Just for the record - this isn't for Jaydee, he is a jabber jaws, and very cheeky to boot. This question was posted by a new member who needs help - she accidentally posted it in the advice section. I emailed to let her know that I posted it here, but she may not have been back on since then.
Hey girl, Get a referral to see Dr Zilibowitz. He is a peadiatrician in Dee Why. He's free and awesome. He'll be able to help you with any problems your having with your beautiful little man.
My oldest child had delayed speech..... She was 21/2 when she could only put 2 basic words together if she was lucky!!!! I sent her daycare and within 2 months her speech has developed so much that she is started forming sentences. She is 3 and half now and speeks really well. Doctor suggested to me to put her in day care as it will encourage to speak so they can communicate with other children and there carers. Some kids just need to be with peers to get them to talk. Everyone other suggestions are great so hopefully you can sort it out.
A child with Autism woudl not make ey contact. IF he is amking eye contac tthen he is probl not autistic....jsut wanted to add that.
When a hcild is autistic they dont' have the social cues to know to look at the person who is speakin gto them so they look past or around the person who is talking. But his is a good idea though. A hcild my that age shoudl have some verbal skills.
From a different point of view...Does or has he had many ear infections. All the fluid build up can make his hearing "Muddled" so he may be jabberling to you but he is repeating everything the way HE hears it through all the fluid....make sense.....after our son had ear tubes placed for his recurrent infecitons his babbling become more like speech.
It's not a magic cure his speech is still very delayed (he has other medcial issues, shcek my home page if you want to know) BUT it has helped.
I would suggest talking to your doctor. Have you had his hearing checked? Speech therapy would certainly be helpful. And they can evaluate and determine what other assistance he may need.
My son is 2.5 and we were having alot of issues with using his hands to get what he wanted without talking now we are on a waiting list to get speech therapy. We were sent for a hearing test too so if you are worried there isn't any harm getting him checked by the health centre or a doctor. Hope that helps
Maybe your son just isnt ready to talk, I was 4 1/2 when I started talking. and My son is already 2 adn not making the least bit of effort to start talkign and everytong says that its not a big deal and he will start talkking when he is ready.
Don't hold back from school, just make the school aware there is a problem if there still is one when he starts, and they should get in all the extra support for him that he needs. Public schools are best for this.
Speech therapy can be accessed through most community health centres.
I agree, get your child into speech therapy, and his speech problem will most likely be called Dyspraxia, like my youngest child has got. Get your child into a speech therapy programme and quickly. They do wonders with children with speech difficulties. YEah, schools and kindy's are there to help you out. Like Darkened Angel said, don't hold your child back just because of his speech. THere's always someone out there who will help.
each child develops at their own pace. my son only started talking properly when he was 3.5 he is autistic but. my daughter was a late starter to, but when she started she didnt shut up. she was about 2.
personally i would see your gp and ask about it, they will proberly either give u names of speech thripists or too se a peadiatricion.
Does he go to Child care? If so they will be able to help you with a referal to a speech therapist and will also work on his speech while in care. We do speech work with our kid's everyday they are in the centre.
If not then your GP will be able to refer you to a good speech therapist in your area.
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