Speech language pathology early intervention
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If you live in the US your child may qualify for the Early Intervention Program or ELP and receive language and speech therapy in the public school system at no cost to you. You may want to contact you school district for more info and or get a referral from your DR requesting the school district test your child.
It could simply be a speech/language issue. If his delay is significant, early intervention is vital for him to catch up to peers by the time he needs to start learning to read and write. He may be avoiding participating in "learning" activities at school because the language is too advanced for his current language abilities, and participating in those activities is a struggle.
Your pediatrician would probably have recommended that as they look for kids who struggle with speech. Early intervention can do tremendous things in helping a child.
I had my sons watch my mouth when I spoke to them. I would encourage them to speak but if you push, you are right. This can lead to frustration and an internal esteem issue for the child if he really has a neurological reason for difficulty with speak.
s just that they utilize their normal speech and language abilities only in certain situations. Usually speech/language therapy per se is not useful for such children, though some forms of group speech/language therapy (focusing on the pragmatics of communication) might be helpful. Likewise, cognitive-behavior therapy, focusing on the anxiety such children usually display in out-of-home settings, can be useful. As you consider intervention, it is important to obtain accurate diagnosis.
Another thing I wanted to add, is if you can't get services provided in your country for speech, start teaching your child sign language. There are lots of videos and books out there. Even if you can get services, if you start teaching him sign language now, it'll get him started. I think the idea is to aim for a word per week, or at least until they get the idea. Some kids take longer than others. My daughter learned quickly, but she was 25 months when she started learning.
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.
So my is was born 6 weeks early. Hes now 18 months but doesnt say alot of words. He talks up a storm but its not words. My dr wants him to go to speech therapy. Has anyone else experienced this? Im just trying to figure out if hes behind because he was early and hasnt fully caught up yet.
shaz71 -- if you aren't having luck with the psychologist, you could try a developmental pediatrician. Though I think many of them might just be child psychiatrists... they are more apt to diagnose things like autistic spectrum disorders, verbal apraxia, sensory integration disorder, and ADHD and other things.
Well, since she is under 3 and has acquired language, this rules out early infantile (classical) autism. We have other items on the spectrum to look out for. There is always Aspergers syndrome and a few other things on the PDD/autistic spectrum to look out for. But we may have something else going on too. Still kinda early to do anything specific. Just keep watching.
Delay in communication is a key component of an autism diagnosis and early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) has been shown to produce clinically significant outcomes. I would highly recommend identifying an alternative professional with the appropriate training to make the diagnosis and looking into early intervention.
I am a stay at home mother and he does not have playtime with many children at all. He has had early intervention but that ended when he turned 3. Now he will begin to have a 45 minute class once a week at the school where he will be able to interact with other children his age. When he is outside playing with the children in the neighborhood, he just follows them around and repeats everything they say to him.
Your child is elligible for a multi-disciplinary evaluation through the goverment run Early Intervention program in your state. They are mandated to complete the evaluation 45 days from when you contact them and you can probably look up the hotline number for your state online. Request a speech evaluation, as well as a psychological eval. Services provided are free (regardless of income) and you can get Speech Therapy, Special Instruction, and even some group classes to help with socialization.
Assessment results will help you access early childhood intervention services such as speech language therapy or psychotherapy.
Your assessment results will also help you plan an intervention for getting his undesirable behaviors under control and making your life more manageable. You will want to work with a psychologist, applied behavior analyst, or licensed counselor to learn to help your son.
At age 7 his speech is 50/50 his own made up speech and echolalic phrases/words/sounds etc. His expressive language is typical for 7 year old (because of the use of complex echolalic phrases brings his score higher). His receptive language (ie. understanding what people are saying to him) is at around age 3. I would also like to add that difficulty/lack of speech does not necesarily relate to levels of intelligence. It is simply what it is, a 'speech disorder'.
Hi there. Let me ask you a question about her other motor skills---- especially fine motor skills? Just curious as she may have some motor planning issues. My son has motor planning issues and it involved speech as well as other things.
Speech has three parts to it------ receptive (does she understand what others say to her), expressive (can she formulate responses) and articulation (actually saying the words clearly, making proper sounds).
The most effective treatment for children with autism is early intensive behavioral intervention. This means that your son should receive 20 hours of direct teaching in language, social skills and self-help skills. Services can be provided by the public school in your area. You may want to look for behaviorally trained professionals to supervise a treatment program by checking www.bacb.com for a person in your area.
Since you mention that your son has already been seeing a speech therapist and an OT, I am going to assume that you are receiving these services through your local Early Intervention Program (EIP). Has your son’s pediatrician or anyone at the EIP recommended any additional assessment and treatment?
My 2 year old son has a speech delay. I got a referral to NC's CES (early intervention) when he was 19 months old & a program manager & therapist came in to do an initial evaluation. He was not deemed as having anything but a mild speech delay so we started him weekly with an educator that came into our home weekly. Since having her start his vocabulary has increased to 20-35 words, some "sounds" for words, & knows the sounds of several of his alphabet sounds.
We found out that at the age of 7 that he is dysgraphic, ld in written and expressive language and speech delayed.He is receiving speech ,language and OT services at school. His teacher, my husband and I feel that there may be something else going on like ADHD or PDD.
As a parent of a child who once had hearing loss, can relate to what you mention about not wanting to speak to certain people. I think that it is a part of not really being able to express themselves.
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