Speech

Just curious if anyone was able to get a referral to see a speech specialist even though your child does know a few words? My son knows a handful of words but we still sometimes struggle with communication which leads to tantrums. I’m wondering if we should see a speech specialist to see if there will be improvement there.

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We got referrals to speech and PT at his 18 months visit because he's more babble y than actually saying words.... And he's also not walking unassisted yet 🫤

@Elizabeth same thing with my 18 month old. The doctor made a follow up for 2 months later though to see how he is doing in speech. He still put in the speech therapy referral though

We don't have a follow up scheduled , but I will honestly still look into the referrals and doing the intake for them 🫤

We did an early intervention assessment because my son isn’t talking yet (he babbles and grunts a lot and says “mama” & “go”) he did not qualify for speech therapy and is considered to not have any developmental delays at this time because he is using 6 words in sign language consistently and scored above average for receptive language. 🤷🏼‍♀️ they said to keep working with him and get him around other kids more.

mines got approved Speech therapy twice a week For an hour🩷

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