What is language delay?
Language retardation is commonly understood as the development of a child's language ability at a lower level than that of other children of the same age. A child with language delay is a child who has difficulty understanding and/or using language, such as:
I reached 1 year old
Children still don't communicate with adults through voice, body language, or simple words, especially when they do need or ask for help.
By the age of 2
Your child won't be able to speak about 50 different words yet.
Two or more words are not used in a coherent manner, such as "mommy comes" or "baby eats".
It doesn't take the initiative yet, which means that it's still just imitating what others say.
They won't be able to understand simple instructions or questions such as "baby with shoes" or "do you want to drink water?" "Mommy is a**?
In fact, by the age of 2, about 20% of children will show signs of language delay. These children will be considered "late talkers". Most of these children will catch up as they get older, but some may experience problems with language development.
I was about 3 years old
You can't say longer phrases or sentences together, such as "mommy help me" or "I want more water".
Can't understand slightly longer instructions or questions like "Bring your shoes and put them in the box", "What would you like to eat for lunch today?" ”
Little or no interest in reading books.
No questions will be asked. By the age of 4-5 years or older
Some children who still have language difficulties after the age of 4 to 5 years or after entering school, and they do not have specific health problems (such as hearing impairment, autism spectrum disorder, etc.), may be considered for developmental language disorder (DLD).
Children with developmental language disorders may present as:
It's hard to learn new words, and it's hard to communicate.
Use short sentences, simple sentences, and often lose important words in the sentence.
When an instruction is received, only some of the commands are responded.
If you can't use words to accurately refer to things or things, you may use some generic pronouns to refer to them.
May not understand the meaning of words, sentences, stories.
Any age
Children of any age should see a specialist if they have:
If you have been diagnosed with hearing loss, developmental delay, or other syndromes that may affect language development, such as autism spectrum disorder, Down syndrome, etc.
Some language skills that have been acquired have suddenly disappeared, such as those who could have spoken, suddenly stopped speaking.
How to help a child with a language disorder, advice:
1. Put down your work for the time being, spend more time with your children, and don't let them be with the electronic screen anymore!
2. Scientific assessment: When children speak late and do not speak, do not think that "noble people are late", seek medical attention in time, conduct hearing, cognitive, behavioral, standardized and non-standardized speech and language assessment, and the doctor will ask for a detailed medical history, standardized assessment and diagnosis.
3. Science: The key to language retardation is to correctly grasp the child's recent development area and make reasonable decisions. Fengxian District Root Heart ** Training Institution has a special language delay class, which can be a one-stop assessment of children with language delay, and has one-to-one language ** and one-to-many guidance ** in terms of intervention, providing ** training services for children with language retardation.