When did your kids speak in sentences? | Autism PDD

Thank you for the info, everyone. Zachary is really labeling things now, and will express his wants to us. I have hope for the future. Hi all. There are some days when I have lots of questions. Today is one of them. When did your kids start to speak in spontaneous sentences? My son is 4.0 and expresses his wants usually in one or two word phrases, and he points too. He will choose a correct object from between two objects and is making good progress with speech at school. His slp was thinking of starting PECS with him, but hasn't mentioned it lately. I think my son is making more progress now.

My dd started sentences when she was closer to 5 years old...we used verbal ABA therapy with her along with speech 2x a week and made pictures of every little thing we could come up with:) She could read before she could talk so we also used written words for all the pics and always rewarded all attempts she made for speech and modeled for her constantly. She talks in full sentences now..paragraphs and long stories..but it took a LONG time..she is 7 years old now age appropriate for speech but her pragmatics are still off a little but not much:)

Good luck!

My youngest was also around 5 years-old. He did have simple sentences like "I want cup of water please" before then. However, these were things he was specifically taught in oder to get needs met. Spontaneous sentences came later. He now uses pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions, etc. It's really amazing how far he's come.

We are also using VB/ABA, as well as speech therapy to help him. I also noticed that his language improved as he started to learn sight words. Once he could read the word on a flashcard, he started to use it in his daily spoken language. It's almost as if hearing it wasn't enough. He needed to see it before he would use it, if that makes any sense.

My son really started doing sentences right after his 5th birthday, and is getting better and better all the time. He won't do more then 1 sentence at a time, and still can't have a conversation, but it WILL come ...

My son was 4 when he started speaking in sentences. He had Lovaas type
ABA from 2.5 yrs to 5yrs. Exactly at 5, we switched to VB/ABA and wow
there was a remarkable difference in the quality of his language. We also
had private speech from 2.5yrs to present. I can not stress the importance of
modeling language.

Evie spoke in simple sentences by three and Abigail by around 3.5 (she had phrases and lots of jargon at three), though these were simple sentences that they used to request things are to talk to themselves repeteively. They didn't have any sort of back and forth exchanges until about four. Now, at 5.1, they are speaking pretty clearly and pretty well, though with a larger number of grammatical errors than typical children their age, and their social use of language is still pretty far behind.

Sentences are great, but 2.5 year old kids who are still using three word phrases to communicate have richer emotional content to their language and communicate more with their eyes and expressions than my daughters do, at twice their age! They're getting better, though, slowly. It's just like everythings developing asynchronously - their language and syntax is probably about at a 4.0 year old level, their vocabulary and clarity of speach is probably at about a 6.0 year old level, and their non-verbal and social communication skills are probably that of about a 2-3 year old - seriously.

fred39370.5037037037I would say it is emerging now at a couple months before turning 4. A lot of it until now has been prompted. He is becoming more spontaneous and doing a nice job now. Sometimes the sentences are not quite correct, but you can get the meaning. VB has done wonders over that last 7 months for my son.

5 seems to be the median age. Connor started kindergarten a month before he turned 5, and the explosion of expressive language skills was almost immediate. And by the time he started 1st grade, his speech was indistinguishable from the NT students.

Reading here, the more I think T had elective mutism (and probably Fra-X). She spoke in VERY RARE whole sentences ... from when she began speaking AT ALL. Like between 18 mos and 2 yrs. They were not clear, but they were there, for sure. Many times we would have to get her VERY excited to get her talking, too. But she DID.

The first perso nshe spoke much to was her OT. Probably non-threatening to her, as most of their communication was nonverbal!

I'd say about 51/2 yrs old when the sentences started. Sam has a profound phonological disorder so speech has always been a challenge for him. He is now almost 8 1/2 yrs and if I had known just how much he was going to talk I'd have worried less - he just doesn't stop now. He's such a social creature, he follows my dh around trying to engage him into talking about his favorite topics - currently medieval armour and weapons

PECS sounds like a great idea - I wish I had known about it when Sam was younger. We did use sign alot (with the spoken word) and Sam learned more than 40 signs. These were some of the first, and clearest words spoken.

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

Nikolas has just started speaking in independent social type sentences in the last 2 weeks. Up until now it has been mainly single words or phrases mainly used to say what he does or doesn't want and to label. They are 4.5, will be 5 in Feb. In the last couple of weeks he asked his little sister if she was ok when she was choking, asked his brother if he wanted his muffin, and a few other things I can't remember right now. THis is a whole new realm of communication for him, its the first time its not all about him and its in full sentences.

It's almost as if hearing it wasn't enough. He needed to see it before he would use it, if that makes any sense.

That's exactly how I learned. I was just talking to dh about this yesterday. I had to see a word 3 times in print before I could "own" the word. I had elaborate lists of words in my head that I carried around looking for the magic 3rd word so that I could then use it in sentences. I can't describe the level of satisfaction I felt when the word was finally mine. This went on for years, mostly elementary school and high school, but I still have a "thing" for words.

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