u/nnickorette

My 24 month old son is severely delayed in both receptive and expressive speech. He doesn’t seem to show any form of association between nonverbal or verbal communication and objects or desires. No words (e.g., mamma, dadda, etc.) no pointing, no clapping, just hand-leading me to what he wants.

At his 18m eval the pediatrician recommended early intervention and my wife gave her contact information. Here there is a bit of delay but I noticed months passed without anyone reaching out, until a letter came in the mail notifying me that they’d stop trying.

She had ignored all their phone calls/emails.

I reached out myself and called for a new referral but she noticed and lashed out at me for getting involved. I was completely polite and calm with her about the importance of early intervention, speech therapy, what milestones he’s missing, I didn’t even use the A word, I even told her it could be something as simple as a hearing problem, but anything I said only made her angrier.

I’m really at a loss on how to convince her. Has anyone else had a toddler with severe receptive language delays and had positive long term outcomes?

My 24m son is severely delayed in both receptive and expressive speech. He doesn’t seem to show any form of association between nonverbal or verbal communication and objects or desires. No words (e.g., mamma, dadda, etc.) no pointing, no clapping, just hand-leading me to what he wants.

At his 18m eval the pediatrician recommended early intervention and she gave them her contact information. Here there is a bit of delay but I noticed months passed without anyone reaching out, until a letter came in the mail notifying me that they’d stop trying.

She had ignored all their phone calls/emails.

I reached out myself and called for a new referral but she noticed and lashed out at me for getting involved. I was completely polite and calm with her about the importance of early intervention, speech therapy, what milestones he’s missing, I didn’t even use the A word, I even told her it could be something as simple as a hearing problem, but anything I said only made her angrier.

I’m really at a loss on how to convince her. Has anyone else had a toddler with severe receptive language delays and had positive long term outcomes?

Edit; unfortunately I’ve posted about this before.
https://www.reddit.com/r/toddlers/s/NB2GfxcsyR

Edit: we’re not separated/divorced. I just can’t have this turn into a battle.

Edit: I just spoke to the pediatrician’s office and she missed the 24m eval, I requested that my phone number be the primary contact and I explained the situation. I requested that pediatrician reach out to her directly to politely ask her for an update on the missed appointment and the referral. The next step I will set up an appointment myself if she doesn’t set up one when he calls her.