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   Comment by Jill on 7 June 2012:

   I am a parent in the UK to a 2 year old with suspected autism and I have found your website such a God send, especially your tips of the week. I would be lost without it! Thank you so much.
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   Comment by Laura on 7 June 2012:

   You’re welcome Jill!!! Laura

3. Comment by Dez on 29 June 2012:

   Love what I see so far, but should we be taking any consideration for gender? My son is 3 and has receptive problems .

4. Comment by Skye on 3 July 2012:

   Thanks so much for this excellent video!!!
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   Comment by Jen on 12 July 2012:

   I was so excited to see you do your “night night” routine in this therapy tip of the week! I tried it with a little guy who is a great single word signer and is just beginning to imitate some single words. He absolutely loved it. And I did too! I have all three of your manuals. They are wonderful! Thanks for helping me LOVE my job!
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   Comment by david on 21 August 2012:

   Laura,

   Hi, I’ve enjoyed what Ive read and seen here… Need your thoughts… Our son will be 3 in Sept, he had a craniofacial surgery at 6 mod and it took about 6 for him to recover (which I’m sure set him back some developmentally)…. None the less, he talks, its just not all easily understood, he has talked since before two years, but 50-70 words or so could be deciphered only by close family or caregivers at day care….. anyway, he did babble a lot and would talk, point and motion his hands as though he’s having a whole understood conversation with us, its just that we couldn’t understand a word he was saying…. at 2 yrs he started getting aggressive as we sent him to day care, he would get frustrated and focus on something he could say and say it over and over….. when the daycare provider couldn’t understand him, he got frustrated more and had a few weeks where he was easily agitated and aggressive… we began evaluation for speech and he had someone come to the school 30 min a week for therapy to help him,,, he was also having trouble focusing on one thing, making transitions and language…
   the therapist said she thought these were all tied together and the more he progressed, these would also progress and disappear. He’s been with her for about 6 mos now, he’s talking better, focusing longer, and making transitions a little more easily… but he’s still 2.5/3… now he will use an occasional 4 or 5 word sentence, he can count to 20, do the alphabet, looks at us, responds to our commands and questions, he understands emotions, and answers yes or no questions… etc… he is quite active….. we are wanting to get him into further programming, but i do not want them placing a title on him that is not consistent with where he is and where he needs to be…. he has progressed and from what i understand of some of more intense disorders he wouldn’t be responding so quickly and aggressively, but there are some issues and we want to make sure we are asking the right questions, and getting the right treatment….. one recommendation was occupational therapy which sounded good because it would confront some of the sensory and fine motor issues he has occasionally displayed, but what else can we do… he had an evaluation this week and we are going to get him into programming for kindergarten prep…

   thanks
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   Comment by Laura on 22 August 2012:

   David - I think OT is a wonderful idea for him. With two therapists working with him and collaborating, you should get a better idea of what you’re looking at for him. His language sounds like it’s coming right along, so congratulations to all of you! Even if he’s still having some issues, look at how far he’s come! Find a great OT and start services. Get him in the kinderprep program and then take another look about further diagnostic testing when he’s closer to 4. It sounds like you’re on the right track to me! Laura

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