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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only thing that sounds remotely concerning is the not responding to his name. Otherwise, it seems age appropriate to have a favorite toy, especially since it sounds like he's playing with it appropriately.

How are his interactions with peers? His expressive and receptive language?[/quote]

OP here. He understands everything, speaks well, has big vocabulary, great articulation, etc. but his speech is not quite conversational. For example, I will ask,  "how was school today?" he might respond, "it was great mom." [b]if I follow up with "what did you do?" I hear crickets[/b]. He is able to tell us when he's mad, or frustrated, etc. sometimes before a tantrum, sometimes after.

Most of his time around other children is at daycare, but as far as I know, his peer interactions are fine. He has a best friend at daycare that he loves and gets very excited to see outside of daycare on the rare occasion, but beyond that, has few consistent play dates. On the playground, he always seek out and find one kid that he will follow around and imitate. BUT, he's known to be pushy and territorial sometimes too, say, when we visit the train display at our local bookstore.

I forgot to mention in my original post that [b]he often repeats phrases he hears from his favorite cartoons[/b]. Sometimes we'll ask him where he heard [whatever statement he made] and he will tell us which cartoon.[/quote]

That sounds like an expressive language disorder and/or receptive.

His behavior sounds pretty normal for his age.  His language does not. I'd have him evaluated by a speech clinic and see what they say. [/quote]

I don't think so. He is 3.5. Most of them quote their favorite shows and have a hard time responding to open ended questions like that.[/quote]

Most 3-4 year olds can say something that they did at school that day.  If they don't remember, they'll make it up. An inability to say one thing that happened at school is absolutely a warning sign for a language disorder. 
Here is a helpful milestone chart that shows you what a 3-4 year old should do: http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/34/

Excessive repetition of phrases from TV shows is also a symptom of a language disorder and/or ASD.
http://lessonplans.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/it-bears-repeating/?_r=0

Do you have a kid with a SN? If you don't, please get off the forum. You don't know what you're talking about and you aren't helpful. [/quote]

I do! Mine has language delays! Thanks, though. I merely said - many kids repeat lines from shows. Both my kids do, one is advanced, one delayed. Neither of my kids would have responded to such a broad question.[/quote]

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