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[quote=Anonymous]Hello.  My child, a boy, also exhibited just this kind of a delay at age 3 to 5-ish.  Very chatty, but seemingly unable to participate in a conversation.  He had speech therapy with a heavy emphasis on pragmatics, but it really didn't help.  Diagnosis?  ADD (or ADHD-inattentive, which means no hyperactivity).  He was not able to converse "normally" other than using conversational "patterns" because his short-term memory was so hindered that he really could not follow a conversation.  You have to remember what is being discussed from one moment to the next in order to stay on topic and actually participate!

Not saying this is what might be the case for OP and PPs, but adding a new idea to the mix.  Once my son went on a low dose of meds, his pragmatics improved DRAMATICALLY, as did his ability to focus and learn in the classroom.  Ironically, because he was an early reader, we were clued in to his issues because of his social and pragmatic delays rather than the usual academic delay indicators.

He is now 8 and is almost even with his peers in pragmatics ... I suspect there will always be a bit of a delay, but it is just so much better.  Good luck![/quote]

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