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| ICan | Mar 26 2006, 12:40 AM Post #1 |
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My son is 19 months and has 4 words, which he hardly uses. He mainly communicates through grunting, pointing and shouting. He is very good at communicating this way. What can I do to help his language skills develop, besides for reading books to him and for talking to him? |
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| Karapooz | Mar 26 2006, 02:55 AM Post #2 |
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Each child is different, and if he gets by this way, he might be reluctant to learn speak more. My son loves to repeat, so I tell him a new word and don't hear the end of it. What I do is: if he's asking to eat, I ask him what he wants. Then I give a few choices. He'll answer yes to one of them, and then I'd tell him to say it. As I prepare it we take turns saying the name of the food. I also set aside time for teaching specific things. Like colors. I say it A LOT and very exaggerated. "Your sweater is GREEEEEN. Color GREEEEN. And your socks are GREEN." He likes the sound of the word and thinks it's a game, so he repeats it. |
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| ICan | Mar 26 2006, 06:32 AM Post #3 |
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Sounds good, but my ds isn't interested in repeating words at all. |
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| realeez | Mar 26 2006, 07:35 AM Post #4 |
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Does he understand what you are saying? |
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| rikal | Mar 26 2006, 09:03 AM Post #5 |
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Don't let him get by with grunts or pointing if its something he should know. Play dumb. "I don't understand you, what do you want?" This works really well when everyone else is getting choclate milk or ice cream. Consider shyness also. You know your kid. If it keeps up long after 2 and especially if there is peer interaction - playgroup, gan, etc. Then I'd get it checked. |
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| U Tarzan Me Jane | Mar 26 2006, 09:14 AM Post #6 |
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19 months is still pretty young for words. But the fact that he has found other ways to communicate means he is smart enough to talk, he just can't or won't. My oldest son was like this, I waited till he was too and then had him evaluated, he ended up having very poor muscle contol in his mouth and needed speech therapy to correct it. Now he is almost 5 he speaks like a child who is much older. |
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| ICan | Mar 26 2006, 09:18 AM Post #7 |
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Sometimes. He understands the basic things like 'let's take a bath, come for supper, do you want a banana?' But things that are more complicated or not so much part of his daily routine he appears to be lost by. |
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| Zeesachaya | Mar 26 2006, 10:01 AM Post #8 |
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My son is like this - and about the same age (born Aug 24 04). He says "ba" for many many things. He knows, Mama and Da and Arah for sister but he doesn't talk much either. It's quite different than my daughter who could speak in full sentences at the age of one. I am going to wait until he is two years old and then have him evaluated. Sometimes, it just takes them a while to talk. My friend's daughter didn't speak until she was three and a half (which was definitely cause for concern) but it helps for me to know this so that I don't stress out and think that he's "never going to talk." It's hard too because so many other mothers around me have babies the same age as him. But, I try not to think competitively and just thank G-d that my son is here with me now and we'll go with the flow. |
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| Karapooz | Mar 26 2006, 10:25 AM Post #9 |
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Yes, same as yours, ICan, my son understands things that are in his daily routine. But not much else. On Purim someone asked him (in Yiddish) what his name was. My son knows Yiddish, and that's a simple question. But he's never been asked that. So he just stared for a few moments and yelped, "MAMA!" and ran to me. Sometimes I think that if another person would speak to him using the same exact words as I do, he wouldn't understand as well. And even if your kid is not repeating, telling him a certain word many times and reviewing and exaggerating will instill it in him. |
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| zuncompany | Mar 26 2006, 10:33 AM Post #10 |
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Zu really didn't say much until a few months ago and tham bam! It feels like it happended overnight. He did communicate in other ways though. Have you considered teaching him some sign? |
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| happyduck1979 | Mar 26 2006, 10:47 AM Post #11 |
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You son sounds very simmilar to here my daughter was holding until recently. I can pass on what we have learned from her speech therapist which has made hige diference. 1) DO NOT play dumb. It wll frusterate them and teach them that ANY verbal communication is going ot make them sad. It also puts them in a harder position where a) they are already in a frusterated situation and B) it has already become a power struggle. 2) When they grunt for something, point to it. Say it. Say it again. Wait a full 10 seconds to see if they respond. Say it again. This way they get used to thinking they are supposed to fill in the pause. Then give them what they want. 3) Speak to them in short, 2 word sentances and repeat one major word . Again, repeat them, and then model the answer for them. "Want milk?... Want milks? ... Mmm, Milk... Baby likes milk". Again, wait a full 10 seconds for replies. 4) When you give them something, only give them a part. This shows you are not ignoring them, but they need to communicate more. IE, if they indicate thye ould like to colour, give them the paper but no crayons. Then, "What do you need? Ohh, want crayons?" wait 10 seconds. "Here's crayons". I can tell you that these were our main strategies and within a week of waiting those 10 full seconds for reponces we started to see dramatic differences. HTH! |
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| ICan | Mar 26 2006, 11:10 AM Post #12 |
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zun I have considered signing with him, but haven't been so consistent with it, b/c his issue isn't so much understanding me but getting himself understood. when I signed with him he just found it funny. Truth is I should keep it up. Happyduck, thanks so much for the strategies, I will try them and keep you updated. |
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| zuncompany | Mar 26 2006, 11:44 AM Post #13 |
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we have a friend here who suggested it to us with Zu cause he just had no interest in talking yet got really frustrated notb eing understood. With the sign (and he only learned a few in the end) he became more confident and than slowly added on words cause he knew he could communicate and liked it. Studies are showing good results with it. |
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| Deena | Mar 26 2006, 08:03 PM Post #14 |
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We also had a problem with my 2 1/2 yr old, ended up getting him tubes against my pediatricians approval And B"H his speach is improving drastically. |
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| FlowerGirl | Mar 26 2006, 08:28 PM Post #15 |
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He also might be buisy working on his physical skills. Another possibility is that his little personality is showing: he may be too shy to fop, or be scared of mistake. Or, like dd, he may be a perfectionist - she didn't open her mouth and communicated w/ motions untill she was good & ready to talk. B'H, she doesn't stop now! |
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