DS is 3 and 6 months. Not conversational yet. Does it get better? BDTD?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just took son for a walk on this lovely day. It was a running commentary of everything he saw.

“I see a bird awww hi bird. I hear a dog. Let’s go see the dog. The trunk is broken (seeing a cut tree). I hear a bird. pushing the stroller. It’s a baby. My hat blew off. I hear a dog... hiiii. Flowers“

So the words are there the back and forth is lacking

That's actually really good. You said earlier that his receptive testing more at a 2 year old plus level. So that's his level. Not his age. I'm not sure why you aren't understanding that.

Receptive language is hard wired into the brain. The brain will hear when it is ready. Your child is now building vocabulary, which is great. He doesn't do back and forth conversation, because he can't understand you fully yet. He's likely only able to pick out the words he already knows. The rest are an unintelligible blur.

To build conversation, Model and recast. Use one more word than his current utterance level.

We received similar advice from Mary Camarata. She said add 1-3 units of language on to whatever he’s talking about. If he’s talking about it he’s interested and motivated. Don’t ask too many questions- they can be conversation stoppers.

"I see a bird."

"Yes, I see a blue bird."

"I hear a dog"

"Yes, I hear a dag barking"

See the Hanen Method or Dr. Jim McDonald's Communicating Partners website.

We received similar advice from Mary Camarata. She said add 1-3 units of language on to whatever he’s talking about. If he’s talking about it he’s interested and motivated. Don’t ask too many questions- they can be conversation stoppers.

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard A LOT changes between 3 and kindergarten/beyond. So, there is a good chance it will get better.

Have you been to a developmental pedi?

I hope so! I have seen huge strides between 3 and 3.5 so lots of progress. Yes went to a dev ped he didn’t want to diagnose without more time/testing. Going back soon

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just took son for a walk on this lovely day. It was a running commentary of everything he saw.

“I see a bird awww hi bird. I hear a dog. Let’s go see the dog. The trunk is broken (seeing a cut tree). I hear a bird. pushing the stroller. It’s a baby. My hat blew off. I hear a dog... hiiii. Flowers“

So the words are there the back and forth is lacking

Next time you go for a walk, stop at something he points out and discuss it. You may be able to get back and forth that way. Go slow, speak REALLY plainly, no long sentences.

Good tips. I did respond to everything he would say but stopping to look at it more carefully may bring more discussion.

When he mentioned the birds I’d ask “oh where is the bird?” (He didn’t answer just said hi birds) for the I hear a dog “Yes the doggy is barking” He did reply “dog barking” so maybe that counts as back and forth? Or was it more echolalia? Hard to say! By the third dog (there are lots of dogs in our neighborhood lol. I said “the cat is saying MEOW” he looked at me with a sparkle in his eyes “nooo. Woof woof!”.

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He's doing great. He'll get there in his own time. I went from worried mine would never talk to wishing he'd be quiet for a few minutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just took son for a walk on this lovely day. It was a running commentary of everything he saw.

“I see a bird awww hi bird. I hear a dog. Let’s go see the dog. The trunk is broken (seeing a cut tree). I hear a bird. pushing the stroller. It’s a baby. My hat blew off. I hear a dog... hiiii. Flowers“

So the words are there the back and forth is lacking

That's actually really good. You said earlier that his receptive testing more at a 2 year old plus level. So that's his level. Not his age. I'm not sure why you aren't understanding that.

Receptive language is hard wired into the brain. The brain will hear when it is ready. Your child is now building vocabulary, which is great. He doesn't do back and forth conversation, because he can't understand you fully yet. He's likely only able to pick out the words he already knows. The rest are an unintelligible blur.

To build conversation, Model and recast. Use one more word than his current utterance level.

"I see a bird."

"Yes, I see a blue bird."

"I hear a dog"

"Yes, I hear a dag barking"

See the Hanen Method or Dr. Jim McDonald's Communicating Partners website.

Hello thanks for the tips. Yes! I have been doing that with him especially in the beginning .. like he would say ball is add +1 “red ball”! Now I add some more but you are right I need to balance adding without making it too long. I will definitely check out the website you suggested. I am always looking for more info resources. Thank you!

I am not sure what you mean that I don’t understand that he tested at 2+for receptive and that’s his level, not his age. I am sharing examples of how he talks to share more specifics and get more insight.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just took son for a walk on this lovely day. It was a running commentary of everything he saw.

“I see a bird awww hi bird. I hear a dog. Let’s go see the dog. The trunk is broken (seeing a cut tree). I hear a bird. pushing the stroller. It’s a baby. My hat blew off. I hear a dog... hiiii. Flowers“

So the words are there the back and forth is lacking

Next time you go for a walk, stop at something he points out and discuss it. You may be able to get back and forth that way. Go slow, speak REALLY plainly, no long sentences.

Good tips. I did respond to everything he would say but stopping to look at it more carefully may bring more discussion.

When he mentioned the birds I’d ask “oh where is the bird?” (He didn’t answer just said hi birds) for the I hear a dog “Yes the doggy is barking” He did reply “dog barking” so maybe that counts as back and forth? Or was it more echolalia? Hard to say! By the third dog (there are lots of dogs in our neighborhood lol. I said “the cat is saying MEOW” he looked at me with a sparkle in his eyes “nooo. Woof woof!”.

Typo I said the DOG is saying meow for the “joke”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just took son for a walk on this lovely day. It was a running commentary of everything he saw.

“I see a bird awww hi bird. I hear a dog. Let’s go see the dog. The trunk is broken (seeing a cut tree). I hear a bird. pushing the stroller. It’s a baby. My hat blew off. I hear a dog... hiiii. Flowers“

So the words are there the back and forth is lacking

That's actually really good. You said earlier that his receptive testing more at a 2 year old plus level. So that's his level. Not his age. I'm not sure why you aren't understanding that.

