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[quote=Anonymous]Depending on the delays, a part time eveery day program in a mixed-age classroom would be a good way to go, imho. Mixed age means kids are used to mix up old and new, and there is no universal expectation. There is way more talking involved, because the older children are doing a lot of it. And traditionally, such older kids are encouraged to interact and guide some of the younger ones. They develop some "leadership" skills, litttle ones have someone to help them. Win-win.

But it has to be a speech-rich environment that also allows for a lot of interactive free play. Waldorf or Emilio Reggia jump to mind. We did Montessori, which is great for non-verbal development but was not great for speech.

You have to find the right place -- many early childhood programs are not terribly engaging from a speech and vocabulary development point of view...

Once you have a more detailed evaluation, you can also decide on what therapy is needed. DS with horrible fronting and syllable ellipsis needed just a few months to get going. We continued on until K, but the bulk was done n the first 3 months. But there could be other reasons for the delay, so a good evaluation is important..[/quote]

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