All About Delayed Speech
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Wow! 3 mths is a long time! Mine always ask for at most one month apart. In fact when they want weekly, I’m quite reluctant.
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shirley_low67:
KKH also said that my son is not autistic but just slow from age 2yo, at 4.5yo, we urged the doc in KKH to get him assessed and he was diagnosed as mildly autistic..I was so disappointed with KKH, quite a bit of time wasted for not able to start his early intervention at 2yo. I shld hv seek a 2nd opinion from another private doc back then.Hi all
I am very new here. My son is going 3 years old next month. Both DH and myself are very concerned about his speech. At this age, he is unable to speak in sentence. He can merely say words like \"mummy, daddy, porpor, gonggong, chercher, gorgor, ah yee, teacher\", some fruits like \"apple, banana, grapes, pear\", other things like \"bag, comb, tree, car, boy, girl, duck\"
He does try to speak double or triple syllabus like \"strawberry, elephant\" but the pronounciation wasn't there.
At the same time, he also throws tantrums. I brought him to KK to review his development issues as I am really worried that he might be autistic.
The KK doc assured me that he is not autistic, just slow in speech as in his early years he is taken care by maid and mil who doesn't speak much to him. We have an appointment in September in Ministry of Health to train us (parents) how to teach kids with speech problem.
He is now in full day child care since Jan this year. Although teacher said that he is picking up words now, I am still very worried that he will be lag behind and he lose confidence when he is with his peers where others could speak well and he could not.
I have been looking around for enrichment courses. I am not sure whether courses in \"I can read\", L central or Morris Allen as these courses seems to be meant for kids that can speak.
Can mummies here be kind enough to suggest what kind of enrichment course will benefit him? I am staying in Punggol. I am also quite careful with the type of course as it didn't come cheap.
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i read from young parents magazine enrichment list, got some centres cater to autistic or adhd or learning disability kids.
when my son cant pronounce many sounds at 2+, i got him assessed by THREE therapists: first at mt alvernia, she said just short tongue. since they cant gv a regular timing, i got a 2nd opinion at leapfrog (pte), the therapist michelle was v good, diagnosed him as speech delay and he did very well after 9 mths therapy. but sometime during this session i went kkh to just get 3rd opinion cos kkh cheaper mah. but i found their diagnosis no good - they just say mild problem but actually more serious than that. so i nvr go kkh for treatment. i stuck to Leapfrog… -
24hr-mum:
Totally agree tt KKH diagnosis is no gd. They seem to cater more to the more serious cases. Less serious case (but actually serious enough to warrant therapy, otherwise kid can't survive in school)they will just dismiss as lack of exposure or behavioral problem, and ask you to talk more to kid or use behavioral strategies that don't solve the root of the problem. Appts given if any are far apart too. In my view, they are just a waste of time. My girl who has mild sensory issues, and problem sitting on chair ( she likes to kneel on chair or walk around instead of sitting on chair), the Occupatinal Therapist at KKH dismissed it as behavioral problem. She did some test and even told me that girl's fine motor skill is good. But I didn't believe her and went to Dynamics for 2nd opinion. The OT there said her fine motor skill although within normal range is at low level and gave me strategies to improve her sitting and sensory and fine motor problems.i read from young parents magazine enrichment list, got some centres cater to autistic or adhd or learning disability kids.
when my son cant pronounce many sounds at 2+, i got him assessed by THREE therapists: first at mt alvernia, she said just short tongue. since they cant gv a regular timing, i got a 2nd opinion at leapfrog (pte), the therapist michelle was v good, diagnosed him as speech delay and he did very well after 9 mths therapy. but sometime during this session i went kkh to just get 3rd opinion cos kkh cheaper mah. but i found their diagnosis no good - they just say mild problem but actually more serious than that. so i nvr go kkh for treatment. i stuck to Leapfrog..
As a parent , we have to trust our instinct and challenge diagnosis given by professionals ESP if they come from subsidized method and the diagnosis given doesn't square with our observations about the child in daily life. -
Forgot to mention that my girl can’t trace on dotted line. More than 50% of the time her line will go out. She can’t use scissors to cut too.
From this KKH incident, I learn this: cheap
Thing comes at the expense of quality or time. -
when my boy was 4, he cant write on the line too when i ask him write on triple line books. his words will float or sink or fly, just NOT on the line. when i asked him to do joining dots, he surely will overshot the dot and then come back to the dot. i sent him for evaluation at brainfit studio and he went for some courses and improved his handwriting tremendously after a few mths. (actualy i went to dynamnics tooo but the angmoh say he had no motor skill problem whc i dont believe. ) try the brainfit revolution. they have before and post programme handwriting to show you
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Audvis:
Our special needs just need more time and guidance. for my son, he was interested in alphabets, so he knew all the alphabets at 1+, he can spell words at 2, but he has no speech. He couldn't answer a simple question like \"what did u eat in sch?\" at 4.5yo. He can understand everything we say or ask, but just no speech.Forgot to mention that my girl can't trace on dotted line. More than 50% of the time her line will go out. She can't use scissors to cut too.
From this KKH incident, I learn this: cheap
Thing comes at the expense of quality or time.
At 5, he started to speak in short sentences but still couldn't read, at 6yo he started reading.. Now at 9yo, he is doing just fine in a mainstream sap sch.
What I am trying to say is not to worry too much, sometimes our kids will improve over time. For my case, KKH din help him at all, no OT, no following up from the doc.. no referrals to ARC/Pathlight etc.. we applied the schools ourselves. -
My son has just been given a preliminary assessment of high functioning autism by kkh. Will have to do more tests to confirm.
Although he had delayed speech, he’s very bright. He can read very well and very advanced in his science knowledge. In fact he learnt by himself through self reading. I didn’t even know many stuff that he knew. -
allamanda:
Don't mind me saying this but seriously you are threading in a rather risky start. Early intervention is good for both parent and child. At least as a parent, you have done something for your child. The least a parent can do is to monitor with some pointers and at least some form of helps for the child. This not only reduce the stress from the parent but also the child's confidence level.
Our special needs just need more time and guidance. for my son, he was interested in alphabets, so he knew all the alphabets at 1+, he can spell words at 2, but he has no speech. He couldn't answer a simple question like \"what did u eat in sch?\" at 4.5yo. He can understand everything we say or ask, but just no speech.
At 5, he started to speak in short sentences but still couldn't read, at 6yo he started reading.. Now at 9yo, he is doing just fine in a mainstream sap sch.
What I am trying to say is not to worry too much, sometimes our kids will improve over time. For my case, KKH din help him at all, no OT, no following up from the doc.. no referrals to ARC/Pathlight etc.. we applied the schools ourselves.
But thank goodness you are very lucky that your child turns out well and healthy and able to go into mainstream school. -
you are lucky bec yr child turns out ok in mainstream.
but not every speech delay child is like yours. Some still struggling painfully in primary school.
if can, wiser to seek early intervention if possible.
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