jmoff
15-02-2008, 05:02 PM
thank you in advance for reading this.I am a bit lost ...
I have been looking after a LO for 6 weeks now, J is 2 1/2.he is Polish (both his parents are polish). I am a little concerned about his development...He comes to me for 4 full days/week and has always gone to nursery/childminder's.
He only ever plays with cars/trains, doesn't want anyone anyone near him, pushes everyone away as soon as they come closer to play with him and his speech is nearly non-existent. It did cross my mind that he may be slightly autistic or that he may have a language disorder or something?
He doesn't really say much, he can't even say please or thank you properly and he sometimes doesnt recognise his name.
My dd, who is 16mnths old and is also billingual, understands more than him!
I know boys can be a bit slower than girls but I do think this is different.
We have been doing colours, and I tried to teach him 'red'...we looked for red cars, played with red playdough, did a red ferrari collage etc...but the only word he would say was 'car'.
I am trying to be patient but I feel he needs more one on one attention, that I can't really give him as I have 2 more one year olds.
I haven't approached the parents, I feel I need to do more written obs and take it from there.
I am in the process of doing a visual timetable , which I hope may help.
He has been pushing and hitting my dd...which may be a part of frustration that he can't communicate and his age of course.
What I need to know is:
Do you think he may be behind?
What would you do re his development ?
Would you approach his parents?
Any advice greatly appreciated!
Thank you again for reading this...hope it makes sense!
Jana x
I have been looking after a LO for 6 weeks now, J is 2 1/2.he is Polish (both his parents are polish). I am a little concerned about his development...He comes to me for 4 full days/week and has always gone to nursery/childminder's.
He only ever plays with cars/trains, doesn't want anyone anyone near him, pushes everyone away as soon as they come closer to play with him and his speech is nearly non-existent. It did cross my mind that he may be slightly autistic or that he may have a language disorder or something?
He doesn't really say much, he can't even say please or thank you properly and he sometimes doesnt recognise his name.
My dd, who is 16mnths old and is also billingual, understands more than him!
I know boys can be a bit slower than girls but I do think this is different.
We have been doing colours, and I tried to teach him 'red'...we looked for red cars, played with red playdough, did a red ferrari collage etc...but the only word he would say was 'car'.
I am trying to be patient but I feel he needs more one on one attention, that I can't really give him as I have 2 more one year olds.
I haven't approached the parents, I feel I need to do more written obs and take it from there.
I am in the process of doing a visual timetable , which I hope may help.
He has been pushing and hitting my dd...which may be a part of frustration that he can't communicate and his age of course.
What I need to know is:
Do you think he may be behind?
What would you do re his development ?
Would you approach his parents?
Any advice greatly appreciated!
Thank you again for reading this...hope it makes sense!
Jana x