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Major Speech Delay

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justoffshift · 14/09/2020 23:07

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Have a ds who is 3 in November this year, so 34 months today.
He has a huge speech delay, he can say a number of words (maybe 25) but all with parts missing, such as water - war or ter, Max - Maaa, Biscuit- bis, Strawberry- straaw, cracker- crack.

Mummy is the only word he can say fully. He is nowhere near potty trained, has issues with socialising (i.e. walks around with no awareness of other children near him), struggles to respond to commands and voices a lot of the time unless it's something he really wants such as a food. Nursery have raised concerns before now and again today, we have weekly input (for a year now) with a parent infant psychotherapist as well who is helpful but again, I know everything that she and SALT are telling me to do with him, it's nothing new but he just doesn't respond whatsoever to any input.

That said, he sleeps fine (always has), eats a few things but can be restrictive to dry foods often,can respond to some simple instructions such as put this in the bin, fetch your shoes etc (and remembers routines such as shoes off at the door), and his gross and fine motor skills are excellent.

AIBU to ask what on earth else I can do? My almost 5yo smashed all his targets and more very early on and has always been very advanced.

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justoffshift · 19/09/2020 08:34

That's interesting, I've asked nursery to put in a referral for him. His understanding is crystal clear, he's been doing commands from me since he was 10 months !

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