How to get a silent person to talk. Parents are increasingly faced with a situation when a child, at two or even three years old, has not begun to speak. Although not so long ago, a one-year-old child who began to speak consciously did not cause much admiration among parents and this was considered the norm. Let’s see what parents can do to get the silent person to talk.
We go to the specialists
No matter how trite it may sound, but it needs to be done. Contrary to numerous stories where you had to wait 3 years and the speech will shoot on its own. Unfortunately, there are many deviations that are very carefully masked and even specialists hardly detect them. For example, hearing loss in a child (does not need explanation), motor and sensory alalia, autism spectrum disorders, and others. The fact is that most of the existing disorders require timely intervention. For example, children who have had their hearing loss compensated in infancy may develop on a par with their hearing peers. But as soon as parents wait for the age of 3-4 years, rehabilitation and speech training in such children will be much more difficult. This is not intimidation, this is a call to visit just a few specialists.
So who needs to be visited at this stage:
- speech therapist-defectologist
- otolaryngologist
- neurologist
- psychologist
Most likely, the baby just hasn’t started talking yet. But by visiting these doctors, parents can feel calmer. Even if the parent does not allow himself to worry and firmly believes in a successful outcome of the situation, there will still be well-wishers who, with their leading questions and advice, will from time to time rock the quiet haven of the parent’s peace.
Speech environment
The child should always listen to speech. If the mother is constantly with the child, then she must talk continuously. To voice everything he does. Wherein:
– You need to speak in short, understandable sentences, with a natural intonation. No need to lisp and distort words.
– Encourage your child to dialogue!
– When communicating with the baby, you need to ask questions, after a pause, you need to answer for him.
Use onomatopoeia.
Before your child has begun to pronounce difficult words, use as many onomatopoeia as possible. It can be animal sounds and short words that are so convenient to use in everyday life: bang, op, fu, koo-ku, here, there, give, on, etc.
These are the very first and necessary steps on the way to a beautiful and fluent speech.