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Early Childhood Intervention
This website is a place for families who are facing
challenges pertaining to their child's development and
growth.
It is a place to find answers and practical
suggestions. That's what Early Intervention Support is all
about.
Whether a family has a child with a challenging behavior,
a disability or developmental issue, childhood is short - it
should be savored and enjoyed.
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We understand developmental milestones and the challenges
of Special Needs children. We spend a great deal of time
with families understanding the inner workings of childhood
routines and interactions. Ask us about your child today!
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Speech and Language Concerns
Listed below are a few previous questions from our
Ask The Therapist
form relating to speech and language. You may also want to review:
Vocabulary
My daughter is going to turn 21 months in 2 weeks and I'm a little
concerned with her talking. She doesn't talk...
My son will be 18 months next week. He doesn't talk solid words but
babbles on and off...
My son
is 2 years, 5 months old. He says words like, no, cup, please, mama, dad,
bye, it broke (muddled) and does some babbling...
My son is 2 years, 5 months. He is able to understand what we speak. But
he is not able to speak maximum words and sentences...
My son is 2 and he is not really talking. He can say mommy and daddy and
I do and ball...
My daughter is 31 months and doesn't say many words (about 15 at the
most)...
My daughter is almost 2 1/2 and she isn't speaking very much...
My son just turned 21 months. He is very active and "speaks" a lot with
a wide variety of sounds but is not clearly pronouncing words other than
"no" and "uh-oh"...
My Son is 23 months old. He tries to speak but he can only say 20-30
words and, not joining the words, he speaks a lot in his own
language...
I have a 15 month old son who is not quite walking yet, but has no
problem cruising at this point. A recent visit to our pediatrician
suggested to us that he may be also behind on language development as
well...
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Pronunciation and Annunciation
I have a 2.5 year old son who has a great vocabulary, appears to be
meeting all the appropriate milestones, but has muffled speech...
My daughter is 4 1/2. She is
pronouncing "w" and "r" as "L...
My 4-1/2 year
old son is in special needs mainly because of his unclear speech and he has
only been speaking English since he was 2...
My seven year old son has recently started mispronouncing words he used
to pronounce correctly. He is very bright (is being tested for the gifted
program at school) and was a very early reader. Some of the mispronunciation
seems to be related to how he is now "seeing" words he is reading, but it
still seems strange...
My 7 year old daughter is unable to pronounce K & G sounds correctly.
Please suggest any exercise or any good speech therapist in Delhi or
Gurgaon (India)...
Our daughter recently turned 3 and started a playgroup, 3 mornings a
week. However, in the past 2 weeks, since she started playgroup, she has
started using "baby talk"...
My 9 month old daughter is not yet making any consonant sounds. Is this
cause for concern, or still too early to worry?...
My 23
month old son's words are clear but on some words he leaves off the first
consonant...
My son is 26 months old. He is an only child but has attended daycare
since he was 6 weeks old. My son doesn't say the beginning of most
words such as BANANA; its just NANA...
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Speech Delays
My daughter is 12 weeks old. She does
not really coo...
My 15 month old son does not
speak at all...
I have a 16 month old child
who's pediatrician has concerns he may be behind in his speech...
My son is 33 months and I have noticed he isn't speaking as much as
children his age and younger. He still babbles a lot...
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Special Needs and Medical Conditions
My daughter just turned 2 and she only uses about 8 words. Her
motor skills and social skills are on point but she doesn't
speak or seem to have no interest in it...
I am an early intervention teacher & I have a child on my caseload, who
is about to turn 3, limited language, less than 5 words. He will make
some beginning sounds, but no real words. Thinking apraxia, but really
do not know...
My child is 4-1/2 and has autism and his language is starting to come
with single words. How can I encourage language?...
My two year old follows directions and he converses pretty good with
me but when I ask him questions like, what is your name, he repeats
my question instead of telling me his name...
My son is 5 years old. He has been in speech therapy off and on since he
was three. He cannot put a sentence together...
My two-year-old was born with Lyme disease (he got it in utero)...
What types of therapy could the speech therapist do with my child who
has PVL (Periventricular leukomalacia)? He is 14 months old and doesn't
have an interest in toys.
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Ear Infections & Hearing Loss
During a routine hearing evaluation my 4 yrs, 5 month old daughter was
found to have some hearing loss to both ears...
My son is eighteen months old and barely talks. He has had numerous ear
infections and now has tubes...
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Bilingual
My 9-1/2
month old daughter does not babble...
Our daughter is 16 months old, but does not speak much...
My son is 2 years and 10 months, and we've been living in Saudi Arabia
since he was 14 months. Saudi Arabia is a closed off segregated country
where there isn't much interaction or activity to be done...
My son
is 27 months old and he doesn't talk...
My son
is 3 years, 7 months old. He was evaluated at 16 months for sensory
development and speech and began occupational therapy for about 5
sessions...
I am writing on behalf of family members who have 2-1/2-year-old twin
boys. The boys were preemies. They live in a bilingual household in New
Jersey. The family is interested in private speech therapy for the boys
in their home...
My 4-1/2 year
old son is in special needs mainly because of his unclear speech and he has
only been speaking English since he was 2...
Can you please refer me to information regarding bilingualism in
premature twins?...
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Other Speech Concerns
My 8 year old step daughter does not speak in a conversational tone
or volume...
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