She will be fine Tegan. It won't bother them at all if they are shy. After the first appointment you wonder what you are were worried about. Kameron never had the privledge of going through a private speech therapist first he had to deal with the one straight in kindy, and he cried his way through the first few sessions, cause he was pulled out of his "playtime" to do it. Like Trillian said they have a way of making them engage.

Ashton never talked at his initial assessment at 18/19mths but he babbled, gurgled, smiled etc all of which was taken into consideration.