My 4 year old daughter was diagnosed with autism. Level 1 in the area of RRB and level 2 in the area of social communication. She is a GLP. How long did it take your child to become fully conversational and what made the biggest difference?
We have been in speech therapy for a few months and she is going to prek this week with an IEP and will receive speech therapy there as well
Has anyone else noticed that screen time makes their child’s stimming 10x worse? We took away screen time before she got diagnosed with level 1 autism to see if it would help her with social communication, but her speech therapist recommended that we start including it again since she is a gestalt language processor and shows like Mrs. Rachel could help her develop scripts to use. However, since we have added screen time back into our daily routine her stimming has ramped up. I’m just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience? I’m new to the autism world, so this may seem like “duh” to some people, but it’s new to me!
My 3.11 year old daughter was just diagnosed with autism (level 1-2). I was pretty much expecting this, but still feel a little lost. She starts Pre-K with an IEP for language delay in 2 weeks. I was hoping someone could give me advice or tips on what makes you and your child’s life easier during the school year. Any tips for morning and after school? I know she needs a routine, but what does that look like in your house? I’m just trying to get ideas to implement 😊
My daughter will be starting preschool this year with an IEP for expressive language delay. I am nervous about her starting, but I know it will be so good for her to get more exposure to language and receive more help than just private speech therapy.
Can anyone share success stories they had with a language delayed child being in preschool? Did they catch up?
My daughter is 3.9 years and she is a Gestalt Language Processor. She is in speech therapy 2 days a week. Does anyone have success stories of their Gestalt Language Processors? Will she ever be able to have a back and forth conversation with me?
My 4 year old is scheduled to have an in office evaluation in August. We have done many questionnaires and phone interviews. I am just wondering what to expect at the in office evaluation? What will they have her do? What are they looking for? Do they play with her or will they just watch her play?
I’m not looking for any type of diagnosis or medical advice, I just want to see if anyone has a similar story to ours?
My daughter is 3 years 9 months old. She has a language delay. She has well beyond the amount of words she should know by now and she labels everything (even hard words like xylophone). She also makes simple requests like “I want _____ please”, “open door”, “go to car” “I want to go potty” and she answers yes or no questions. However, she is nowhere near answering open ended questions like “what are you doing” or “what do you want to do?”. I’m confused bc she is perfectly capable of communicating. In fact, she literally never stops talking. She repeats her favorite scripts she’s learned and makes up her own scripts, and she sings songs all day long. Like never stops talking ever!!
Did anyone else have an almost 4 year old like this? When were they able to start answering open ended questions?
Disclaimer: we hardly ever use screen time, but we are desperate.
Does anyone know of any websites or apps that can help my language delayed 3 year old learn back and forth conversation skills? She is in speech therapy, we read a lot of books, and I reinforce what therapy has taught us/my own research. I’m just looking for something else to add that might be engaging and helpful to give an extra boost. She needs help with vocabulary and answering open ended questions…