Alex's speech is getting much clearer and his vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds every day. The new games I developed for him appear to be working very well. What seemed to make all the difference in the world was using the "I do, Daddy does, Alex does" model. Having him watch his Dad "learn how to talk"
"Dad, this is a dog, can you say.. Dog?" (DOG) "GOOD JOB!!!!" "Alex, can you say dog?"
While the speech therapist hasn't worked with him yet as she was ill this past Monday, I think that it is a possibility he might be caught up by the time he turns three or not that long afterwords if we keep going at this rate.
They recommended giving him 2 choices. Example "Alex, do you want Milk?" (showing him the milk) "or Juice?" (showing him the juice) The first few times Alex just pointed so I took that a step further as Alex just loves mimicking his parents actions. While Alex was watching I would turn to his Dad and say "Daddy, do you want Milk? or Juice?. When his Dad would say "Juice" I praise him and give him juice. Alex clapped for his Dad and acted like he wanted to try so I turned to Alex and repeated the excersize. The first time Alex pointed to the juice and said "Juice".
