Language Concepts

My 4 year old grandson has a good vocabulary and pronunciation skills yet he cannot put a sentence together in the way the words should be arranged.  His fine motor skills are not good and he doesn't want to be engaged in activities that could help them without forcing the issue.  My question - does the part of the brain that controls the fine motor skills have anything to do with the part used to make complete sentences?  He is an only child that has been treasured to the extent that he may have had much to much done for him without an effort on his part.  


This discussion is related to 4 year old speech delay.

[RockRose]

Possibly,  and that's an interesting question.

Both language and motor skills are stored in the frontal lobe of the brain.  It's certainly conceivable that damage to a part of the frontal lobe - through virus,  head injury,  anoxia at birth,  etc., could affect both language development and fine motor skills.

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For practical purposes though - it seems like it's best to treat the symptoms through occupational therapy and speech therapy.

Do you have an example of a sentence he would say?

[lianabanana]

UPDATE!  I just wanted to update you. My little 3.5 year old guy has been diagnosed by three specialists (Developmental Pediatrician, Devel. Psychologist, Speech Pathologist) as being high functioning autistic sepectrum disorder.  He will need an aid in preschool during free-play to help him learn how to integrate in groups. But i just wanted other readers to know that if I had been a stay-at-home-mom i would have never had noticed a problem.  It was only in the preschool setting that these issues became obvious.  He was great with other kids at the park, but not good at joining groups (AWKWARD Behavior) made eye contact But only when HE wants something and not to share an idea or experience or to show something for the sake of showing it to you (this is a critical distinction).  The symptoms were subtle and required and expert eye, but now that they explained the issues to me, and that they GET WORSE if they are not treated, with social rejection often leading to depression in later childhood/adolescence, if this sounds like you child too, get him or her help ASAP Please! Btw, his regular pediatrician did not any problems with him but refered us to specialists anyway. THANK GOD!