Marilyn C. Agin, Lisa F. Geng, Malcolm Nicholl
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 65
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Dyspraxia is a very rare disorder 1 out of 5 stars.
4 of 6 people found this review helpful.
I found this book very alarmist, offensive and exclusive of many other types of speech delays and clinical conditions that may present by a child being delayed in speech. Its focus was mainly on Dsypraxia, which is actually a very rare condition and can not be accurately diagnosed before the age of 5. Once I read the background and affiliation of the author, I understood why she wrote the book. I feel that parents should understand that the "labels du jour" that many institutions are placing on our late talking children in order to receive funding and continue their programs, are usually not accurate. The public school systems are a universe unto themselves. Unsuspecting and well meaning parents tend to believe the labels that are given to their late talking children, in order to receive "free" services. They are willing to medicate these children and place them in the hands of people that many times do not really understand their condition but call themselves "professionals". Those of us with late talking children all want answers as to why our children are late talking and we can feel quite desperate when we notice our children missing this major "milestone" in their development. This book inappropriately plays on these fears and doesn't give credibility to the fact that late talking can be a variation of the norm. Parents need to be aware that they know their children best and can be their best advocates and speech therapy teachers once they have an accurate diagnosis from a well-respected late talking specialist who does appropriate child-led and child-friendly evaluations. These children may also need to be seen by an audiologist, a development pediatrition, a neurologist or other appropriate true specialists to rule out other conditions. Please do thorough research (it is out there) as to who the real late talking professionals are before you agree to a possibly inaccurate label for your child. This label could stick with your child for the rest of their lives and make them feel as if they are different and something is wrong with them because they were seperated from their peers, put in special classes and/or picked up by a little yellow bus. Labels are very hard to remove. Yahoo user's groups are a great place to start along with Thomas Sowell's books, The Einstein Syndrome and Late Talking Children. This is a very well-respected author on the subject. They are available here on Amazon. These books describe one type of late talking child and an astute parent will recognize whether it describes their child or not. And, if it does not, keep searching and gathering accurate information.
Editorial Review:
Every parent eagerly awaits the day his or her child will speak for the first time. For millions of mothers and fathers, however, anticipation turns to anxiety when those initial, all-important words are a long time coming. Many worried parents are reassured that their child is "just a late talker," but unfortunately, that is not always the case. Balanced with a mother's perspective and an acclaimed doctor's experience, this book gives parents advice on:
*Finding the right therapy and therapist
*Negotiating with school boards, teachers, and language specialists
*Speech exercises to do at home with a child.
The Late Talker is the first book of its kind, providing effective, practical answers to the questions every concerned parent asks.
