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Advice On Speech Delay We recently received this question about speech delay from one of our users and as it is one that is frequently asked, decided to put it up on this website. Please read the question below and the advice from one of our speech and language therapists in response to this question.
User question
My son is 2 years and 8 months of age. He has a speech delay and can
just say few words (when he wants). We have tested his hearing and
found that it is fine. Sometimes he is listening to us and most of
the time not. He is interested in watching TV (as we at home speak
very little) and therefore I am looking for a video tape that teaches
the basic skills of speaking.
This could provide him some sort of training seeing as at the childcare
I do not think they are paying enough attention because they are busy
and each teacher is looking after 8-10 kids. My son use to hear three
diffrent languages, now we are realising this fact and concentrating
on english.
After having the hearing test done, the doctors are trying other assessment
which is to far from what we believe could help our son, he needs
a training and training . There was a mistake in the way we raised
him which resulted in him not listening to us, and we are trying to
change but at this stage we feel that it is important to provide him
with some training such as video tapes. Please advise me how can I
get assistance.
Our advice
Thank you for your email on our 'stammering centre' website requesting advice
regarding your son's speech delay. As we specialise in stammering,
we are not able to recommend training videos on developing children's
speech and language skills.
However from your description of your child's speech and language
development, we would strongly recommend you seek advice from a speech
and language pathologist in Melbourne. A speech and language pathologist
will be able to assess your child's speech and language skills and
make recommendations on how to help him.
In the UK, the therapy typically being carried out with children his
age involves working with parents and helping parents to develop strategies
which will support their child's speech and language skills.
I hope this advice is helpful.
To find helpful advice for parents on the subject of stammering, visit
our Parents section. |
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Rees (10) only stammered at school and only in some lessons. It made
a real difference to him when we arranged an informal meeting for
him, his teacher and his parents. He came up with some sensible ideas
to help his teacher deal with those difficult moments.
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