Re: Non-verbal at 24mths - was anyone else's child like this?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My little boy was just like your son and totally non verbal at his 2nd birthday

(I was scared to death). He finally called me mama at 27 months and at 30 months

started saying some single words. This past fall (at 32 months old) we increased

his ST to 5x a week and he started pre-school 3 half days. I have no clue

really what made the huge difference, my guess would be going from 3x a week to

5x a week of ST but whatever it was it was nothing short of a miracle! Henry

turned 3 last week and talks non-stop in 3/4 word sentences but you only

understand about 50% of what he is saying. I NEVER thought I would be saying

this only a year after his 2nd birthday.

Keep the faith and get his as much ST as you can afford or get!

Carolyn

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From: rubykatee <ttaniaa0000@...>

Sent: Fri, January 29, 2010 5:14:32 PM

Subject: [ ] Non-verbal at 24mths - was anyone else's child

like this?

Hi, my little boy is 24mths and totally non verbal. He doesn't even really have

any sounds.

I was curious to know if anyone else's little one was like this at this age, and

did go on to have some speech. What techniques/therapy did you use?

We are about to start the Pro-EFA and have started seeing a PROMPT therapist.

[Guest guest]

My son said his first word ( " more " ) at 28 months. At 36 months the school

District felt that the words he had was 70% unintelligible, we felt like

translators for him. At almost 4 ½ he is no longer unintelligible at all and

can formulate long and complex sentences, up to 4 in a row that are understood

by most anyone. Today he tried to get out of going to school by saying " Mom, I

can't go school today. I have a little bit tummy ache. My computer makes me

feel better. I wanna play Matterhorn. "

We have 2 hours weekly of 1:1 speech from the SD and we fund 2 hours weekly. I

think it is a combo of this speech and some alternative therapies that have made

the difference.

Hang in there! All my best!

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> Hi, my little boy is 24mths and totally non verbal. He doesn't even really

have any sounds.

>

> I was curious to know if anyone else's little one was like this at this age,

and did go on to have some speech. What techniques/therapy did you use?

>

> We are about to start the Pro-EFA and have started seeing a PROMPT therapist.

>

[Guest guest]

This is a GREAT start!   My son is now 4 and was also totally non-verbal

at age 2.  He gained a few words from age 2 to 3, but not much.  He talks a up

storm now though - after 18 months of therapy, 7 months of fish oil and a week

and a half of Nutriiveda.  You are one whole year ahead of us!  I thought it was

" normal " that wasn't talking at age 2.  I thought he was just a late

talker.  But, it ended up being something much more serious.  You're a whole

year ahead of us, and I am thrilled with 's progress in just 18 short

months.  PROMPT really helped us get the ball rolling with therapy.  It helped

Coop connect the dots per say with sounds and letters.  He started PROMPT at age

3.  These days, he needs little prompt cues because he's mastered most of his

letters.  Now he working on stringing whole sentences together with good

articulation.

Good luck to you!  It sounds like you are on a great path!

Gretchen Walsh

Columbus, OH

http://www.walsh101.typepad.com

 

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From: rubykatee <ttaniaa0000@...>

Sent: Fri, January 29, 2010 5:14:32 PM

Subject: [ ] Non-verbal at 24mths - was anyone else's child

like this?

Hi, my little boy is 24mths and totally non verbal. He doesn't even really have

any sounds.

I was curious to know if anyone else's little one was like this at this age, and

did go on to have some speech. What techniques/therapy did you use?

We are about to start the Pro-EFA and have started seeing a PROMPT therapist.

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