The Late Talker: What to Do If Your Child Isn't Talking Yet

An excellent, excellent book that really helped me understand my daughter's apraxia. My daughter clearly has oral/verbal/limb apraxia with associated SID and hypotonia. This is the first book that connected all the dots for me and helped me to realize what I've known in my heart all along -- that she has been mis-diagnosed over and over again. There is a ton of important information, including symptoms, treatment ideas, how to handle your IEPs at school and dealing with your insurance company. I really appreciated FINALLY reading a comprehensive manual that gave me such specifics, and understanding that schools should be administering non-verbal tests to really assess her skills. I only wish I knew about this book 3 years ago. I highly recommend this book.

I have a 2 year-old grandson who is not speaking many words. I bought this book to learn more on the development of a child's speech. This book is user-friendly.

DO NOT READ THIS BOOK EVEN IF YOUR CHILD IS NOT TALKING YET OR EVEN IF HE/SHE HAS APRAXIA

We bought this book since our 18 month old was only speaking few words. We wanted to learn strategies to help her talk more. Wrong book!!

This book is DEPRESSING... it really gave us sleepless nights... the stories in this book are very very depressing. Stories in this book are traumatizing for us. We love childres alot and to envision these truamatizing stories for any child is horrible. We were so ourselves very concerned reading all this stuff.

The author does not try to give reader an solace instead keeps on jamming more horror stories. Author does not mention (aleast in first half of book) are several children who have 'resolved' their apraxia through theraphy and other method. You can even youtube this and you will feel better.

There are several good websites with tons of infomration on Apraxia so go there if your child has apraxia. This book will make you feel helpless and defeated.

Moreover apraxia cannot even be diagnosed before kid is 3 year old. SO DO NOT read this book if your kid is younger than than. This book is scary.

There is just 1 good thing I learnt in this book and that is about using Fish oils regularly as they aid brain development. Any parent can do that regardless of apraxia or not.

In summary: BEWARE AND STAY AWAY .... !!!!!

- A Loving Parent

The first half of this book explains why children who are late talkers should be rushed to a speech therapist, complete with all the research to support why you should "run not walk" to a speech therapist.

The second half of the book gives parents some useful ideas for helping a late-talker, particularly if the child has apraxia. Mine doesn't. Luckily for me, I got the book from the library, so at least I didn't feel the disappointment of having wasted money.

It is unfortunate that this book has the title "The Late Talker" because when I saw it, I was like many other reviewers here who thought it would be a more comprehensive guide to possible causes and/or strategies that can be adopted for late talking children. While Apraxia is alarmingly under diagnosed, there are other causes that would have been great additions to the book. The advice is great and the IEP chapter is a wonderful addition because the IEP process can be so daunting for parents, especially if you are in an unhelpful and inconsistent school district like I am.