What products I can use to help a child to start speaking. I think the child has autism. The child be with me?

Question

a lot on wknds. I figure instead of buying toys & spoiling him like most people. I want to buy DVD & videos to encourage lanuguage developing. I do know it does take time. He got to school for a almost a yr. I suprise it no improving in his lanuage skills. His mother don't have time to spend talking with him.I still no excuse for her. He is 4 he at the toddler lanuage developement stage. Please don't be mean this is a child we are talking about. Also how can I talk to his mom without her getting mad. She raising 5 children on her own, work ft, they father are not involved in their life. Sometimes people make fun on the child. What resources is available to help him.

Answer 1

Do your best, when this child is with you. Talk to him, as much as you can. Talk, out loud, about what you doing.

Read to him. Read as many books as you can. This will help build his vocabulary.

Allow him to finger paint. You can even paint with food, like yogurt, or pudding, or Jello, etc.... This helps to stimulate the part of the brain the controls speech. (At least, a few years ago, this was being reported.) Let this child get messy!

As for mom: Bring up that the child seems behind in his speech development. Ask it's been brought to the doctor attention. Then, suggest she talk to the doctor about it.

Ask mom often if she has talked with the doctor about it.

Answer 2

dvds and videos do the exact opposite of developing language skills.  Children should watch the maximum of one hour of tv a day.  Try talking to him as much as you can while you have him.   Talk to him about everything.  And start making him use his words when he wants something.  If he uses the words incorrectly gently correct him.  My daughter has the most incredible vocabulary just by doing these things.  

Also autism has a list of character traits, not just lack of vocabulary.  If you do suspect autism try to get him evaluated, maybe by a doctor or even through the school system.  Some school systems have early intervention programs that deal with children with disablities.  Talk to the mother about this very gently.  She probably doesnt want to hear that her child has a disablity but early intervention is so very important for development with children.

Answer 3

My friend had an autistic child..started giving her B12 injections..worked....Good Luck!!

Answer 4

My son was slow in starting to talk and I used flash cards with him every day and he slowly started saying what was in the pictures, hope this helps

Answer 5

It's not about products but time - that's the greatest gift. Talk to him, make eye contact. Try playing peek a boo type games - even if he seems too old for this. Hide things under cushions or scarves (let him see you 'hide' them) - does he look for them? Do 'unexpected things, like putting things in different places - does he scan your face eagerly to try and 'clue in' to what you are doing. Be an actor - ham it up, larger than life. That is to say, really engage him! Look at pictures of animals, and make animal noises. After a time, make the pigs moo and the dogs quack. Does he become excited and look at you to see if you are 'for real'? I have a son who is now 16 who has severe learning difficulties and autism, and I learned these tricks from therapists and special needs workers. Try and 'engage' all his senses - with music (sometimes soft like a piano ballad, sometimes loud and 'bassy'). Use lights, smells, textures, all to provoke reactions. I am not suggesting you are dealing with a child with the same needs as my son, by the way, but I have successfully done all these things with typically developed children (albeit slightly younger) in nursery. It's about the brain building neural 'connections' between different parts. Or you could try 'Brain Gym', (http://www.braingym.org.uk/) which serves the same purpose. All these suggestions have the advantage that they cannot actually do any harm. My daughters loved doing these things with their brother, and they are both typically developed and quite clever. So, you won't do any damage, might have some fun, and potentially could do some good.

Answer 6

Well it is hard to tell you over the internet.  Each child with autism is very different and they need to be treated very differently.  Depending on his severity of autism- he might not learn to talk for several more years if at all even with the correct help.  So I recommend that you focus on communication skills and not necessary language developement.

This is a good articles on speech development and autisic kids-  it might help

http://www.ct-asrc.org/docs/Language%20S...

http://www.ehow.com/how_2242442_help-kid...

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art4...

Good luck and I hope this helps

Answer 7

She needs to call the local elementary school and get him evaluated for a speech delay. If he qualifies (based on what you said he will), he'll get therapy with a qualified speech therapist. If he has other delays they will help with that too. If he's in school they should have done this already, if he's in a daycare they might not have. In the meantime, read a lot of books and talk to him a lot but she needs to call the school. If she suspects autism she should also make an appointment with the pediatrician. Maybe you could take him for her if she's working or whatever. I don't know her personal circumstances so I won't judge but the longer you let something like this go the tougher it is on the child. Good for you for wanting to help. =]

Answer 8

Is the child already receiving speech therapy/services? If not, have the child's mother contact his school. They normally have someone who is in charge of related services. If the child 'might' have autism, the child should also be evaluated in order to classify his PDD (pervasive developmental disorder--which is the pre-diagnosis for autism). With that diagnosis, the amount of services that he will get will greatly help him.

Keep in mind that if a child has global delays (such as delays in in cognitive,  language and speech skills), the child is not going to improve as greatly as many parents/caregivers want. All things develop according to the child's overall cognitive/mental age.

DVD's and Videos are not your best option to improve language. Language is an interactive component of our lives.  A child learns best via parental/adult interaction and play.

Get puzzles, arts and craft activities, simple games and toys, etc. If the child is already receiving speech, ask the child's speech therapist for game ideas.

If you'd like more specific information, please feel free to contact me.