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Listening to Speech is 18 months journey,Dr Kondekar

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Often parents of kids with autism and speech delay, keepon forcing lip movements to child without working on listening based learning of speech. When the child starts getting ready to learn few words by listening and expresses with some vocalisation, parents only focus onworking on output of speech forcing the child to talk talk.. say this .. say that etc  Parents feel that if a child with autism listens or  Learns a word right now, he should speak. It's not so.  Read more about speech delay here  https://speechandsenses.blogspot.com/2026/03/when-speech-delay-dont-delay-further-dr.html Even normal kids take 18 to 24 months to learn to talk when leane to listen has been started even at age 6 months. So journey from listening to talking habilitation is 18 months minimum . So sustained quality listening for 18 months , will result in sustained quality understanding by child, so that child will learn to speak effortlessly with meaning. Working on output without working o...

motor strength is not needed for makinga child good listener and thinker... if a child is poor in listening understanding and thinking,build up that first to a basic level.dr Kondekar

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motor strength is not needed for makinga child good listener and thinker... if a child is poor in listening understanding and thinking,build up that first to a basic level. The difference between just OT versus ABA for all post links click  https://speechandsenses.blogspot.com/p/httpsspeechandsenses.html Dr Santosh V Kondekar Autism doctor India 9869405747 MD DNB DCH FCPS DNB FAIMER fellowship Pediatric neurology & Epilepsy Diploma Developmenatl Neurology Prof Pediatrics T N Medical College Mumbai  Director AAKAAR CLINIC Byculla west Mumbai