Re: Age equivalence chart for PLS-4?-janice

[Guest guest]

Hi Janice:

At 2 years old the child should have some words. At 18 months there

is a checklist the pediatrician should do and on there it asks about

how many words the child can say. Landon had 3 words when he was 18

months old and we were referred to EI. He should have had around 25

words and at 2 years old they should be able to put 2 or 3 words

together. This child could be delayed or maybe he has had many ear

infections that have caused a delay. As you get to know this person

or see this person more often, you can ask more questions about his

speech. I would tread lightly with these conversations and leave out

the science. If Mark was non-verbal at 2 years old tell her his

story of how he was non-verbal and referred to Early Intervention

where he had a speech evaluation and started speech therapy to help

him. If a child has a speech delay and not a speech disorder, speech

therapy won't harm the child, but assist the child in speaking or

catching up to his peers. If this isn't Mark's story, tell her this

is how it went for someone's else child you know. You could just

tell her that you have noticed the little boy doesn't have many words

and that Early intervention is free and her pediatrician can refer

the little boy for an evaluation. If this is her first child, she

will be grateful for some help. I had a child already before Landon

so I knew when he was 15 months old that there was something wrong.

Landon was always right around 4 months behind his brother on

milestones. My other son was already using 2 word combinations by

the time he was 12 months old.

Good luck to you,

Tina

> >

> > Do you know where I could find an age equivalence chart for the

> > Preschool Language Scale Fourth Edition (PLS-4)?

> >

> > My son's speaking vocabulary is the age equivalence of 2 years

11

> mos

> > and his speech is the age equivalence of less than 2 years. My

son

> is

> > now 4 years 8 mos.

> >

> > I was wondering what his auditory comprehension and expressive

> > communication age equivalence is. He received a standard score

of

> 86

> > and a percentile rank of 18 for auditory comprehension which

places

> him

> > one standard deviation below the mean. He received a standard

score

> of

> > 82 and a percentile of 12 for expressive which also places him

one

> > standard deviation below the mean. His total language score was

82

> with

> > a percentile rank of 12 which places him one standard deviation

> below

> > the mean.

> >

> > At my son's 3 years 8 mos evaluation at his private ST he was

found

> to

> > be at 2 years 10 mos. His report said he had a mild vocabulary

> deficit

> > and now he has a mild to moderate vocabulary deficit? I hope

he's

> not

> > getting worse!

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Great advice. There is an autistic kid in town whose parents are in

serious denial. There is milk allergy throughout the family. The mom

only takes direction from her own mom. In talking to grandma I waited

for her to tell me about grandson's " speech delay " and when she did I

said we learned part of 's deal was milk. She told me (which I

already knew) that autistic boy had a milk allergy as a baby. Then a

mutual friend talked to the mom about apraxia research on my end.

From slow and steady talking to me, a mom of a PDD Nos kid at her

school and her own sister-in-law who told her to read the

McCarthy book the mom is seeing what is in front of her and the boy

is getting help. Slow and steady.

> > >

> > > Do you know where I could find an age equivalence chart for

the

> > > Preschool Language Scale Fourth Edition (PLS-4)?

> > >

> > > My son's speaking vocabulary is the age equivalence of 2 years

> 11

> > mos

> > > and his speech is the age equivalence of less than 2 years. My

> son

> > is

> > > now 4 years 8 mos.

> > >

> > > I was wondering what his auditory comprehension and expressive

> > > communication age equivalence is. He received a standard score

> of

> > 86

> > > and a percentile rank of 18 for auditory comprehension which

> places

> > him

> > > one standard deviation below the mean. He received a standard

> score

> > of

> > > 82 and a percentile of 12 for expressive which also places him

> one

> > > standard deviation below the mean. His total language score

was

> 82

> > with

> > > a percentile rank of 12 which places him one standard

deviation

> > below

> > > the mean.

> > >

> > > At my son's 3 years 8 mos evaluation at his private ST he was

> found

> > to

> > > be at 2 years 10 mos. His report said he had a mild vocabulary

> > deficit

> > > and now he has a mild to moderate vocabulary deficit? I hope

> he's

> > not

> > > getting worse!

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >