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20 month old doesn’t talk at all
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amother
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Post Mon, May 06 2019, 11:02 pm
Hi, I am a SLP.
A lot of the advice above is coming from an ABA perspective. That is appropriate for some children. If your child's delay is coming from a lack of language acquisition, I second the recommendation of It Takes Two to Talk.
Other children, however, have speech delay coming from a motor basis, such as apraxia or low muscle tone. These kids may have fully intact language yet be unable to form the sounds of speech. The approach needed would be different for those kids. I highly recommend that you at least get a complete evaluation to pinpoint the cause ofnhis delay and recommend the most effective approach for you to use when communicating with your chid.
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amother
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Post Mon, May 06 2019, 11:18 pm
As a mother of a child with a serious speech impediment, until you have your child evaluated, please do NOT ignore the pointing and do NOT insist on words!
My child could not maneuver her mouth to be able to form words. She has apraxia of speech which is a real condition and the child is unable to form words.
Once a serious issue is ruled out then you can be "mean" and ignore the gestures until you hear words. But you can't force a child that can not talk to talk!
Call another agency like step by step, yelled vyalda.... insist on an evaluation.
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amother
Babyblue


 

Post Mon, May 06 2019, 11:29 pm
SixOfWands wrote:
Call another agency.

This could be nothing. It could be something that can be easily addressed with early intervention. But you won't know until you have an evaluation.

Does he respond to oral directions? ("Yaakov, bring Ima the book," or even just "NO") Does he turn to loud noises? Does he babble?

One thing you can do, counter-intuitively, is to speak to him a bit less. If he indicates that he wants milk, don't say "Yaakov wants milk? Yummm. Milk is delicious, and helps Yaakov grow. We love milk!" Say "MMMMMMM-iiiiiiiii-lllllll-k."


Excellent advice. I would add, take him to an audiologist ASAP, and try to get early intervention. On my experience there's no reason to wait past 2. Call strivright for guidance--they are an EI center and preschool for kids with both speech and language delays and hearing impairments.
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amother
Royalblue


 

Post Tue, May 07 2019, 12:09 am
My sister didn’t talk until she was almost 3. My parents were concerned so they brought her a speech therapist (I think it was a speech therapist I don’t really remember) and after a few months she started talking all of a sudden. She is perfectly normal and she turned out that smartest out of all of us siblings BH.
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soap suds




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, May 07 2019, 12:14 am
amother [ Green ] wrote:
I don't have any suggestions, but I can relate my experience with two of my children. They barely spoke a word before 2.5, and now they never shut up.


They say it takes a mother 18 months to get her child to walk and talk. It takes 18 years to get him to sit down and be quiet!
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amother
Lilac


 

Post Tue, May 07 2019, 12:35 am
When my son was 18 months and still not saying anything we brought it up with the pediatrician. He said not unusual for boys. When he turned 2 we brought it up again. He told us it was because there were multiple languages being spoken at home. We kept accepting what the pediatrician was telling us. My mom was going crazy urging us to see a specialist. We finally did just before he turned 3. Actually it took several ENTs to get to the bottom of it. Turned out he couldn't hear a darn thing. His ears were clogged with fluid that had turned to gelatin! And we had no idea he had fluid in his ears because he never got ear infections. (This is called silent otitis media). Took tubes and a few years of speech therapy but B"H he talks a lot now. Wish I would have listen to my mom sooner though. Always good to get to these things as early as possible.
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