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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it possible for a 4-5yo to require speech and OT and end up having their issues (language delay and social emotional skills) resolve? DD doesn't have a diagnosis but these services have been recommended by her PreK program. Do they genuinely work?[/quote]

they absolutely work but they don't cure autism (NOT saying your kid has autism, just saying some parents think early intervention = cure, which isnt' true)[/quote]

Age 5 isn’t early intervention.[/quote]

You’re getting too hung up on semantics here. In the SN world we understand EI means under 3 but colloquially, people use EI to mean “intervention when they’re little.” [/quote]

Will if you want to see anything close to a “cure” (which there isn’t regardless) you need to start very very early, like 12-18 months with intensive intervention (20-40 hrs per week). Labeling school age intervention as early intervention doesn’t help anyone. [/quote]

Many, perhaps most, kids aren't diagnosed with delays or asd by 12-18 months. My own dc (pp 18:28) wasn't dx with language delays until closer to 2 and asd at age 4.5 . The point is to START the intervention as soon as the need is identified.[/quote]

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