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[quote=Anonymous]I would wait another year in less there is something specific he was looking for.  We did genetic testing and it found nothing.  We did it for other reasons as well but in hindsight I would not do it again.  At the time I worried if something was found and much of it is not fixable, would my child be able to get health insurance with a preexisting condition.

My child had a head injury too.  I talked to a neurologist who said that it doesn't make sense to do an MRI with a young child as you have to sedate them and the risks of sedation vs. the benefit are not worth it.  If there is a brain injury beyond therapies, there is not much they can do about it.

With language disorders at age 4, it can go either way.  Usually by 5-6 you know much more and you can see (at least in our experience) more long term.  At 4, with my child it was very difficult to know but I suspected it would get better and it did.  We found 4 one of the hardest ages with language concerns as you worry about them starting school and are they going to be ok.  The important thing is to do as much speech therapy as you can within reason (as well as OT or PT if needed).  I would do it 3-4 times a week.     We found that between 3-5, it was the most important ages for speech therapy just to give them the tools to help them when they are ready to talk.  You cannot force speech but you can give them the tools and knowledge so when they can talk they can be successful. [/quote]

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