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Thanks for the continued follow-ups. I truly believe the your follow-ups and others comments helps people who have similiar speech/language concerns with their child(ren). It really does sound like your lil' one is catching up quickly, wow! What a great inspiration for others!!

It's interesting what Jensboys said about how kids regress a bit following a move because they are just putting all of their energy into coping!! Extremely well said and true. That completely makes sense because when a child is focusing on one skill "motor" for example, a person or parent may see a slight decline in another skill such as "speech/language."

That is the reason why parents sometimes get freaked out when their child who was saying many words seems to have suddenly stopped or their talking declines. Most of these kids, however, still have the words but are now focusing on another skill. Kids don't have the ability to multitask...kind of like most males don't ....hey, I didn't say all, so no throwing tomato's at me to any men reading this!!!!

If Jensboys didn't bring that point up, I would have never thought about the coping aspect as being a part of that skill building process until now (mainly with adopted/foster children).

It definitely makes sense to wait at least six weeks and assess afterwards. In these cases, I would still set up a speech/language evaluation because it usually takes about 8 weeks to get in - so the timing would work out great, anyways!! Just my opinion. In any case, if there is a bit of worry about a child's language development - perrylg was correct (hi perrylg - fellow speech/language person. That was my undergrad degree and I am a school psych now). Sorry, I digress!

So many parents wait too long and often times these children end up having learning disabilities that correspond to their language disabilities. They are so interconnected. Early intervention is the key.

If there is a child that qualifies for the free early intervention services and gets less than one speech session per week, I would combine that or look into speech pathologists who do not provide services through the state (so, you would have to pay out of pocket if you have no insurance). I would definitely want at least one session per week to do some good!! Try for more if you can but I know getting even more is difficult.

Great point Jensboys!!! I will be taking that information with me!!

Oh, by the way, "signing times" is a great video to encourage speech and signing. My lil' one who used to have an expressive speech delay and just took off loved it; still does (almost three). He was an interesting case, too, because he was initially labeled as autistic (read my posting under autism if interested or bored....it's EXTREMELY long - I am a typing rambler.).