Two and not talking?

My son and niece both just turned two. My son talks non-stop all day. He is counting to five, names everything he sees and talks in short sentences. My niece however only says mama and dada. Because she is not talking we do not know if she understands the concepts my son and other two year olds are learning. She was working with a speech therapist but all they did was try and teach her sign language. She ignored the therapist for the most part. All she learned was to say "more" by signing where as before she just grunted for it. Any ideas on not only getting her to talk but also getting her to understand naming, numbers and such without being able to talk? She also likes to play alone rather than with other kids.

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You might consider a specialist to see if anything else is going on with her, being secluded to herself may be something different. I am sure there is no family problems at home but I would consider a specialist. I am sorry for saying this but I watch House last night and the had an Autistic child on their and gave some of the symptoms and not talking ans social behavior play a big role in autism. Look it up and find out some of the warning signs. Only a suggestion, I watch these types of show way to much and it make me go on a look out. LOL. I am not implying that she is only a suggestion.

Does she tap things on her head? Tap her head against the wall? Its only from personal experience, but it reminds me a neighbors little boy.......the military drs tried saying he was fine,then he said he was autistic......my observed him and told his mom to get a hearing test....it took two or three years after that to finally get him all the resources he needed, but he was just practically deaf....not all the way.......there were a few tones, therefore a few words he would learn.....with special hearing aids....he blossomed. His mom could talk to him while he was at school, they were such amazing hearing aids.

Try to see if what she does would make noise inside her head, then help her parents get her to a good audiologist.

Why are they trying to teach sign language? Is she deaf? Seems time for an evaluation, first a physician to rule out deafness or any illness draining her energy, once you get a clean bill of health, perhaps some testing?

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