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At 8 years old not speaking to peers is slightly problematic.    He won't be 8 forever and at 13, 16, 21--what a dismal future.[/quote]

I agree kids need help but how can you say for sure that he won't outgrow the issue with age(13, 16, 21) even without any help?[/quote]

If he doesn't outgrow it by 21, it will be too late.  So give him the help early on, it may be necessary and it won't hurt.[/quote]

+1, however, at 8 we found that speech wasn't as helpful as it was from 3-5/6.  At 8, we didn't find it very beneficial but given the concerns I would be doing speech therapy and getting a full evaluation, especially with academics.

None of us will ever know if speech and other services helped our children however, can you live with yourself not doing it and having a negative outcome.  I'd rather spend the time and money doing it now so I know I tried to give my child every possible opportunity to succeed.  A part of me thinks my child would have the same outcome if we didn't do it but it did give him the tools so when he was ready to talk and use them he could.  Its not about an instant fix, but long term and giving them the tools they need so when they can, they will have them ready to use them.[/quote]

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