Is two years old too young to get speech therapy?

[mamadadawahwah]

I have just had my ds "assessed" for SLT and was told to take a wait and see attitude. Wasnt happy with this and asked for immediate help. Anyone have their kids in speech therapy at a very young age? Is it helping? How long did it take to get any kind of diagnosis? And finally, maybe you could impart some of your knowledge as to how you can get on the "list" quicker for speech therapy and for the developmental clinic. I dont have £50.00 to pay for hourly sessions to a private SLT so must go with the NHS. But every day my son dosent speak, is another day we dont really communicate.

Its all dreadful

Hi mama, my ds was referred to SALT just after his second birthday. Like Jimjams says, you don't get much on the NHS - we've had blocks of four half hour sessions once every three months, but I gather that's more than some. It has definitely helped. The SALT gave me various strategies - things like encouraging eye contact, helping ds to make choices, the right toys/games to use etc.

I think what you do at home is the vital thing, the stuff that happens every day. The SALT has tried to educate me so that I can do it - it's a more efficient use of her time to work with me in the sessions than to work with ds, if that makes sense?