Hello and a question about speech

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Hi everyone. I'm so happy to be a member of this group! I have a 3 1/2

yr old son (DS) and an 8 yr old daughter. My son is in a mainstreamed

preschool with few non-diabled peers. He has always babbled A LOT

making lots of sounds and can say maybe 15 words fairly clearly. My

question is...will you share with me when you children started talking

clearly and anything other than standard speech therapy that helped??

We are very frustrated! I am a high school teacher and I have always

been very pro-active. We work with Ian a lot at home but we are not

seeing much progress. He will say the same phrase, exactly the same

way over and over. I know he's frustrated too because after trying to

figure it out and asking him to show me what he's talking about,

sometimes he'll just say, " Mom, Hush! " That's always clear!! (We have

tried sign language several times but he just doesn't seem

interested.) I would love to hear your stories!!

Thanks and blessings,

, mother to Ian and Jillian