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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi, I am foreign born & raised, and never attend public schools here in US, except the undergraduate & graduate school. My 33 months old has severe expressive speech delay, but because he is considered academically bright for his age. He does not entitled to many services & helps because of that, and it does not make sense to me, and I am kind of pissed. They say that because he is considered academically advanced (in terms of literacy) because he knows all abc (big & small letter), numbers 1-20, shape, color, his full name, and he recognizes some words from the books. I never really pay too much effort or intentionally to teach him all these, but I did provide the tools (books, electronic toys, youtube), and I read him books once in a while & talk to him all the time. And, they are currently teaching one letter each week at his current full time play-based daycare. They tell me that public k here only requires one to know how to spell your name, number 1-5 something like that. I am a bit surprised & for real the knowledge requirement to enter public K is that low? Is there a link I can use as guideline for mcps?

His expressive language is only 20 months old, but they say he is a smart boy. I feel bad for him because I know that he is not dumb and always want to learn. He has been talking to me, but sometimes I have no idea what he is talking. He is not considered for AAC yet. I think he is aware that he cannot communicate well. What I can do when he is eager to learn more book knowledge, and he is getting impatient when I teach him basic words to speak (e.g. dog, cat, bird)? He knows them, but his pronunciation/articulation is really off. He has been doing speech therapies. Any tips?
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In addition to the speech therapy, I would consider also teaching him ASL so that he can communicate better in a different way.  The width of average is wide in the early years as many kids develop in different areas at different times.  Your child may just be on a different time schedule.  However, it is prudent to do what you are already doing until you can figure out what is causing the delay.  Continue reading to him daily and exposing him to language and other stimuli.[/quote]

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