Recently I took DD (25 months) to a speech and language drop in clinic - she doesn't have as many words as children are "supposed" to have at age 2, and isn't making 2 word sentences, so I thought I'd see what they said. TBH, I was expecting them to say that she was a bit behind but not to worry. However after observing her for a while, the SALT asked me various questions and didn't really focus on her speech at all. Instead she focused on her behaviour, said that she wasn't interacting with the other children in the room, asked if she was normally like that, was she normally so "self-contained" and so quiet. She has referred us for a proper one-to-one speech and language assessment. She didn't really say what she thought the problem might be though.
I'm quite worried now. DD is very self-contained and often at toddler groups/playground doesn't interact much with other children, but then, I didn't think children her age did really. Or do they?
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How much do 2-year-olds interact with other children?
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InTheDollshouse · 09/10/2008 14:42
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