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How To Identify If A Child
Needs Speech Therapy
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Your 2 Year Old Is Not Able To Put Together Two Words
– There is no hard and fast rule that by the time your baby turns 18 months old, he or
she should have the ability to connect two words together. Some babies are not able
to develop this ability till they turn 2 or two and a half years old. However, if your
child has turned 3 and is still not able to speak words like “mama milk” or “my ball”
“daddy play,” you might want to consult a speech therapist for speech therapy.
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You Sense Your Child Is Having Difficulty Saying Words Or Making Sounds
– If you feel that your two-year-old child is having difficulty saying words that have
easy consonants such as “ma” or “pa,” or if your child has reached the age of three and
is unable to make harder sounds of the alphabets ‘K’ or ‘G’, there is a high possibility
you child has speech difficulties and may need speech therapy.