behavier cause of speach,language delays of 2yr

[joanna hanna]

we have a 2 yr old girl with sever delays in language and speach.  when they did her evaluation in language they had too go clear back to 0-3mo, and speach 3-6mo in some areas.  our daughter will not sit still and has no intreast in her books and will not repeat words back to us she can not even tell us if she is hungry, thirsty or her body parts she jestures everything.  her hearing is ok but she can not localize anything out of her right ear at 10d.  she also has a siazure disorder.  could her delays be related to her just out right ignoring us and her being restless all the time or could this be the start of more seriose problems such as autism which concerns me because she does pick up on rythems and not the words ?

[Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D.]

Dear Hanna,

No, these sorts of problems are not simply a matter of your daughter ignoring you. You are describing an array of symptoms indicative of developmental disorder, neurological disorder, etc., and the situation demands thorough evaluation. EEG's in and of themselves are not sufficient to pin down the nature of the problem. Your daughter can have normal EEG's and nonetheless be manifesting neurological or developmental disorders. Pediatric neurologists and developmental pediatricians would be in a good position to help you.

[L-K822au]

Just a thought.

[hanna]

what is landau-kleffner and how wouuld we beable to find out if she has the order. and would it be possible 000.if she had 2 norm
eegs

[siobhan king]

my daughter is aged four and a half and her speech is delayed.  she seems to understand almost everything that is being said to her.  but going on the developement of my other little girl who is three she is definitely behind.
she has quite a few sentences but rarely ever uses the,me, my etc..
eg. drink milk please mummy.
      turn telly up.
      will say "go to school" instead of "I  want to go to school.
Im also thinking that she may have ADD also and so does her pre-school teacher.  Will not sit for long . attention can be terrible if not interested bout fantastic if interested.  eg Barney on TV
or a little computer game that teaches how to spell ,add etc....
will have little non senscial outbursts eg spill some drink and then say "oh no poor emily".
The thing that is very difficult on everyone is her screaming when she does not get her own way.  The only way I can conbtrol this is to put her in the spare bedroom until she settles and this could take fifteen minutes or more.
having said that she seems to be very sensitive and will cry at the drop of a hat.  Loves to be cuddled especially in the evening and wil fall asleep in arms.  A good sleeper will go to bed at 8.00 every night and wakes 6,30 7.00. but an exceptionally light sleeper.  Likes to sleep with me or me with her.  we only allow it when we are to tired to argue.
she has been attending speech therpy for 4 months now and is coming on well. They are focusing more on the consentration end of things for now and thats going fine.
she can count to 20 knows all her colours her abc's.
she is more into playing with her sister now than last year and is very good at taking turns and sharing.  If for example you get her something from the fridge she will say "for Niamh for Niamh" thats her sister. Icould go on fer ever about her .
Could you tell me if trauma in the womb or during birth can cause problems. My brother died of leukemia when I was four months pregnant and it was the most horrible experience of my life as we were more like twins I absolutely adored him, the weeks before he died and the weeks after were horrendous.  I barely remember the first year of her little life I was like a zombee.
Also she was born very  very fast  she wasnt due for another three hours according to the mid wife and then all of a sudden there she was.
Iwould appreciate any comments.
yours gratefully
siobhan.

[hanna]

i can understand some of te fustrations my little girl is only 2 and she 2 was a very fast delivary i went in and had my laber induced at 36 1\2 wk due to interuterine growth retardation and weighed only 4ib7oz she was baged for 2 min before she started to breath they said it was due to shock because i went frome 3cm to 10cm in 20min and she was physically held in for 45min due to no dr.  on feb29 we had her evluated at sooner start and she showed a 40%delay in comunication, 28%social, and 32% cognative delay does this sound anything like you daughters we think she may have add due inpart because she is very self absorbed and if she dont want to do it she wont and this causes a problem. have you had a behavrial evaluation we are trying to have one on our little girl but a lot of dr wont even look at her yet even though we have a referal from the early intervinsion program.