Ds 2.2 has just been referred to the community paediatrician for investigation and I’ve been looking at any help/therapy we could access in the meantime. I’ve read about ABA and the different hanen speech therapy courses and am really struggling to decide what would be best for DS.
He doesn’t speak at all or have any proper words, he doesn’t try to name objects but he can make and recognise animal noises and name some letters of the alphabet. He waves very rarely and doesn’t nod or shake his head for yes or no. He does sometimes make sounds when playing but these are usually repetitive , he has never really babbled in a conversational way or tried blending sounds.
He leads you by the hand to communicate what he wants. He doesn’t point to the things he wants but will point to something in a book if you ask him ‘which is the cat?’
His understanding isn’t great so ideally I’d like to focus on helping him with that and his communication and social skills. He understands routine things that he hears all the time like ‘it’s fine for a bath’ and he can identify colours, animals and some other simple objects.
He doesn’t seem interested in what his peers are doing at nursery and doesn’t usually join in with the group activities. He’s not very good at responding to his name and his eye contact is very poor.
He doesn’t seem to have any sensory issues and he seems to tantrum the same amount as other toddlers his age.
Has anyone any experience they would be happy to share or any recommendations?