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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 495164" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Every single bit of research shows that taking the frustration out of communication through a non verbal method like signs or pecs helps a child develop communication and allows development to continue. That then relieves stress and they can work on the verbal more. Kids do not get lazy and use the non verbal methods so no worries there.... speaking is much much more efficient in most situations so once they can do that they will. You know enough about child development to not be NOT giving her enough time to try to formulate and communicate (like if she points to something she wants to just give it to her... give a minute to show it and model it for her and try to get her to make ANY sound.... then little by little build on it.. if she says ba for cereal, then eventually bala...that is two syllables etc.... anything that allows her to grow and connect her verbal attempts but if she uses any language..inc sign language that can really keep her from developing negative problems.</p><p></p><p>Here is what I would say if you were in my office, lol.... it is general advice so not going to risk any law suit...haha. Keep on signing. If she responds well to it really build it. There are many reasons kids develop speech later and for her it could be very different than your other two...even a motor issue called apraxia of speech...but it is not easy to know this yet. It is hard to tell at her very young age what the exact nature of this is but the main thing is to develop communication. Your mommy gut is leading you the right way. Keep playing verbal games, keep encouraging any sounds....(minus the screams).... silly play etc. car sounds, airplane sounds, baby sounds, etc. You know the drill! VERY few kids do not develop some form of speech without an overall delay that you would be seeing by now. (like cp or more severe autism etc.) Q barely talked by age 3...NOW??? holy cow I wish he would shut up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 495164, member: 12886"] Every single bit of research shows that taking the frustration out of communication through a non verbal method like signs or pecs helps a child develop communication and allows development to continue. That then relieves stress and they can work on the verbal more. Kids do not get lazy and use the non verbal methods so no worries there.... speaking is much much more efficient in most situations so once they can do that they will. You know enough about child development to not be NOT giving her enough time to try to formulate and communicate (like if she points to something she wants to just give it to her... give a minute to show it and model it for her and try to get her to make ANY sound.... then little by little build on it.. if she says ba for cereal, then eventually bala...that is two syllables etc.... anything that allows her to grow and connect her verbal attempts but if she uses any language..inc sign language that can really keep her from developing negative problems. Here is what I would say if you were in my office, lol.... it is general advice so not going to risk any law suit...haha. Keep on signing. If she responds well to it really build it. There are many reasons kids develop speech later and for her it could be very different than your other two...even a motor issue called apraxia of speech...but it is not easy to know this yet. It is hard to tell at her very young age what the exact nature of this is but the main thing is to develop communication. Your mommy gut is leading you the right way. Keep playing verbal games, keep encouraging any sounds....(minus the screams).... silly play etc. car sounds, airplane sounds, baby sounds, etc. You know the drill! VERY few kids do not develop some form of speech without an overall delay that you would be seeing by now. (like cp or more severe autism etc.) Q barely talked by age 3...NOW??? holy cow I wish he would shut up. [/QUOTE]
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