Child speech development milestones
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do you think it is a permanent development problems, will she get to the milestones, even later than other child will do
please give me your feedback on the possibilities and
My son is 26 months old and has been diagonised with speech development delay but now I am wondering if there is more to be concerned about. He was also slow/delayed at reaching gross motor milestones of sitting, crawling and walking. He flaps his armes when excited or agitated, and is compulsivily clean. He can be extremely affectionate one minute but then start hitting, biting and/or pulling hair.
I don't believe speech therapy is necessary for him, he may just be a quieter type of child who takes in alot from his environment, which isn't such a bad thing. For now, just do as you would normally and keep communicating with him. Encourage him to communicate with others aswell, which i'm sure you already do. I myself was a real quiet kid and wouldn't speak to anyone and was extremely shy, i just wanted to do my own thing and was happy to do so.
Usually the first professional to assess any child is the Speech and Language Therapist because most of these children have difficulties with speech and social interaction. If her speech is poor then that could be an avenue you could bring up because all children need sufficient communication and language skills for nursery and school otherwise they won't be able to communicate or understand what is being asked of them.
Maybe you could try either printing some material from the Internet on normal speech development of children at given ages, or get a book at the library on toddler development and see if milestones are given, and show them. Do you think he doesn't hear, or is it simply that he is not seeming to comprehend language? If you think it might be his hearing, also see what you can find of symptoms of hearing issues in small children.
m not sure where your from so its probably called something different but there should be programs where you are that helps with children speech development they came to your house they will observe your child and then set up appointments depending on how much and what kind of help she needs they come to your home for the appointments so the child is comfortable there is usually no charge depending on your insurance and they will be able to tell you if she needs testing for autism and where you
d look for as he grows older is how his speech develops. Now often, a child that is quite physical is verbal later. But I would watch for issues with speech. I'd also look for him to slow down for periods of sitting and reading a book with your for example by 2. Watch for eye contact and social skill development.
You haven't said anything that makes me suspect your child has any delay such as my older son does . . .
He has been seen by a child development doctor. He has had one session of speech therapy, another in a couple of weeks. He has got an appointment with an occupational therapist next week.
I received a copy of the letter addressed to my doctor with a report from when I saw the Child development doctor that said he has mild Hypotonia???
My question is does anyone have a child like mine who has or had similar development delays and what was the outcome.
Hm. Let me ask you if he met his milestones in development on time? Does he communicate in other ways with you, gesturing and pointing? I'm not sure what is going on, but I do think you keep your eye on this. You've raised other children--- so you know what to expect. Not every child is the same, of course. But you have a general idea. If these things continue, a developmental pediatrician or occupational therapist may be ideal for an evaluation.
I know that there is a lot of variability to be expected. He missed the expected milestones for number of words at 15 months and 18 months-I think he was in the very small minority- this had me very worried. We took him to the speech expert and they recommended speech therapy. We did this, and pretty soon he was talking up a storm.
Your son is showing some delay in the area of speech/language, and this may be in the context of generally sound development overall. If the pace of his speech/language does not pick up some momentum over the next several months it would be prudent to arrange an evaluation with a Speech/Language pathologist and/or arrange an Earli Intervention evaluation.
She is a very happy, playful, and loving baby who is meeting all of her milestones. I have seen this exact behavior before with a friends child who does have developmental delays. Of course now I am concerned. Any info would be helpful!
In the meantime, be sure to encourage further language development by (a) talking frequently to your child using simple words and phrases, (b) reading and singing with your child, (c) encouraging your child to communicate using sounds and words, (d) and responding positively to your child’s appropriate attempts to communicate with sounds or full words. For example, if your child can say “ball” or even “b”, don’t accept pointing toward the ball as a request for the ball.
every child reaches his or her milestones when they are ready unfortunately because of other children being so advanced we seem to compare our own children to them but they are individuals and will do it when they feel they can but if you are that concerned i would ask the doctor for him to be referred to a speech therapist as they are excellent in all the things you are concerned about and if there is a underlying problem they will be the people to find it
hope this helped x
(motor planning involves muscles (dyspraxia when a child has significant issues with motor movement and apraxia when a child has significant speech issues)------- a physical therapist, occupational therapist and speech therapist all work on motor planning issues. By law in the US, if parents or doctors have concerns about a child's development, based on income----------- evaluations and services are provide for free to families under federal and state grants.
My son is 4 yrs old.He was born only three weeks early and was healthy.Met all milestones pretty much on time except talking.He did not talk until 3 yrs old.He has severe speech apraxia and takes speech 3 times a week.We have seen some small improvment.I also know he does not have conversations like a 4 yr old does.He doesnt ever talk about past or future,doesnt talk about ideas or really anything except in the moment type of stuff.
My question is: Can head traumas that are supposedly "minor" cause loss of speech, or a speech disorder? Can it cause "petit mal" staring seizures?
This haunts me. . .
I have stone floors in my house and my son (due to playing with his older sister) has fallen (apparently) backwards twice off the couch (18 inches) and hit his head on the floor - hard.
Thanks for your input! It's really appreciated. Today, I actually got him to look me in the eyes for a few seconds and sit next to me and give me a hug and kiss!!! I'm tickled pink! It was AWESOME! My daughter has a nurse come to her house for a KY program called "Every Child Succeeds." She has sent an evaluation into Head Start for autism and speech therapy, but since he's met his milestones and has exceeded most, he has been turned down for evaluation.
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