recommend JZ Mann.
Tubes in Ears and No Speech Improvement?
So, my only course of action was speech therapy. He is now 5 years old and he has caught up with his peers on his language and talks like a typical toddler. ...
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- Hi Suzie, I am not one to help in the way of ear infections - i had them most of my childhood and never had tubes and even though i had hearing test after hearing t...
- When I was a child, I had a similar situation, but I had 20 - 30% hearing loss in each ear and a lot of problems with my tonsils. I had tubes which didn't seem to wor...
- My question was: Is the fluid still there? I know of a girl from when my 1st was in daycare - they were having similar issues to yours. Speech was affected, and th...
Speech Therapy
I agree with the sign language comment. My son started speech therapy at 2 and the first ..... She is five now and will continue speech and language through ...
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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...
Need Advice/encouragement About Speech Problem...
To begin, there is a difference between speech and language. Speech is the sounds we make. If she is pretty understandable when she talks than she probably ...
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- My son started out late in life as well. He didn't crawl until he was almost a year old and didn't walk until he was 16 months. It seems like some children develop l...
- I would go ahead and get it checked out by the doc. Play time is a very important time to learn, and if she is doing it by herself she is missing out on some great les...
- i think that since you are the one that spends most time with her you know your daughter better than anyone else, i had a late developer also now he is 6 and doing gre...
Expressive Speech Delay
They have sooo many programs for speech, language, articulation, sensory, even a preschool program of their own. There are more programs than listed on ...
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- Hello, I was had a problem with my speach when I was young, but my parents couldn't understand why I wasn't pronouncing the words right. By the time I was 5 going to K...
- You're Mama and you know your son best. Most public school speech pathologists are overworked as it is. I would definately seek another opinion.
- M., You should never feel bad about seeking a second oppinion. He is your child. Trust your instincts.
