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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you tried modeling phrases for him or encouraging him to use them? My son was alot like that, but around he would come up to me and hand me a book and say "Read". And I'd respond, "who do you want to read the book?"  When he said "mommy" I'd respond "[b]Ok, can you say Mommy read?"[/b] DS caught on pretty quick, but I'm not sure when he would have done it if we hadn't started to insist a bit. [/quote]

Bad advice.  Trying to get your kid to repeat stuff is not effective.  Read "It Takes Two To Talk".  It's completely worth it (it's expensive) and very useful in working out ways to play/talk with your child that will encourage communication,  But saying "can you say..." is not helpful.  That said, he's not behind yet.  Goal is to be combining words BY two.  My oldest didn't until a few months after he turned two.  He's an exceptionally smart kid (taught himself to read at three, for example), so I figure if he didn't combine until past 2, I won't worry about my younger kid (who is 22 months and not combining).[/quote]

I'm sure there are different schools of thought. My son's speech therapy teacher DOES ask ds to say things. For example when she asks him to point to the dog in the book, and he points to the dog, she says "say 'there it is!'" or when he points to a box of cars and says "more cars" she says "can you say 'I want cars please!'" She's not necessarily looking for him to repeat word for word; she's trying to teach him to string more words together. If he doesn't respond she moves on and it's not the only technique she uses. PP, what does this book suggest? [/quote]

That's different from just demanding that he say words.  Many of the techniques (and this book is widely recommended by speech therapists) are all about listening to your kid and encouraging communication.  So when your kid points and says "car" you don't say "can you say yellow car?  what about the wheels, say wheels." you say "yes, there's a car, broom, broom, red car racing around"  then you stop watch your kid react and listen and wait for a response (verbal or not) and follow his interests.  You are teaching them how to communicate/have a conversation as much as to physically say words.  So if your kid says, "more" adding the extra words to help him clarify e.g. by asking "more milk?" and waiting for him to respond is great - demanding "say more milk" not so much.  Hope that makes sense.[/quote]

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