Re: New to list...questions...

[Guest guest]

Hi and Welcome!

My advice: Always listen to your inner voice. You are the boss. Ask

questions, explore every option.

If you havent't contacted Early Intervention, then do that NOW. Don't

allow them to take their sweet time, they will make you wait forever

for an evaluation, signing papers, etc... Everyone will make you

wait. One week here and there adds up fast!!! THere can be many steps

to getting the right help for your son. Months can pass before you

know it. Good Luck and welcome to the group!

Amy

-time between our first call to Early Intervention and first ST

session was about 6 weeks. 6 weeks that we can't get back. Just

something to think about.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

You are in the right place. I wish I had found this group when my son

was 2. Go ahead and get his evaluations done. Early Intervention is a

natiowide Birth - 3 program. The amount of therapy varies from state

to state. They will test for fine motor, gross motor, social, speech

and who knows what else!

I always encourage people to get their own private evaluations in

addition if they can swing it or through their insurance company.

And what you said about your daughter, I know that feeling all too

well. My daughter who is 20 months younger and is now 2 chats up a

storm. It does encourage my son who is 3 yrs 9 months and does have

words now.

Hang in there and write with all your questions!

denise

> Hi there,

> Just found this list after doing a search on " late talker " . My son

> is 25 months old and not talking at all. His pediatrician has

> recommended we go to get a speech therapy evaluation which we'll

set

> up for next week.

>

> We've been operating under the assumption that he was just late to

> talking and that we had a " little Einstein " on our hands. After

> reading about things at the apraxia website, I'm now quite sure

that

> he has apraxia and will need therapy.

>

> 's *very* intelligent. You can see that just by observing

him.

> He's developed his own set of signs to tell us what he

wants/needs.

> But the only thing he says right now is mamamamama. He did

dadadada

> for awhile, but is back to mamamamama. He's a very expressive kid -

> uses his face to tell us all sorts of things. But he's just not

> talking. His 6-month-old sister seems more inclined to talk than

he

> does, and at this rate she will talk before he does.

>

> In any case, if anyone has any words of wisdom for us, or whatever,

> I'd be very interested. We're not quite yet used to the idea that

> there might be something " wrong " with our perfect little boy.

>

> Thanks for listening, and I look forward to being a member of this

> group.

>

> Sincerely,

>