Schools for developmental delay-urgent help!!! - Developmental Concerns Discussion Forum

Hi,

I have a son who is 22 months old who had been diagnosed to have a Delay in language and communication.He has not started talking and does not understand what we talk.Autism had been almost ruled out.we have been advised to go for an early intervention program for some time and depending upon his picking up, enrol him ina montessori set up play school.Can anyone pls suggest any centres for early intervention and pls can like parents share their experience with me.we are very desoerate to do the best to him in 1 year so that he can get enrolled to a normal school when he is three.pls help.. Raja replied. Hi,my 5 year old sone has similar issues like your son .PDD ,he only speaks few words rarely . We are based abroad but due to my son my wife move to India ,my son is taking homeopathic treatment as well as OT and speech therapy sessions for one and half year now . His eye contact improved drastically ,he is little bit calm now and always plays with his sister .
Now I want to move them abroad and want to put him normal Indian school and continue homeopathy treatment . I need advise hope it will not affect on his developmen Lata replied. Hi,

Saw your post and several others' . I dont understand why you guys get worked up so much. DOnt panic and calm down. My niece was not talking until she was four. Now she talks non-stop. My daughter started to speak when she was 1.5yrs but my son isnt speaking much even at 2.5yrs. So dont worry. There are other symptoms apart from late speech devt for serious illnesses. Rule out those and give the child some space to develop in his own pace. Best regards. sujatha replied. hi rajee.
my son is 2 year and 5 months and has not started talking. he does not point to objects also. he seems to understand some thing that we say though. can you suggest what development school is there in chennai and how is your son now?

thanks gigigango replied. hi, my son was diagnosed with a language delay when he was 2. he had severe echolalia and exhibited autistic like symptoms, but was non autistic. basically PDD-NOS. read up all you can on speech/language/PDD etc. find a good psychologist and a good language therapist. your pediatrician is the best source. but what i shd tell you is my son is 5 today. expressive speech is still tough, but hes coping with an ICSE set up. his teachers love him and tell me hes absolutely at par. so hang in there. give him loads of time and follow up on therapy work. you are lucky youve seen probs so young. and i can only tell you things get better, actually they' re gr8.

2016-07-07

Name: Raja
Subject:

RE:Schools for developmental delay-urgent help!!!

Hi,my 5 year old sone has similar issues like your son .PDD ,he only speaks few words rarely . We are based abroad but due to my son my wife move to India ,my son is taking homeopathic treatment as well as OT and speech therapy sessions for one and half year now . His eye contact improved drastically ,he is little bit calm now and always plays with his sister .
Now I want to move them abroad and want to put him normal Indian school and continue homeopathy treatment . I need advise hope it will not affect on his developmen

2009-04-22

Name: Lata
Subject:

Dont worry

Hi,

Saw your post and several others' . I dont understand why you guys get worked up so much. DOnt panic and calm down. My niece was not talking until she was four. Now she talks non-stop. My daughter started to speak when she was 1.5yrs but my son isnt speaking much even at 2.5yrs. So dont worry. There are other symptoms apart from late speech devt for serious illnesses. Rule out those and give the child some space to develop in his own pace. Best regards.

2008-11-12

Name: sujatha
Subject:

speech delay urgent

hi rajee.
my son is 2 year and 5 months and has not started talking. he does not point to objects also. he seems to understand some thing that we say though. can you suggest what development school is there in chennai and how is your son now?

thanks

2008-05-20

Name: gigigango
Subject:

language delays

hi, my son was diagnosed with a language delay when he was 2. he had severe echolalia and exhibited autistic like symptoms, but was non autistic. basically PDD-NOS. read up all you can on speech/language/PDD etc. find a good psychologist and a good language therapist. your pediatrician is the best source. but what i shd tell you is my son is 5 today. expressive speech is still tough, but hes coping with an ICSE set up. his teachers love him and tell me hes absolutely at par. so hang in there. give him loads of time and follow up on therapy work. you are lucky youve seen probs so young. and i can only tell you things get better, actually they' re gr8.

2009-03-06

Name: Michelle
Subject:

speech delay

Hi Gigigango,

My son is now 3.4 yrs. he started talking when turned 3 and has been progressing since then (not much but I get excited with every lil word he learns). We were still advised that he needs speech therapy and OT for concerns such as poor sitting tolerance and attention problems. My only concern as such has always been his speech delay.
We put him in pre kg at 2.6 yrs and that helped a lot.
I have just contacted a speech and occupational therapist and will start therapy soon after getting to know the results of the assessment that my son went through

After reading your message it does give me hope that with time things will get better

I´ m not sure which school to put him in now. A CBSE or ICSE school. Are ICSE schools better in the sense that children learn by doing, and not by rote.

Pl. let me know your views

Cheers!

2008-05-24

Name: Rajee
Subject:

Developmental Concerns

Hi Gigigango,

Thanks a lot for ur reply.Are you in Chennai? If so can you tell me your Psychologist and Language Therapist details.It would be of great help to me..
Further I want to know more about your child.Is he going to regular school now.How abt his studuying.Sorry to bother.As an anxious parent i need some reassurance.Pls do reply.Thanks again.

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