Receptive language is hard wired into the brain. The brain will hear when it is ready. Your child is now building vocabulary, which is great. He doesn't do back and forth conversation, because he can't understand you fully yet. He's likely only able to pick out the words he already knows. The rest are an unintelligible blur.

To build conversation, Model and recast. Use one more word than his current utterance level.

We received similar advice from Mary Camarata. She said add 1-3 units of language on to whatever he’s talking about. If he’s talking about it he’s interested and motivated. Don’t ask too many questions- they can be conversation stoppers.

"I see a bird."

"Yes, I see a blue bird."

"I hear a dog"

"Yes, I hear a dag barking"

See the Hanen Method or Dr. Jim McDonald's Communicating Partners website.

We received similar advice from Mary Camarata. She said add 1-3 units of language on to whatever he’s talking about. If he’s talking about it he’s interested and motivated. Don’t ask too many questions- they can be conversation stoppers.

Thank you. I have to control my question asking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He's doing great. He'll get there in his own time. I went from worried mine would never talk to wishing he'd be quiet for a few minutes.

Thank you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just took son for a walk on this lovely day. It was a running commentary of everything he saw.

“I see a bird awww hi bird. I hear a dog. Let’s go see the dog. The trunk is broken (seeing a cut tree). I hear a bird. pushing the stroller. It’s a baby. My hat blew off. I hear a dog... hiiii. Flowers“

So the words are there the back and forth is lacking

That's actually really good. You said earlier that his receptive testing more at a 2 year old plus level. So that's his level. Not his age. I'm not sure why you aren't understanding that.

Receptive language is hard wired into the brain. The brain will hear when it is ready. Your child is now building vocabulary, which is great. He doesn't do back and forth conversation, because he can't understand you fully yet. He's likely only able to pick out the words he already knows. The rest are an unintelligible blur.

To build conversation, Model and recast. Use one more word than his current utterance level.

We received similar advice from Mary Camarata. She said add 1-3 units of language on to whatever he’s talking about. If he’s talking about it he’s interested and motivated. Don’t ask too many questions- they can be conversation stoppers.

"I see a bird."

"Yes, I see a blue bird."

"I hear a dog"

"Yes, I hear a dag barking"

See the Hanen Method or Dr. Jim McDonald's Communicating Partners website.

We received similar advice from Mary Camarata. She said add 1-3 units of language on to whatever he’s talking about. If he’s talking about it he’s interested and motivated. Don’t ask too many questions- they can be conversation stoppers.

Thank you. I have to control my question asking.

It is very, very, very hard to do! My child has a severe receptive disorder and it's always been difficult for me not to quiz him.

I once observed Mary Camarata do a balloon sequence with my child. She said almost nothing and got about 8 turns of conversation with him. I was in awe. She made it look so easy, but it is borderline impossible for me. "W" questions are much further down the road, I think. I'd stay away from anything but What at this point. Labeling nouns is much easier.

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“Wh” queztions can be challenging.

You can instead say “are birds up?”

Or go for a choice question “are birds up? Or down?”

So still getting some functional language, but simpler.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just took son for a walk on this lovely day. It was a running commentary of everything he saw.

“I see a bird awww hi bird. I hear a dog. Let’s go see the dog. The trunk is broken (seeing a cut tree). I hear a bird. pushing the stroller. It’s a baby. My hat blew off. I hear a dog... hiiii. Flowers“

So the words are there the back and forth is lacking

That's actually really good. You said earlier that his receptive testing more at a 2 year old plus level. So that's his level. Not his age. I'm not sure why you aren't understanding that.

Receptive language is hard wired into the brain. The brain will hear when it is ready. Your child is now building vocabulary, which is great. He doesn't do back and forth conversation, because he can't understand you fully yet. He's likely only able to pick out the words he already knows. The rest are an unintelligible blur.

To build conversation, Model and recast. Use one more word than his current utterance level.

We received similar advice from Mary Camarata. She said add 1-3 units of language on to whatever he’s talking about. If he’s talking about it he’s interested and motivated. Don’t ask too many questions- they can be conversation stoppers.

"I see a bird."

"Yes, I see a blue bird."

"I hear a dog"

"Yes, I hear a dag barking"

See the Hanen Method or Dr. Jim McDonald's Communicating Partners website.

We received similar advice from Mary Camarata. She said add 1-3 units of language on to whatever he’s talking about. If he’s talking about it he’s interested and motivated. Don’t ask too many questions- they can be conversation stoppers.

Thank you. I have to control my question asking.

It is very, very, very hard to do! My child has a severe receptive disorder and it's always been difficult for me not to quiz him.

I once observed Mary Camarata do a balloon sequence with my child. She said almost nothing and got about 8 turns of conversation with him. I was in awe. She made it look so easy, but it is borderline impossible for me. "W" questions are much further down the road, I think. I'd stay away from anything but What at this point. Labeling nouns is much easier.

You shouldn't be quizzing a child with receptive language issues nor using double wording - you don't like ice cream do you? Things need to be simple at that age. Then slowly expand. Your SLP should be working on W questions. They are very challenging for receptive language.

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Does he follow directions?

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Our eight year old was about the same delay. Now he won't shut up and his vocabulary is quite advanced for his age. We did get special services two days a week in preschool.

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Anonymous wrote:Our eight year old was about the same delay. Now he won't shut up and his vocabulary is quite advanced for his age. We did get special services two days a week in preschool.

Awesome thanks for sharing!

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Meant to ask about pronoun reversals.he gets it right about 50% of the time. Often he says you when he means I like he hears it