"Mild expressive language delay"

[biggest]

according to speech therapy assessment today. Anyone have any experience of this? DS is 2.6, doesn't need ongoing therapy but one more session to give me some 'strategies' and a review in 3 months.

I tried to to google it, it sounds like a variant on simply saying mild speech delay.

What is your son's speech like? DS-2.3yo only says about 6 words regularly. He is the worst talker I've my bunch (and that's saying something, because all my 4 DC were late talkers). Only one has had speech therapy so far, though.

if that's what it is, I'd recommend you buy the book "It Takes Two to Talk" published by Hanen. This will give you all the techniques.

My son (2.6) is very delayed in his speech - we have a referral to Speech Theray but waiting for an appointment. He is improving slowly, but no-one except me and my husband really understand him. He still calls me mamma, and many basic words start with the wrong initial sound, or he does not say the endings of some words. I am concerned, but trying not to get too wound up because i think a lot of it is down to laziness and he has an older sister who more than makes up for his lack of speech. I feel sad for him when I don't understand him, though. What tips did Sp therapy give you??

lc32 have you looked at getting his hearing checked?

Hi Biggest,

I'm an SLT. Language refers to the sentences he is making, rather than speech, which would just be the sounds he is using.

Receptive language would mean his understanding of language, which I assume is fine if it's not mentioned in the report, so his expressive language only refers to the sentences he is using. This could be amount of key words in a sentence, or how he puts the words together. In my department we refer to a mild delay as being a delay of no more than 6months, so there is not too much to worry about. There are lots of activities and strategis that we can use to develop these skills, which it sounds like your SLT will demonstrate and discuss with you at your next session.

I'm sorry if you already knew all of this...hope it may have been of some help.

xx

just seen that this was an ol OP...sorry :S