Re: New to board,any suggestions?

[Guest guest]

By 2 1/2 start looking into pre-school whether it be special ed or a

regular pre-school.

Sounds like you are on top of it.

denise

>

> Hi. My name is Diane. I have a son who is 19 mos. and is speech

> delayed. ny does say about 2 words, Hi, and Down. No other

words

> really. He babbles up a storm all day long, and actually has

> conversations with you in his own little babble language. I had

him

> evaluated at 16 mos due to my gut instict. Like many of you, MY

> pediatrician said to wait for the eval til he was 2. I did not

wait.

> He has been seen by a developmental pediatrician, who confirmed

she

> beleived he was language delayed. he does understand A LOT more

than

> he can say. He follows commands, listens pretty well. Its a little

> eerie we talk all day to him and he understands everything, but no

> words come out! They say he is on a 12 mos level. (not too bad I

guess)

> We started speech 2x , special ed 2x and recently OT 2x , they

said

> his muscle tone in his hands are low, he has a hard time with some

> fine motor stuff. He walked at 13 mos, runs , climbs steps etc. He

> does wave bye bye and hello like crazy, smiles, eats all kinds of

> foods cruncy etc. He can make bbbbb sounds, rasperries, and today

I

> heard him roar like a lion! I just want to make sure I have all

bases

> covered for now. How would I know if he had apraxia? I am reading

the

> bood The Late Talker right now. Is there anything else I should be

> doing? I see that it can get tricky when it is time to send them

to

> school. I have been reading all the posts here, and think this is

a

> very good forum. Thanks./

> Diane

>

[Guest guest]

-Thanks for your response. I will continue to follow the board here.

2 1/2 is a year away so Im sure we have lots of time for decisions

and growth.

Diane

-- In , " DMon98 "

<dmharrison98@y...> wrote:

>

> By 2 1/2 start looking into pre-school whether it be special ed or

a

> regular pre-school.

>

> Sounds like you are on top of it.

>

> denise

>

> >

> > Hi. My name is Diane. I have a son who is 19 mos. and is speech

> > delayed. ny does say about 2 words, Hi, and Down. No other

> words

> > really. He babbles up a storm all day long, and actually has

> > conversations with you in his own little babble language. I had

> him

> > evaluated at 16 mos due to my gut instict. Like many of you, MY

> > pediatrician said to wait for the eval til he was 2. I did not

> wait.

> > He has been seen by a developmental pediatrician, who confirmed

> she

> > beleived he was language delayed. he does understand A LOT more

> than

> > he can say. He follows commands, listens pretty well. Its a

little

> > eerie we talk all day to him and he understands everything, but

no

> > words come out! They say he is on a 12 mos level. (not too bad I

> guess)

> > We started speech 2x , special ed 2x and recently OT 2x , they

> said

> > his muscle tone in his hands are low, he has a hard time with

some

> > fine motor stuff. He walked at 13 mos, runs , climbs steps etc.

He

> > does wave bye bye and hello like crazy, smiles, eats all kinds

of

> > foods cruncy etc. He can make bbbbb sounds, rasperries, and

today

> I

> > heard him roar like a lion! I just want to make sure I have all

> bases

> > covered for now. How would I know if he had apraxia? I am

reading

> the

> > bood The Late Talker right now. Is there anything else I should

be

> > doing? I see that it can get tricky when it is time to send them

> to

> > school. I have been reading all the posts here, and think this

is

> a

> > very good forum. Thanks./

> > Diane

> >

>