What does a speech language pathologist do
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I have a speech problem and what didn’t help me was everybody reinforcing that I had the problem. That only willed the stronghold and made me believe it more. She’s still young tell her she can speak and when people speak they don’t think about what they are going to say they just speak. And just let her do it if she stutters or anything just wait for her to finish speaking. She’ll get it down and it would help to find out why she turned out that way. My dad made me stutter.
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.
If not, I would definitely start there, by contacting a speech-language pathologist (the local school district is a great place to start, they provide services as early as age 3). They will definitely want to start with a hearing screening, and then evaluate his speech, language, and social skills.
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.
At age 4, his doctor felt that maybe he fell on the spectrum of Autism because of delayed speech and his behavior. I took him to see a speech pathologist. She said he had receptive/expressive disorder. I took him to a neurologist, and after 15 minutes of observation, he decided that it is Autism. I was told to get myself educated on the subject. After taking my child off all milk and wheat products, I found a DAN doctor. This doctor felt that he does not have Autism.
But his social language, starting conversations and keeping them going is a bit poor. The speech pathologist says he has a marked problem with eye gaze, which is why we suspected autism, and although he worked well on all tasks with her, he was very distractible during transitions. Also, he talks at you not with you, and does appear self-centered relative to peers in his class, and emotionality at times.
Thank you Dr Santos. It is reassuring to have a plan to follow. I will see my doctor and speech pathologist. Have a good day.
At the very least he should undergo a Speech/Language evaluation. A speech/language pathologist is the person who should conduct such an evaluation. You can likely requestthis through the school system. An alternative would be to arrange it through a referral from his medical providers.
I met many parents at the clinic who took their children to see an SLP (speech language pathologist) because the child was confused after being only exposed to 2 languages. It's certainly something to think about.
It would be sensible to speak with her pediatrician and see if she should be evaluated by a Speech/Language pathologist for the purpose of assessing her swallowing process and the status of her oral muscles.
sounds like he needs an evaluation from a speech and language pathologist. He may have some form of auditory processing problems.
My son is 6 years old and also has speech delay. He now attends a Speech and Language unit. Unlike your son, I was a full time Mum and Granny also lives with us. So he was showered with language, play and good examples of speech - but still made no difference - so don't be too hard on yourself. Early years are incredibly important as children learn so much by example. I would suggest that you don't ever correct speech, but instead praise and model a good sentence structure/words for him.
Talk to your doctor and ask for a referral to a speech-language pathologist. This is a therapist specially trained to help with problems such as the one you are describing.
It sounds like you are having trouble with the strength of your vocal cords, or with something blocking the movement of your vocal cords.
Hello,
I can kind of understand your situation. My daughter is 34 months old. She has a vocabulary of about 50 words. When she was 2yrs. old I began to feel concerned by her lack of speech. She always tried to talk but we could never understand. I thought she would eventually learn until I took her to the pediatrician.
If your child’s doctor believes further assessment in necessary, then I recommend that you find an assessment team familiar with young children and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). A speech and language pathologist should be a member of the team given your description of the communication problems. (I am not a speech and language pathologist, but 3 or 4 word phrases for a 2-1/2-year-old doesn’t sound all that atypical to me.
If not, I would recommend that you seek this type of support as well. Also, a speech and language pathologist would be able to assist in diagnosis specific to language difficulties.
I would definately address this with your pediatrician and work on some referrels to a hearing specialist to make sure she is hearing and a speech pathologist to evaluate speech. They start speech therapy as early as tiny infants. Sounds crazy because they aren't suppose to be talking yet but speech is much more than just saying words. The mouth muscles for example must be strong. Feeding issues with infants are often handled by speech pathologists.
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