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Expressive Language Delay
I actually just posted expressive speech delay recently. You're in a much better situation than I am though, my son is almost 3. He was diagnosed at 2. ...
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- Hi W. H, I have never heard of this??? Of course, mine are 6 and 4 now. I know that boys language typically develops later than girls and my 6 year old didn't talk...
- Hi W.! My husband is an audiology student at UTD/Callier Center and he said they have an excellent speech department and if by chance they cannot assist you, they s...
- My 15 month old ( I have twins) has been diagnosed similar. Please email me at ____@____.com so we can visit. My son will now have testing for his hearing to see if ...
Speech Delay
Read all 25 responses: "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.
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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 Problem in 3 Year Old
If his hearing is fine and he talks alot but most everything is spoken fast and uses tongue alot. Possible Speech Delay? Any advise? ...
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- My oldest son was speech delayed also. I didn't know it, but he had terrible hearing. He always talked in a "foreign" language. He never had a lot of ear infections so...
- well at that age it's not uncommon, but he can get tested for speech problems or delays it's never to early and if they start now he could still enter school on time w...
- Hi A., How long ago did he turn three? While I don't have boys, my understanding from reading and speaking with other moms, is that many boys develop their verbal ...
2.5 Year Old My Have Speech Delay...
Read all 15 responses: "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'.
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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...
Need Advice for Toddler Speech Delay
Read all 13 responses: "One of my 18 month old twins has a "borderline" speech delay, which means she doesn't qualify for early intervention but she does ...
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- The only suggestion I have is to pick a word every couple days and focus mainly on that word. My son (he was 21 months at the time)barely qualified for early interven...
- Hi! I have taken a baby sign language class with both my children and then used two videos as reinforcements and extensions to their class learnings: Baby Einstein "My...
- you can contact your local school district...they should be able to provide help for your daughter...that way she is getting specail attention & you will have some fre...
Difference Between PDD-NOS and Autism?
One said that he just had a speech delay, the other diagnosed him with PDD. We went with this diagnosis and are so glad we did. ...
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- Please look into food intolerances/sensitivites in both your children. Specifically wheat/gluten and sugar. I am a health counselor and specialize in food intolerances...
- D., Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger's and PDD are all stand alone diagnoses in the Pervasive Developmental Disorder category and all are significant labels. A la...
- Hi D., PDD-NOS is Pervasive Developmental Disorder. It is the category/diagnosis that kids fall into when they are exhibiting social deficits, but the doctor is not...
Speech Delay May Lead to Repeat Kindergarten
Read all 18 responses: "I have a son who's bday is in early June. He is about to turn 6 and in kinder. He had speech delay and had speech therapy when he ...
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- I am a kindergarten teacher. If your child is not ready for first grade it would be best if he stays in kindergarten for 1 more year. If he goes to first grade he wi...
- Rather than have your child possibly struggle for the rest of his school years, my advice is to hold him back now..this is the time when it wont matter...but if he fai...
- As a teacher of 14 years, I always cringe when parents initiate a request to hold their children back in a grade. At this early in development your son will catch up ...
Mom of 17 Month Old Seeking Advice on Son Who Doesn't Say Too Many Words
Anyway, my older son no longer has a speech delay, because we got him the help early. My younger son, now 22 months, doesn't say anything other than "mama" ...
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- My son was on the same schedule. He understood everything I said and followed commands. He maybe spoke 6-8 words and at two, maybe a dozen. I asked my pedi and she s...
- Go to the speech thearapist! I waited until our son was 2. Then had him evaluated by an early intervention service in Indiana (First Steps). At 2, he only used 10-1...
- I've read most of the other posts and they are right on. My older son only said about 8 words when he turned 2, and we started him in the Zero to Three program (state...
Tubes in Ears and No Speech Improvement?
He had three ear infections with in a few months and that coupled with the speech delay the doctor thought it would be the best thing to do. ...
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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...
Video Suggestions for Speech Delays
Read all 23 responses: "My 21 month old son was recently diagnosed with autism. He says very few words and I've heard about a few videos which say they are ...
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- not sure if you'v considered Sign Language or not. I have a few friends whose children are also autisitc and all of the have bridged the commnication gap with Sign Lan...
- HI K.- I'm not sure about any good videos to help teach your child to talk but if your son is having a hard time communicating, I recommend teaching him sign language...
- My 6 year-old son is autistic. I couldn't agree more about the Early Intervention services. They really help -- especially since your son is diagnosed so early. We ...
