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Help Finding Speech Therapy
They have programs for children that require speech therapy and will do an ... they feel that therapy is neededspeech physical development or occupational ...
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- Your daughter is to old for Early Intervention, but call them anyway to see if they can tell you who in your school district you should be speaking to ###-###-####). ...
- First of all, yes call the school district and demand that your child be evaluated. Having a cleft palate should automatically get her into the program. My son went th...
- Well my response is just about the same as the previous person's, but it should be encouraging. If a parent requests an evaluation the school district has 60 days to ...
My Son Is Two and Half Years Old and Doesn't Say Much.
My son does lag behind in speech development, and I have been working with him in the meantime, but has any other parent out there had a problem with their ...
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- Hi G. ~ I have been exactly where you are. You are not alone. I have two boys. Seven and a half and four. Studying early childhood myself, I always knew that my yo...
- Usually after EI comes out and he has more than just speech delay like PDD or Autism, then best bet is to get second opinion from a child psych (faster than meeting wi...
- My son is about the same age as yours, 34 months. He talks quite a bit, but it did come on pretty suddenly. I don't know about speech, but I had a similar situation ...
Speech and Vocabulary Concerns at 22 Months Old
With everyone's committment in assisting my daughter with her speech development , she has received consistent coaching across the board and is progressing ...
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- Hi L., I'm a speech-language pathologist - pediatric. Definitely contact your pediatrician and insist that he/she recommends an Early Intervention evaluation by a...
- Hi there, It's never too early for Early Intervention. They will do an evaluation and let you know if he needs speech therapy. Good luck! A. W.
- I would advise you talk to your doctor to see if there is a physical problem, as you mentioned he sounds "tongue tied" - this is completely anecdotal, but my grandmoth...
Speech Delay in 2-Year-old
Aug 13, 2009 ... Read all 29 responses: "Just wondering if anyone has received assistance through their school district with a toddler who has a speech delay ...
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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...
2 Year Old Daughter Not Talking Very Well
Since you have access to the internet, look up speech development and a bunch of websites come up that have to do with stages of speech development at ...
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- I wouldn't worry about it yet. My daughter did exactly the same thing. She's now 3 1/2 and her counselor complimented her the other day on how well she communicates wh...
- Some kids just don't talk very well to begin with and since you have an older daughter it is easy to compare her skills with those of the younger child. But since the...
- Dont worry yourself just yet, my sons speech improved greatly between 2 and 3. He's now almost 4 and can say anything.
How Do You Know If Your Child Needs Speech Therapy?
Seeking Help on Determining When a Child Needs a Speech Therapist ... child speech · children speech · speech development · speech children ...
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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...
Early Intervention for Language Development
Just the initial assessment was helpful- they have 3 people come out to play with the child and test where they are as far as speech, development. ...
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- I used to work in the preschool setting before I had my children and we worked with EI all the time. It helps a lot. I know that it is also covered by insurance. And t...
- Hi S., YES - I can't recommend EI enough. My son was 22 months and not saying much at all. Maybe 5-10 words. If that. I had him evaluated, and he was 8 months de...
- I actually had early intervention for my son... I thought that instead for helping him they were parenting me....I thought they were digging into my personal life...M...
Speech Therapy
It may help you to read articles about typical speech development and the various speech disorders. When I realized my son wasn't following the typical path ...
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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...
Expressive Speech Delay
Read all 31 responses: "My son will be 3 at the end of June, he just started saying some words in the beginning of March. I have been using ECI, ...
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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.
Seeking Advise for 3 1/2 Year Old Speech Delay
Sep 3, 2009 ... Read all 15 responses: "I have a 3 1/2 year grand daughter who is still not talking clearly. She can say 1-2 sometimes 3 words on her own.
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- I have no advice but just wanted to tell you you are not alone. I too am a concerned grandma. My grandaughter is 4 (april 28th) & at the age of 3 (October) she was dia...
- Hello J., I understand your frustration, my son is 41/2 he will be 5 on January and he also doesn't speak full sentences. He is also in special speech pre-K, we jus...
- Since she is having speech problems, may I suggest that you try two other approaches so that she can at least clearly communicate with you. One is to teach her sign l...
