Non-verbal child
I've been doing some observations for some other classes and I got to meet a little girl who was COMPLETELY non-verbal last year. I was able to have a short conversation with her today and I was amazed at how far she has come! If she was able to make such progress over just a year, it makes me wonder why she was non-verbal to begin with. It made me think about language problems, versus communication problems, or maybe just neglect of some sort. I don't want to jump to any conclusions, but with the way she is speaking, its hard to even consider Language or Communication disorders as an option. What else could make a child be completely non-verbal for the first 5 years of her life? I have obviously watched too many movies in my life time because my mind keeps wandering over the option of abuse or her basic needs just not being met.
posted by Unknown @ 4:43 PM
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I volunteer at Home of the Innocents in Louisville, Ky and have been doing so since I was 13 in the wing where children with severe disabilities live. There are many children there that you would be amazed at how far they have come. For instance, there was a little girl who was never expected to even live when she came to the home, a child who could not walk, breathe on her own, talk or move much at all. She now walks, talks, and is still very young. She was able to leave the Home of the Innocents to live with her family. She was able to gain so much, not because she was abused when she was very small, but because she did not have someone skilled in those areas helping her. When she moved to the Home she had what she needed and she got 24 hour care and help. I'm not saying the little girl you were talking about went to live at a home, but maybe she had someone who was better skilled at helping her learn to properly speak come to her home to help her. Maybe her parents found a better speech pathologist for her. Sometimes it is just a matter of trying new things.
Thanks for sharing that with me! That makes perfect sense!
I wouldn't jump to child abuse just yet. It could be an option but I wouldn't want to jump to that conclusion right now. I would try to find out some more information about the child. Maybe see if she has given any clues as to why she never talked before now. It could be a number of things. I hope you find something out soon!
I was a peer tutor in high school. There was a child who's parents were keeping him in high school until he was 21. I believe he was 20 at the time. He was completely non-verbal. They were just starting to try to teach him ASL.
I thought that was very weird but he just couldn't speak, he didn't have the mental capacity.
Like they said to me in class last week, if a child doesn't have to speak-if her parents or siblings do it for them-they may not see the need to speak
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