Our son is going to be seen by an early intervention specialist.
doxielover84
He isn't speaking many words yet and has a limited vocabulary . He
hasn't put words togetther to make a sentence. Nancy
hasn't put words togetther to make a sentence. Nancy
heather mclean
<He isn't speaking many words yet and has a limited
vocabulary . He hasn't put words togetther to make a
sentence. >
How old is he? My son went through this. He (and
later my daughter) didn't really say any words until
he was 3 years old. He had his hearing checked & my
son had tubes put in his ears (I now realize this was
most likely unnecessary). Anyway, we had a early
intervention person come to our house every week for
quite awhile. She just played games with him to
encourage him to use his words. She finally admitted
that she wasn't doing anything I wasn't already doing
myself. AND that the studies show that early
intervention doesn't really make a difference (as long
as there isn't any underlying physical problem). Kids
who start speaking later, do just that. Start later,
but catch up fast once they start. The intervention
person was nice, but it was still stressful to all of
us. It was a relief when we quit. We never agreed to
go with my dd - which was several years later.
heather
tucson
vocabulary . He hasn't put words togetther to make a
sentence. >
How old is he? My son went through this. He (and
later my daughter) didn't really say any words until
he was 3 years old. He had his hearing checked & my
son had tubes put in his ears (I now realize this was
most likely unnecessary). Anyway, we had a early
intervention person come to our house every week for
quite awhile. She just played games with him to
encourage him to use his words. She finally admitted
that she wasn't doing anything I wasn't already doing
myself. AND that the studies show that early
intervention doesn't really make a difference (as long
as there isn't any underlying physical problem). Kids
who start speaking later, do just that. Start later,
but catch up fast once they start. The intervention
person was nice, but it was still stressful to all of
us. It was a relief when we quit. We never agreed to
go with my dd - which was several years later.
heather
tucson
Daniel Macintyre
--- In [email protected], "doxielover84"
<doxielover84@y...> wrote:
forward to it as play time. he went because at 2 1/2 his word was
"ball" - no sentances, a few other words used basically as commands,
and not much else. That was when he was evaluated. 3 months later,
when the specialist came for his first session, he was speaking simple
sentences, following directions and interacting with people verbally -
granted it was still mostly ball related, but it had branched out some
(I still don't know where he picked up such a passion for sports -
neither Amy nor I care for sports in general and we rarely even watch
anything). She worked on developing sentance structure, did some sign
language (he's not deaf, but apparently it helps develop verbal
skills), and played some skill building games which he loved. when he
was re-evaluated after 6 months, he tested at high average verbally
and no longer qualified for speech. I don't know how much the therapy
had to do with that, but I know it was not wholly due to it because he
had developed so much between his initial evaluation and his first
evaluation. The therapist even said that this was not the child she
expected to be working with.
I don't think she did anything detrimental though, and as I said,
Zachary really enjoyed it.
We are teaching our daughter Zoe sign language on our own. She is
almost a year old now.
Daniel
<doxielover84@y...> wrote:
> He isn't speaking many words yet and has a limited vocabulary . HeMy son was seen by an early intervention specialist too. He looked
> hasn't put words togetther to make a sentence. Nancy
forward to it as play time. he went because at 2 1/2 his word was
"ball" - no sentances, a few other words used basically as commands,
and not much else. That was when he was evaluated. 3 months later,
when the specialist came for his first session, he was speaking simple
sentences, following directions and interacting with people verbally -
granted it was still mostly ball related, but it had branched out some
(I still don't know where he picked up such a passion for sports -
neither Amy nor I care for sports in general and we rarely even watch
anything). She worked on developing sentance structure, did some sign
language (he's not deaf, but apparently it helps develop verbal
skills), and played some skill building games which he loved. when he
was re-evaluated after 6 months, he tested at high average verbally
and no longer qualified for speech. I don't know how much the therapy
had to do with that, but I know it was not wholly due to it because he
had developed so much between his initial evaluation and his first
evaluation. The therapist even said that this was not the child she
expected to be working with.
I don't think she did anything detrimental though, and as I said,
Zachary really enjoyed it.
We are teaching our daughter Zoe sign language on our own. She is
almost a year old now.
Daniel
Tina
"He isn't speaking many words yet and has a limited vocabulary . He
hasn't put words togetther to make a sentence."
Just so you know, my brother didn't start talking until he was over
three years old. There were no medical problems, he was just a late
talker.
"We are teaching our daughter Zoe sign language on our own. She is
almost a year old now."
I think this is a wonderful thing! I have known of families doing
this, and what a wonderful way to help the young ones communicate
effectively. It empowers them reducing stress for both the parents
and the wee ones. I just love it!
Tina
hasn't put words togetther to make a sentence."
Just so you know, my brother didn't start talking until he was over
three years old. There were no medical problems, he was just a late
talker.
"We are teaching our daughter Zoe sign language on our own. She is
almost a year old now."
I think this is a wonderful thing! I have known of families doing
this, and what a wonderful way to help the young ones communicate
effectively. It empowers them reducing stress for both the parents
and the wee ones. I just love it!
Tina