DS is 2, and was born at 29+5, and had a dx of CP in July. It is only mild, but one of my major concerns is his lack of speech.
He can communicate in other ways- he knows a few signs, will point to what he wants, and can understand what we say and ask of him in two languages (DH is Turkish).
He makes no attempt to copy anything we say. He uses a high pitched mumble for almost anything and although he has the ability to pick up signs, Im worried if his speech will ever develop.
The results from his MRI were clear, and even the cyst that was spotted on the cranial ultrasound when he was a week old has 'resolved itself'.
His SALT wants us to concentrate on signing and has asked to see him again in November. I asked at the CDU this week if they knew of any courses to help me learn signing as Im struggling with just the diagrams on paper that I was given.
Can anybody advise any ways I can encourage him to talk? He will babble constantly, but not one word is recognisable, and it is frustrating for both him and ourselves as parents
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chinchi · 25/10/2009 12:37
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