I'm so cross with myself. I have been coincerned about ds's speech for a year. We have seen the HV twice and will be seeing her again next month and I am kicking myself now for not insisting on a referal sooner.
I had let myself believe her when she said there was nothing to be concerned about and he would probably improve when he started pre school.
Now we're a year down the line and although his speech has made some progress the gap between him and his peers is very wide both in terms of speech and behaviour.
I'm hoping someone wise here will have some suggestions of activities and strategies I can use to help him on a bit.
My main concerns are:
1 - Only has around 30-40 recognisable words (although he will echo quite a lot of different words now if that makes sense). Has started to string maybe one or two words together but no real sentences
2 - Does not engage really in two way conversation. So if I ask "do you want juice etc" he will answer yes or no but if I ask a question such as "Did you have fun at school today?" or "Have you been doing some painting?" I will get no response at all
3 - Plays with toys and concerntrates on them well but always alone. Never plays alongside other children.
4 - No sense of personal danger
5 - Will not look at books or sit and listen to a story, never has
He's very affectionate and loving towards people and does love attention from adults. Although he doesn't play with children he does love to wrestle around with ds1.
How can I help him along. He goes to pre school a total of 7 and half a week at the moment and that will go up to 15 hours in September. I'm wondering if he needs to go more now though.
Any advice please???