Cool! Oh wow, yeah I’m not nearly as much of a late talker as some kids, just compared to typical kids.
To answer your question: I don’t think so. Obviously in horrific cases (like those Romanian orphanages) where the kid is never exposed to language, they won’t learn to talk. He says a bit about how a child in an early intervention program will do better if they feel safe around adults, but I don’t recall him saying anything about that kind of thing as an underlying cause.
Cool! Oh wow, yeah I’m not nearly as much of a late talker as some kids, just compared to typical kids.
To answer your question: I don’t think so. Obviously in horrific cases (like those Romanian orphanages) where the kid is never exposed to language, they won’t learn to talk. He says a bit about how a child in an early intervention program will do better if they feel safe around adults, but I don’t recall him saying anything about that kind of thing as an underlying cause.