Mothers hear their children, and they fear that their words coming out of them are not appropriate for their age or less than their age, so mothers wonder whether their child’s language development is within the normal range or not. The article will tell us more about the linguistic delay and when does the child have it?

Language delay.

Our children develop linguistically at each stage based on what the child has gained in the previous stage. Parents usually fear that their child will be linguistically late. Another aspect of the parents is that their child is linguistically late and they do not pay attention to the issue of linguistic delay in their children. The child remains linguistically late, which affects him in The future of his academic learning, the child who is linguistically late when he passes through an age stage and does not achieve what should be achieved in this age stage of linguistic construction,the child is linguistically late ,For example, if the child did not produce his first word until the age of one and a half years or more, and his linguistic stock was small, he did not understand what the parents dictated to him. At the age of two years, the child must produce a sentence consisting of two words, and understand a large number of words. The child exceeded the age stage and did not produce a number of words and faced difficulty in understanding vocabulary, as the child did not achieve what he should achieve in terms of linguistic development at this age stage. Also, the child in the advanced stages complains about some parents, and they say, “I feel that my son has a heavy tongue. This is for the linguistic delay that we hear about 

Reasons for language delay

 The causes of linguistic delay are many and varied, especially in our time that is full of causes of linguistic delay, including:

1-The presence of a specific problem, disease or syndrome, such as Down syndrome, autismmental retardationpremature infant,,cerebral palsy,and Hearing impairment.

2- The child's exposure to brain injuries or strokes prevents him from developing normally linguistically.

3- The child stays on electronic devices for a long time, which leads to the lack of a way to communicate and acquire the language

4- The lack of time spent by the parents with the child playing games and talking to them

5- Neglecting the child for long periods and not diversifying the environment and surroundings and helping him to explore so that he develops cognitive and cognitive skills

6- Using wrong methods in dealing with the child in terms of teaching language and pronunciation, and forcing him to speak by pressing him to pronounce some things

There are many reasons for the child's lack of proper linguistic development.

How do I help my child to develop language?

The child's linguistic development is important to make him express in the right way; Because the child’s inability to express in the right way creates a nervous and screaming child,and later on it may lead to a child’s delay in academic aspects, as language is important for the child’s development and teaching him letters, reading and writing, to understand the written words the child must be able to understand the words. read, so we have to help the child in the process of linguistic development, through reading to the child,continuous talking with the child, explaining to him, and teaching him the groups, Introducing the child in the areas of life in the kitchen and others and teaching him through the surrounding things, using options with the child and asking him open questions that are not closed so that he can express through them, integrating the child with play and playing with the child by spending time with him, keeping the child away from electronic devices and describing what He sees it to increase his linguistic stock. We can help the child to develop linguistically with very simple things, but we do not neglect the child and his linguistic development

The linguistic development of the child is very important, while monitoring his development and the course of his development. If the parents notice that there is a problem in the child’s linguistic development, they should see a speech and language specialist as soon as possible and not wait for the child, because early detection helps with faster treatment.

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