Nina Speech therapist report | Autism PDD

I got Nina's speech therapy report today. It puts her at a 6 month level for
language comprehension and a 9 month level for expression. She still has
to write up her full report that will give much more detail. She did say that
it is very unusual for the comprehension to be behind the expression.
Usually children understand words before thy can use them.
It was great to be told by a speech expert that she is significantly delayed
and I'm not just paranoid and over anxious. But it's also terrible to be told
by a speech expert that I'm not just paranoid and over anxious if that makes
sense
I'm feeling pretty down about the 6 month level for comprehension, I was
hoping it wasn't quite that bad
:edited to add that she is almost 16 months old.Allegra39321.8150115741I know how you feel. Last month my 24 month year old (then 23 months) had a speech eval and I was told he was at the 10 month level for receptive and expressive. I knew how bad his expressive was, but I was shocked at his receptive score. I think he is closer to 18 month level honestly because of what he does around the house, but it doesn't change what is in writing and what he didn't do during the test.

The good news is you are getting help early! I can't even put in words the amount of improvement I saw in my other two kids as a result of their early speech therapy.

Hi allegra,

Concernedpa.

Shirley?

Sarah at 3 yrs old was evaluated to be 8 mos. old and receptive was just a little higher...it was crushing to hear it and see it in writing but it made me more determined to work with her constantly..she is totally caught up to peers and higher in most areas...just exposing her to words and labelling everything, modeling for her constantly like you do already is going to help her so much...baby bumble bee dvd's were great too:) I wished you lived by me..I would love to work with her..I am no therapists but watched on the sides for over 3 years and am so wanting to help another get from nonverbal to full language like Sarah..the changes came painfully slow and sometimes the only thing I could gage progress in her was by looking at their graphs because it was so subtle & being with her all the time I just couldnt see it..the big spurts for her came around 5-6 years old when she came out of her shell and didnt need prompting for everything. Now she talks fine..a little behind peers in expressing herself but not so bad that she sticks out:) We had picture posters all over the house with labels..in the hall, bathroom..front door:) Flashcards were on coffee tables and lying around for her to pick up and look at whenever she felt like it...expose expose expose:) Great things will happen...I promise:)

It's very common for kids with an autism spectrum disorder to have better expression than comprehension (I know it doesn't make sense, but autism doesn't make sense at first glance, does it?) Nina is SO young that I'm certain intervention now will help her catch up pretty quickly. YOu once said that she was very different from Sharlet. Perhaps she has Asperger's. Whatever the reason for the delay, you have experience now that you can use with her. Keep us posted.

Hi Allegra,

I know you're disappointed with this news, but you're getting an early jump on things, and Nina does seem to have some nice emerging skills from what I've seen of her on her videos - she's way more connected than the girls were at that age. The girls also have better expressive language than receptive, as odd as that seems - it just always comes out that way in testing. It might be an artifact of the test rather than an objective truth, but it is odd.

My ds was at 6 month receptive at 20 months old. I even fudged the answers a bit, it was too hard at that time for me to accept how delayed he was .Now he can follow 2 part instructions. Thank goodness for early intervention.

I'm sorry to hear that the results showed a significant delay. I was shocked by my son's delay when he was finally evaluated, too. I think we parents see the spark of intelligence and creativity in our children's eyes, so it's hard to imagine that they could be very delayed, even though we're concerned about them.

Wishing you a smooth start with services for sweet little Nina.

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You beat me to it!!! This is consistently how T scores, due to APD. Our first SD said the flipped scores "did not make sense." Well, it IS considered characteristic of APDs ... and ASDs as well.

I bet Nina will be a big success story, too -- good for you for getting her started!

Thats very interesting, I didn't know that better expression than
comprehension was common to ASD. I'm not sure the speech therapist
knew that either. Nina actually spent the night in hospital again last night
and I have very little sleep. I'm starting to think that developmental delays
might be the least of out worries with her

I'm sorry to hear she's in the hospital again. How awful! I hope you can get some rest, and that Nina will be okay again soon. Keep us posted.

Hugs ALlegra - I know EXACTLY what you feel

I was always wisihing that the experts would tell me I was just overanxious and that R was fine - of course the truth is that its much better to know and get them help !
Hugs

Allegra,

Sorry to hear Nina in the hosp. again:(

I hope she is okay and will be thinking of you today:) (((HUGS!!)))

I just wanted to send your familiy a big hug and blessings of health. I hope Nina is all well soon. I think often of your family. Sharlett's artwork is my screen-saver (gorgeous,big bubbles - you posted her art a year ago) People are always impressed by it - and more so when I tell them a wee gal of 3 1/2yrs created it on Photoshop! And then I tell them she has autism just to watch their eyes pop out!

I'm always telling people, "Just you wait and see, these kids of ours are going to change the way people see the world!"

Mama to Sam 8yrs PDD NOS OCD ODD PPD and Alex 2yrs

ps - I would love to see more of your babe's artwork when you have time for a brag

Allegra-

It's such a punch in the gut to hear that kind of news. When Anthony was first evaluated for speech, his expressive and receptive was nearly equal and more than a year behind. The ped neuropsych explained that we're supposed to have more receptive than expressive language and his lack of receptive was definitely an ASD thing.

Your girls are so lucky to have you as a mom. We all know that early intervention is key.

Sorry to hear Nina is in hospital again. I hope it's a speedy recovery.

Allegra,

Sorry to hear Nina is in the hospital. Best regards to you all.

Shelley R,

Sorry I misspelt your name. At least you know it was you.

Concernedpa.

concernedpa.39323.4288888889

(((big hugs))) I know how upsetting it is to hear it. My DD at 3 1/2 yrs had a receptive language of 17 months old and expressive of 2 yr 3 month old. I also didn't get it at first that receptive was worse then expressive but then the more I read sources said it correlated with asd. Hang in there. Hugs,

Boy Allegra, when It rains it pours. I feel for you girl!!! I'm would like to speak for all of us on here and say I wish we could be of help and give Baby Nina get well soon kisses from us. Please keep us posted

I would love to see pictures of her, I bet she is a DOLL

Grandma to Devin 3 yrs ASD/SID

nemobuhl39323.8134953704Thanks again everyone.
nemobuhi, I changed my signature for you so you could see a pic of Nina

Beuatiful girls, Allegra.

Thank you Allegra

I was right, Nina is a living doll!!!

Is she feeling Better? I hope!

Mona, Grandma to Devin 3 yrs ASD / SID