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Kris - posted on 01/13/2010 ( 2 moms have responded )

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Hi!
I have a 2 yr old daughter who only really has 1 word so far (ok 1.5, most days she can say "cookie" as well). She has those moments where she manages to say something crazy like "toothbrush" but they're fleeting. We've been seeing a speech therapist for a few months now and it's yet to really do anything. Sophie's very shy and since she can't speak she uses her hands to show her emotions, so the first time the therapist saw her she wouldn't look her in the eye and she flapped her hands. She asked me if we'd done the autism screening and I think from then on that's all she's had in mind. We've done the screening about 3 times now and nothing note worthy has come up.
When your kids are in therapy what is it like? As I said Sophie doesn't speak so she can't and won't repeat sounds back yet, but the therapists was obsessed with getting Sophie to play with baby dolls. The whole time all they stressed was getting her to feed beans to a doll or stir food in a play kitchen. Now I also have an 8 month old, so obviously babies are not super popular with Sophie. I guess I want to know if you did more work with actual communication than with play habits. At home she can pick a toy out of a lineup if you name it and she's getting better at following directions, I guess I just assumed that therapy would focus more on that. Am I totally wrong?

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Melissa - posted on 01/09/2011

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If you dont like your theropist your incontrole of your own childs welfair and can find a new one that suits you.I would see if you can try sign languidge just simple things like drink put your hand in a c for cup and sign drink like your drinking every time she wants a drink do that to show her my son picked up signing so quick it was fun to learn and it gave him a sence of communicating.Go on line and there are great sights to get you started.DONT force it play with it.And remember you know your little girl bwetter then anyone and your her voice.Ifyou see she is not comphy with a theopist you have the right to change it.Dont take just one persons veiw and if it dont feel right ask till it dose.

Jennifer - posted on 02/11/2010

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they did the same kind of techniques with my son, who also started therapy at 2 years old. He didn't respond well either and looked at them like they were nuts. Now over 1 yr later, it makes sense to me why they tried to do it that way. Kids use speech/language in their play, even if it is just babbling..and using their imaginations leads them into speech. With that being said..after 3 or 4 months of doing this and him not responding the therapist finally tried a new approach, where she would have him look in a mirror and practice making sounds (using a microphone to). This opened huge doors for him. Next came simple picture books, where she/we read them to him and pointed at an object and said it (sometimes he just called it the same thing over and over again). There were days I broke down crying to her asking will my son ever talk? But I can tell you now, at 3 1/2 years old he has make a huge success, and goes to a regular preschool 2 mornings per week, and attends speech therapy 1 hr per week. Good luck-I hope this helps!

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