How old is he? How is he in other developmental areas? Is he going to his regular pediatric visits and if so who is taking him? I am sure there are other questions that need to be answered but these would be where I would start. I do know that children will very rarely be labeled as learning disabled prior to the age of 3. There is so much variation in how children develope.

Well at 5 he should know a LOT more than 25 words, it does not matter if mom has him, dad can make arrangements for him to be tested, however they will catch this once he starts kindergarten, and if he turns 5 in July he should be going to kindergarten in Sept. I would say there is a problem but who knows what mom is doing, time for dad to take action and make something happen, your SS would not be early intervention because he is older than 3 you would have to get in contact with you CPSE, which is a committe on preschool education, they would be able to give him an evaluation and go from there, if he is that delayed services need to start asap!!! I can not believe mom has not taken care of this, he lack of taking care of this could help in court, document everything dad has talked to mom about and have him call the local school and they will be able to point him in the right direction, you should have a county representative for this in your area. GOOD LUCK!!

will tell you that I constantly told my son's pediatrician I was concerned about my son's speech...he continuously told me not to worry...at age 3 I switched pediatricians...the new ped said exactly the same thing...I kept thinking something was wrong...then 6 mos before he started kindergarten, I took him myself to get evaluated for speech at Scottish Rite and was told he was very delayed...at the level of a 1 1/2 yr old...I could've whacked those doctors...but as a new mother, although I constantly compared him to others, we often are pressured by doctors who claim THEY know best.

With that said, my son is now 7 and still in speech therapy...he has greatly improved, but he could've improved much more if they would've listened to me at age 3 or before...sigh...that is something that tears me up and I feel guilty for not trusting my instinct and instead trusting the pediatricians...

My son is not learning disabled. Although he eventually was diagnosed with PDD-NOS (a form of autism), it was very clear early on that he was very smart and could learn rather quickly...actually, he has an amazing memory, go figure...We noticed that when we did puzzles about maps/planets, etc...and told him the names, he immediately remembered and would never forget...we used the TV and lots of VISUAL cues/games to teach him and it is truly amazing how fast he learns...

I would say that you need to take him to someone to get his speech evaluated. Unfortunately, for insurance to pay you have to get a referral from the pediatrician, which normally ignores you...but, at age 3, you could also go to your local school district and ask that he be evaluated and that is completely free...

Good luck...listen more to your heart than what the pediatricians tell you...

oops, just realized he's 5...go to the school district...but although I won't tell you that maybe BM has not handled it properly, please also understand that there are many worthless pediatricians out there who basically tell you "don't worry"...and when you do, they think you are crazy...it's very stressful...