St. Martin's Press The Late Talker: What to Do If Your Child Isn't Talking Yet

It has so many exercises that you can do as a parent to help your child to talk. I now taught my son 20 words and the nhs speech therapist is refusing to articulate or do any speech exercises with my son and until now she has not diagnose my 6 year old son, except he is delayed. I am refusing to believe my son cannot get help so i bought this book. I am following it as a bible and the rewards are amazing. My son can say mummy daddy ball more look sat we all eat one two three four five green yellow red no on it is just by following this book. Imagine as a parent with the help of this book can get all of those words what can a nhs speech therapist do! So i recommend this book for any child who is a late talker even though is focusing on apraxia/dyspraxia of speech it can also help with other speech disorders. I believe my son has a speech disorder but not a delayed. This book is brilliant.

My son is 23 months old and not talking. While I would dearly LOVE to believe that he will simply "grow into it" as has been suggested by well-meaning doctors, specialists, and other parents, I thought something was wrong. I even took him to a developmental pediatrician to ask if his feeding difficulties might be tied to his speech issues - she said no. So I relaxed. And the issues continued. It was when I was searching for an answer that I happened upon this book.And my son is Tanner. I read the first chapter and was so scared I closed the book. I could not deal. Over the next couple of days, I read subsequent parts, usually pieces of a chapter before I got scared again. But it kept resounding in me ... THIS is what he had, THIS is what the issue has been, THIS is the name of it! His speech therapist thinks so too, and now so too does the developmental pediatrician.Yes, it was scary. But it was scary from the standpoint that when my son was born 12 weeks too early, the doctors gave his odds for various conditions and they were very high. We had passed all of the critical parts along the way, with no issues of the cited disabilities. I knew the feeding issues were important - never mind that no doctor or even his feeding therapist thought anything of them, I knew there was an issue. And for those difficulties to be a precursor for the speech problems? Wow. I am amazed that NO ONE ever saw it, no matter how much I asked or how many evaluations I demanded.While this book is scary, it also gives me hope. It tells me that with therapy (the RIGHT therapy, no less), he can improve his speech. It says I did right, asking questions so early. It says Early Intervention is key. That all is hope. But even more, it gave me a road map for my next couple of years. Those of you who are saying it is scary for the average Late Talker, yeah, I get that. For the few parents out there with apraxic kids, though, it's like they are talking to our souls. They know. They know the fight, they know the fears, they know that the worst thing to do is nothing.I am so glad I happened upon this book. While I was scared, I am not now - now, I know my path and I am steeled to following it, for the betterment of my son.

I bought this book and found the most helpful information was about nutritional information. After speaking with my son's pediatrician about the author's recommendations, I started my then 2 year old son on 1 teaspoon of Nordic Natural Pro-EFA (Essential Fatty Acids 3 , 6 and 9) in his apple juice each morning. At the time, he was completely non-verbal and only made occasional squeals in an effort to communicate but I knew that he was very smart from the way he understood what I said to him. Honestly, within one week of the supplementation, he walked into the kitchen one morning and called me "mama." From that day until this, he has added a word or two a day to his vocabulary. He now says and uses about 160 nouns correctly and about 40 verbs. He is still behind his age group but I am so thankful that he has found his voice!! We also found the Be Smart Baby Bumblebee DVDs to be very helpful. They are so slow paced but he seems to enjoy learning the words in each DVD.

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This book helped alleviate many of my concerns, and I am hopeful that my son may begin to talk soon - he is four and has been in speech therapy for over a year and a half, and although his progress is slow, there is marked progress that keeps hope alive. He is nowhere near as verbal or even clear in his speech as his nearly two year old sister, but he does try to communicate verbally rather than rely on sign language.Parents can really benefit from the advice in this book about IEP meetings and dealing with insurance companies. Luckily, I have not had to fight on those fronts as much as others, so I feel there is a real team working to improve my son's impairments.