When should you seek speech therapy?

When to seek help from a speech therapist? Seek advice and help from a speech therapist if:

– the child does not make or maintain eye contact

– the child does not understand simple commands and is older than 18 months

– the child does not react to sounds from the environment

– the child does not respond to their name

– does not establish communication even with a gesture (pointing the finger to the desired object)

– prolongations, repetitions or pauses in speech lasting longer than 4 months

– speech is agrammatic after 4 years of age

– a 3-year-old child has unintelligible speech for the wider social environment

– the child did not master all the voices until he was 5 years old

– има тешкотии во совладувањето на читањето и пишувањето како и тешкотии во совладувањето на училишниот материјал