Hi
I am looking for any help or advise with how now to help the development of my nearly 3 year old son (he is 2 years 10 months) . He was born 5 weeks prematurely and has always been behind ...crawling, walking, eating, talking etc.. he has had glue ear and as a result has speech delay. He has plenty to say and communicate but his pronunciation is very poor so is difficult to understand. We are now paying privately for speech and language to try and help with this as the nhs have little interest until he is 3. The speech and language therapist commented that his development is that of around 18 months . He has poor imaginative/pretend play skills but is showing some signs of improvement with this with adult support. This concerned me that it was a sign of autism and I approached this to the therapist but she wasn't concerned at present saying he enjoyed adult interactions, showed empathy and with support could take part in imaginative play at a simple level (related to house..washing, sleep, feeding, bathing etc..) when I looked on the milestones along with poor pretend play he also still refers to himself by his name, cant dress or undress himself, has poor concentration and when he gets excited (often) he finds it very difficult to calm himself down. He finds turn taking difficult. I guess I am looking for what why he may have developmental delay and if there is any underlying factors or concerns I should mention or try and chase up? Im not sure what really? The NHS said they will refer him to be assessed at 3 and before that they would should tell us to wait and see. Any advise would be helpful. Thanks
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3 year old son with developmental delay (development of an 18 month old)
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jellybean321 · 21/12/2015 16:46
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