my son is 3yrs and is s bit slow putting his sentences together and when he gets excited he rocks back & forth

Question

he can say words very clearly but when it comes to putting sentences together he does not do it. We have been to a specialist and they could not give us an exact answer until he has been to speech therapy can you halp in any way?

Answer 1

I have worked with many children with similar issues in this age range. You really want to be aggressive in treatment/evaluations before they enter school so that they have a great start to school when they begin. A speech evaluation is a good place to start. Make sure that the therapist doing the evaluation has lots of experience with children similar to your son. If they don't, look for another therapist. I'm not sure where you live but if you are near a children's hospital, look for a developmental pediatrician to discuss the other issues. The rocking back and forth can be many different things. Some children do this when they cannot cope or are trying to calm themselves. All of these could be a part of a larger concern that's why a developmental pediatrician may be able to help put all the pieces together. In Illinois, we have occupational therapists that are trained to work with speech therapists and alone on other issues. If the issue is a motor related developmental issue, this may prove helpful as well. I hope this wasn't too confusing.
Good luck to you.

Answer 2

My brother did the same thing for years, but, eventually, grew out of it (the rest of the family got dizzy from watching him rock back and forth all day long!). As the youngest, he had to "fight" for attention, so his language and social skills developed very late; even today, as an adult, he has some trouble socializing, but, otherwise, he's fine.

In your case, it may be less a "speech" problem than a socialization issue, which may disappear when he starts pre-school (or, before that happens, why not put him with other 2-5 year olds to see how he reacts?).

There's an old psychiatric maxim that goes something like, "Once niched, always lived". In other words, if you pigeon-hole the kid as having a speech problem or a psychological one (or whatever), then he'll be "stuck" that way for life, potentially traumatically stigmatizing him in his older years.

IMHO, the kid is too young to be put under a proverbial microscope, but I'm just a layman without kids. You must do what you think is right for your kid; just make sure that it's really in HIS best interest, not YOURS!

Answer 3

Oh jeez...it's always autism now a days. Sounds to me he is just slower at speaking. Give the kid a little time. Kids do things at different times...and boys tend to string sentences together later than girls.

A sign of autism would be, for example, if he was speaking in sentences and then all the sudden stopped.

Try working with him on small sentences. Make sure to positively reinforce him.

Start with sentences like "The ball." Once he does that well, continue with "The red ball." or other simple sentences from there.

Answer 4

sound autistic to me

or asbegers mild form of autism. I only say it because of the rocking back and forth....When autistic children become stressed or excited, they will often rock back and forth.

I hope this isnt the case with your son.

Answer 5

sounds autistic too me too.. there are alot of forms of autism.. it may not be fully autism. i would take him to someone else..

Answer 6

idk. work with your kid in putting senteces together like
read w/ him and after you say one sentece, have him repeat that same sentece and work w/ him until he gets that one sentence right.