So confused pls help

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My son is almost 23 months and has a significant speech delay. He

qualified for speech from EI and starting seeing a SLP 2 times a

week about one month ago.

As far as we can tell he only lags in his expressive speech. He does

have single words(probably 50+, most of which i can easily

understand but is not all readilly

understood by others.) but the majority of them are mono

syllabic.However he can say mama, bye bye, yeya(leah- his sisters

name) baby and a few others. He can really only say

the m,n,b,h, and sometimes p,w,. What really concerns us is how he

only uses a very short

form of a two syllable word. For example " ernie " is nie, grandma is

" ma " . It is often the first syllable that is deleted. He has also

never put two words together. He also deletes all final consanants-

for ex. up is uh. I have tried tyo work with him to say the " p "

sound as the end but he cannot do it.

Does this sound like apraxia to you. His SLP She feels right now it

is not because his vowels are consistent. Also even though he has

many speech errors, or short forms- they are consistent.

I am concerned about waiting to long as I do not want to waste time

getting him the help

he needs.

Sorry this is so long- we would really appreciate any input you have.

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Hi-

I just wanted to write and tell you that you are doing the right

thing getting speech twice a week before your son is even two. That

is amazing how many words he has. You should be able to build on

this rather quickly. You know what his strengths are, and now just

need to use those to set goals he can achieve.

The best thing you can do now is work with him every day in your

routines and special time you set aside (it doesn't have to last that

long at this age). A huge problem is getting a child to be vocal,and

you have already won that victory! Your son is already ahead of a

lot of kids on here. All that means to you is that you can breathe a

little easier and take the time to fill in the gaps in his speech.

You will want to work on making his words more intelligible if you

can before adding a second word to his phrases, or try both and see

what happens. If it is too hard, you take away the second word and

work on getting the first word clearer.

I think it is always a good idea to ask questions, but it is even

more important to take action, and you are doing both of these things

which is all that you can do for your son right now. Give the

therapy time to work, if he is not showing progress speak up and tr

something different. Just keep at it, I know it is hard but you can

help your son more than any therapist!

Penny

http://twoplusoneequalsfive.blogspot.com/