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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS was slow to talk. Never flagged by pediatricians officially, but always hovering around the cut off of normal. Our DD was very early to talk and spoke in full, completely comprehensible sentences at the same age where DS still used single words that were halfway between the real word and babytalk pronunciation-wise.

By 3, his language had completely exploded but we had him screened for articulation issues (by Early Stages) because he was still very difficult to understand. He qualified for an IEP (30 minutes/week) for articulation, but expressive and receptive content both tested as above average. By the time he actually started services at 3.5, the provider said he was a bit behind average, but would never have qualified for an IEP anymore. The speech therapy has been very helpful though. He's still clearly a bit behind the average young 4 year old pronunciation-wise, but is mostly comprehensible; TH/CH/SH remain an issue & Rs are non-existent, but I'm sure he'll get there and his articulation issues are no longer much of an impediment to being understood.

I have no idea if the articulation issues caused the late talking or vice versa or if there is some underlying cause for both, but he's otherwise pretty normal (motor skills) or ahead of the curve (other academic skills -- e.g., he can read Dr. Seuss level books already), so there don't seem to be any other obvious delays.[/quote]

There are some kids who struggle with speech but can decode/read early.  Its great he's reading now.[/quote]

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