A short YouTube video by Ming @ Agents of Speech (June 11, 2024) explaining which professionals get involved when a child is identified with speech delay — primarily pediatricians and referrals to developmental or clinical psychologists — and how roles vary by country. The speaker outlines initial screening, autism screening, and referral pathways for further assessment and therapy.
Let's talk about who's involved and what kind of therapy you should get when your child is deemed speech delay. So you must have stumbled across a lot of articles online and videos about milestones. If you're already concerned, you know, who are the parties, who are the professionals who are going to help you? The first person, obviously, who's going to be in touch with is your pediatrician, depending where you're from in the world, is going to give you some recommendations or they're going to run some tests. Some pediatricians, they're able to perform some screening or diagnosis. Most of the time, they will screen for autism. Some doctors will actually even do an assessment for us in Asia. Pediatrician cannot do this. What they do is they refer to developmental or clinical psychologists for further assessment. So if I'm wrong here, do let me know, because every country is different.
