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How do I deal with a linguistically delayed child? Very important tips and directions

 Hello to all dear visitors to My Child’s World, recent studies indicate that early intervention in treating any problem facing a child reduces the effects of this problem on him when he grows up. First of all, we have to know the main causes so that it is easier for us to know the treatment.


The most important tips and directions for dealing with a linguistically delayed child:

1. Evaluate the child’s condition to determine his communication needs.

2. Talk to the child on a regular basis, read stories to him early in his life, sing to him, and entertain him.

3. Responding to the child’s hum and his first words and communicating with him.

4. Listen to the child well and look into his eyes when talking to him.

5. Talking to the child in a childish melody, as children naturally pay attention to every sound that is similar in melody to their own voices.

6. Directly supervising the child’s upbringing and staying away from foreign nannies so that this does not lead to the child suffering from a language disorder.

7. Urging the child who suffers from delayed speech to play and integrate with other children to strengthen his language and acquire more words.

8. Ask the child many questions in order to engage him and encourage him to speak as much as possible, and play face-to-face interaction games with him.

9. Do not criticize linguistic, expressive, and grammatical errors in the child’s speech.

10. Do not make fun of the child because he pronounces words incorrectly, so that he does not lose his self-confidence and thus increase the problem.

11. Train the child to ask for things around him and not to easily comply when he requests by crying.

12. Use gestures with speech, repeating and paraphrasing what you say.

13. Modifying what the child says linguistically so that it becomes close to what adults say.

14. Make sure that the child listens to you while you talk to him.

15. Sit with the child in a quiet place while interacting with him, away from noise and distractions.

16. Be patient with the child and give him enough time to respond so that he does not worry.

17. Stay away from complicated words and terms that may make him incapable.

18. Keep the child away from the television and phone, especially cartoons, because they contain quick and long sentences that are difficult for him to repeat.

19. No matter how big your child’s mistakes are, hitting him will make him lose his concentration and destroy his innocence, so avoid hitting.

20. Make the child feel safe while talking to him, this will make him stable.

21. Help the child link the sounds he hears with their real names.

22. Try to use all of the child’s senses and benefit from them in acquiring language.

23. Teach the child to imitate the different sounds he hears in the environment around him.

24. Make sure to see a speech-language pathologist to provide the necessary assistance and advice.

In addition to making the appropriate treatment plan for the child’s condition.

Signs that your child needs a speech pathologist:

Among the signs that alert you to the presence of a speech defect in your child, which requires contacting a speech pathologist, we find the following.

1. Weak social interaction in the child:

Linguistic development is closely linked to social interaction. The child uses language in his interaction with others, and thus his linguistic abilities and skills develop as a result of using it in several social contexts. The following signs indicate the presence of a problem in the child:

  • If the child does not laugh and smile at others by the age of 3-4 months or more.
  • If he does not raise his hands when you say 'come closer' by the age of 8-9 months or older.
  • If he does not respond to his name by the age of 12 months or older.
  • If he does not play appropriately with children aged two years or older.

2. If he does not play in a participatory manner with children three years of age or older:

The child makes some sounds on a few occasions when he is 10-12 months old. A normal child begins to make sounds starting from the first month of his life, and then these sounds increase as he grows older, so babbling appears at approximately six months of age, then babbling like babababa... daddada... Here, the parents must compare the child with his brother or one of his relatives, and if he rarely makes sounds, the parents must consult a speech pathologist, who in turn will guide the parents to the appropriate steps and stages for diagnosing the child if there is a problem.

 3. The father and mother do not understand the child’s speech at the age of 18-24 months:

The normal speech of a child aged 18-24 months is usually incomprehensible to others, but the father and mother understand his speech well. However, if the child’s speech is incomprehensible even to the father and mother, then the child may be suffering from a problem.

4. That the child does not produce a sentence of two words:

Such as, “Where is Daddy, I want Mama.” At the age of two or two and a half years, a normal child begins using a two-word sentence at approximately two years of age, and a delay in producing sentences indicates a problem.  

5. That a child aged 3 years and three and a half years does not understand commands:

Such as: Give me, take, come...or colors or not counting to three. A normal child understands some verbs at the age of one to two years and begins to understand colors at the age of between two and a half and three years, and in the event that the child is late in understanding these concepts.