Parent/child interaction therpapy for speech delay

[hendy13]

Hi

I have a 2years 4 month son who I?m about to start parent child interaction therapy with due to his speech delay. He only says 2 words and is completed frustrated which is resulting in some severe tantrums and biting at nursery. He has grommets in due to severe ear infections and therapist believes this has added to his delay. Just wondering if anyone else has used this type of therapy for speech delay and what they thought of it or success they had.

Thanks x

Hello there - my son is 2 years and 8 months and has still not said his first word and hardly even babbles. Like you son he is super frustrated and has extra tantrums (on top of that of a 'normal' 2 year old. We think he may have been quite deaf during the time when they learn that language is a means to communicate but did not discover he had glue ear until he was 2 - it cleared without grommets but he has been diagnosed with 'severe speech delay'. The very first course we were offered was the parent child interaction therapy course. It was amazing in that it taught me how to coax and encourage communication. As such his non verbal communication (squealing, saying uh-oh) has really improved. It was so simple and obvious but felt like a revelation. Amongst other things I was taught to only use one word at a time with him (then two once he could say one word etc) which was news to me as many friends would recount how their children were so good at talking because they talked non stop to them. This is total overload for a child with speech delay.
The next course we did was It Takes Two To Talk (ITTTT)which I cannot reccommend enough - devised by the Canadian Hanen Organisation it is again incredibly simple and obvious. The accompanying book (which we were lent for the duration of the course) is my bible - it costs a whopping £80 from Hanen but someone on the Special Needs threads here posted a link to a UK based supplier where you can get it for £30... www.winslow-cat.com This book is hands down the best thing I have read and I have read almost everything !

Having said that still no first word . He is being reassessed tomorrow after which the SALT therapist will reccommend the next course of action for us.
Best of luck -and buy the book. I know £30 is ridiculous but it is so worth it. Sometimes they come up on ebay but not very often.

Hi,

my son is 2.3YO and 2 months ago said about 5-10 words. I started with a (lovely) SALT (even though the GP and my DH were rather against it) and she is also a fan of ITTTT (I have also read the book and it's great). Thankfully, my SALT lent me the book, so Ive not had to buy it.

I am alone with DS and DD (13 months old) and one problem was I was talking for DS / DD and not letting them time to consider what to say - I was overloading them.

We now have around 50 words - so much so that we are going from weekly sessions with the SALT to monthly sessions. I would recommend that book and also working on how you deal with allowing a child to express himself.

Good luck!!

No personal experience myself, but have you thought of introducing some signed words? You could say them and sign them at the same time. If they could ask for a 'snack' or some 'milk' in sign that might remove some of the frustration. I know it's a bit of a 'trendy' thing to do, but for some children it might be a sanity saver.

Thanks for the replies. Toppy- thanks for the website, have just ordered the book !!!!

we have introduced a couple of signs , mainly for when he is at nursery ( sorry being one of them as he has started biting)

x

my two year old son has speech delay with max vocab 10 words. he hand flaps when excited and walks on his tip toes around the house. he is a loving child who plays with various toys and loves a good giggle and carry on with the rest of his family interacting with other children. he has a little sister who he is very careful around and he understands various instructions- he also tells us what he wants by various actions- ie pushing, grabbing our hand etc- we are concerned he may be on the Autism spectrum and he is currently on waiting list to see a health professional. Should we be concerned?