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Is Your 2-year-old Not Talking? How Katty Turned Her Son’s Speech Delay Around

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Katty and her husband are raising their 3.5 year old son, Santiago, in a bilingual (Spanish and English) household. However, when he started showing signs of a serious speech delay at 22 months old, Katty got to work applying the practices she learned from joining my community and courses!

Speech Delays in a Bilingual Toddler

Some minor speech delays in bilingual children can be common, however, when your child is approaching the age of two with no words and minimal sounds in either language, it is right to raise concerns. When Katty approached her pediatrician it was clear that Santiago should at least be saying mama or dada but she was barely babbling. Amid starting my programs and beginning some form of speech therapy and intervention, I recommend revisiting the focus of teaching two languages. A speech delay does not mean your child cannot be bilingual but you should focus primarily on the language where the child will have the most opportunity for use and practice, usually the language of the country you’re living in. Once a child has made progress and caught up from the delays, it’s great to add back in that second language.

18-Month-Old Not Talking

By 18 months your child should have several words with some manding, tacting, echoing, and the start of intraverbal skills. Katty’s son Santiago was barely babbling but now at 3 and a half years old, he is nearly conversational. When it seemed like there was nowhere to turn for the right support and therapy for her son, Katty became the captain of her own ship. She threw herself into the courses, became an expert at table time, and created exposure and practice every minute of her son’s day. We go over the various assessments Katty gave to Santiago and his progress is really amazing, even illuminating problem behaviors that he once had.

Autism or Speech Delay

When Katty first had her concerns about Santiago’s delays she suspected autism. With minimal assessment and evaluation, her family did not receive that diagnosis. She still sought out and applied my approach, despite the autism title. Many of our community members also do not have a diagnosis of autism for their family members but the programs still work. Whether your child has autism, a speech delay, or any other developmental disorder these programs are proven to work and show progress.

At the airing of this episode, you can still access my new digital autism assessment at FreeAutismAssessment.com.

Is Your 2-year-old Not Talking? How Katty Turned Her Son's Speech Delay Around

Katty on the Turn Autism Around Podcast

Katty is married and a mother to a son who is 3.5 years old. She also has 2 dogs and 1 cat. She lives in Canada now but is originally from Ecuador. Before migrating to Canada, she worked as a kindergarten teacher for 13 years and also as a professor training teachers for 6 years. She is a stay-at-home mom now.

You’ll Learn

  • How to turn speech delays around?
  • Is it Autism or a speech delay?
  • How the turn autism around book and courses have guided a mom for speech therapy.
  • Can you be your child’s speech therapist?
  • The impact of table time on speech delays.
  • Should you measure length of utterances and teach carrier phrases?
  • What to do if your two year old is not talking.
  • Can you use the Turn Autism Around programs if your child does not have an autism diagnosis?

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Free Workshop

Increase Talking &
Decrease Tantrums

in Young Children with

Autism &/or Speech Delays

Register for Free Training