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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 109055" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hon, my son was so much like Sammy, although he did understand speech (he couldn't express himself and it made him nuts). My advice is to focus off his behavior and get him specific help for his problems--ABA is good for speech, Occupational Therapist (OT) and PT are probably good for him. Social skills would help. He will probably (from my own son) continue to lag behind, but he will also catch up quickly at some point in time, but likely not be a "typical" child who "gets it" unless he has interventions SPECIFIC to language and social skills issues. YOU NEED THEM. His school district can give them, even at his age. After three, kids with his deficits do really well in Early Education. Does he go to school every day? I don't think focusing on his behaviors is helpful because I believe (in my opinion) they are due to his frustration with being unable to figure out what's going on in his world. My son had diagnosis. of cognitive delay not otherwise specified, speech delay, Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) at Sammy's age and going to school five days a week (half days) plus a half day in Head Start made all the difference in his life. He still needed help, and Special Education for a while, in school, but his life is richer, fuller than we ever dreamed it would be. And now he "gets it." Again, because all kids develop differently, I do want to emphasis that Lucas may have improved fast because he always understood speech, consequences, etc--he just couldn't express himself. So have patience. Nobody has a crystal ball on your son's future. Take one day at a time and focus on the here and now or you'll go crazy. Get him the help he needs from the school district. </p><p>Sounds like you're already in the right direction. (((Hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 109055, member: 1550"] Hon, my son was so much like Sammy, although he did understand speech (he couldn't express himself and it made him nuts). My advice is to focus off his behavior and get him specific help for his problems--ABA is good for speech, Occupational Therapist (OT) and PT are probably good for him. Social skills would help. He will probably (from my own son) continue to lag behind, but he will also catch up quickly at some point in time, but likely not be a "typical" child who "gets it" unless he has interventions SPECIFIC to language and social skills issues. YOU NEED THEM. His school district can give them, even at his age. After three, kids with his deficits do really well in Early Education. Does he go to school every day? I don't think focusing on his behaviors is helpful because I believe (in my opinion) they are due to his frustration with being unable to figure out what's going on in his world. My son had diagnosis. of cognitive delay not otherwise specified, speech delay, Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) at Sammy's age and going to school five days a week (half days) plus a half day in Head Start made all the difference in his life. He still needed help, and Special Education for a while, in school, but his life is richer, fuller than we ever dreamed it would be. And now he "gets it." Again, because all kids develop differently, I do want to emphasis that Lucas may have improved fast because he always understood speech, consequences, etc--he just couldn't express himself. So have patience. Nobody has a crystal ball on your son's future. Take one day at a time and focus on the here and now or you'll go crazy. Get him the help he needs from the school district. Sounds like you're already in the right direction. (((Hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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