any advice please!!!!!
  Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:04 am
Post subject: any advice please!!!!! I have a 2 and a half year old son who I have just taken to docs because I was concerned about his talking or lack of it, he says around about 20 words some are not very clear, we put him in a private nursery for 15 hrs a wk to see if this helped but the staff have said they dont think that Shaun mixes well with other kids.
The doc has referred him to speech and language therapy and wants to take it from there I am worried sick about him has any1 experienced this with their child _________________   Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:19 am
Post subject: hey Donna
my son has a speech therapist because of his cleft, and my sister in law's little boy (almost 2 and a half) has just been referred similar to your son. The aim of speech therapy is to ensure they are 'normal' (whatever that is) by school age - so you have loads of time. In my and SIL's experiences, the spech therapists have been absolutely brilliant. You really shouldn't worry at this stage - just do as his therapist asks you to, and I'm sure he'll be fine. The only thing that came out early for my nephew that may be similar and helpful for you was that he had 'a short attention span'. There's loads you can do to improve attention for him starting now:- - as little background noise as possible (TV, radio etc) - when he watches TV, watch with him so its active not passive, and talk about what you see on the screen (my nephew watches in the night garden every day with his mum lol) - talk to him about things he has just done - so if you've been to the park, in the way home talk about what you did there - don't leave everything til evening as he won't remember well - make eye contact when you talk with him - treat it like an adult conversation I also use a book called 'small talk' which is fantastic. Its this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Talk-Richard-C-Woolfson/dp/0600602885/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236421092&sr=1-5 Truly though - don't worry too much, this is a lot commoner than you might think, and speech therapy is extremely likely to sort out any underlying issues he may have. Good luck! Anna xx _________________    Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:15 pm
Post subject: thanks alot for your reply its good to hear from someone with similar experiences I feel much better now I will certainly be trying those things you suggested thanks very much for your help
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