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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a preschool teacher, it breaks my heart that this child hasn’t had intervention. Sure, some kids can make up for the late talking, but she’s missing out on a really crucial phase of communication. I would keep doing what you’re doing. Unfortunately, many parents don’t seek help (with a host of things) until they see the negative effects on their child, socially. For example, in a class of 2 year olds, everyone poops in their pants. In a three year old class, some do, some don’t, but the other kids don’t think much of it. In a 4 year old class, kids start noticing that something is different about the kid who is still having accidents all the time. Now, if that is due to a disability, etc. the class can have a conversation about differences, inclusion, etc. But my point is that “just letting things take care of themselves” is a strategy that can backfire and result in more stress and discomfort in the long run than just addressing a potential problem early on. [/quote]

We don't know if there has been intervention or not.  I can tell you as a parent with an extremely late talker I don't think any of the speech therapy was worthwhile from ages 2-3 and we would have had the same outcome if we stared it later.  We didn't tell anyone about what we were doing, especially nosey people like OP or our gossiping preschool teacher (we ended up leaving one preschool as they were so neglectful).  And, you clearly don't get speech delays if your comments are about pooping.[/quote]

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