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[quote=Anonymous]In my experience, 2.5 is way too young to label as non verbal.  I have two children with profound speech delay- one biologically mine and one adopted.  My DD did not get an EI evaluation until 2.9 and then began speech therapy- at that time she did not have words.  She was in private speech therapy and got help at school until she was six.  She also received physical therapy for a period to strengthen her core, which in turn helped her speech.  She progressed rather quickly as soon as therapy started and is now very articulate and has a huge vocabulary.

We had my DS evaluated much earlier and his progress has been much slower overall.  When he was in a EI preschool at 4yrs of age, his speech therapist at school wanted him to move to PECS as they thought he may be non verbal.  I kind of panicked and did put him in private speech.  His progress has been much slower and he still struggles (age 9) but he can converse and read at a 2nd grade level.

Don't give up- progress can be uneven but chances are it will happen.  I would get him in with a good speech therapist and keep working with him.[/quote]

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