speech therapy assessment was a flop

[thepinkpanther]

Hi guys i posted a message the other week and got a lot of responses thankyou.

I had a speech therapy assessment on thursday for my son 3 who can name many objects tell me colours and repeat most sentences (echolalic)i say however he is unable to respond to my questions and use spontaneous language for himself.

I was looking forward to seeing a speech therapist as many people on here have said it has helped there children. However the lady i saw said ben can say all the words and repeat them very well and therefore has no difficulty in pronounciation and to go back and see her in January as she feels that ben may just be a bit slow in grasping the language and to carry on pushing him the way we have (talking constantly and slowly) .

I have my first peadiatrician appointment Monday does anyone here think I should push to see a different speech therapist or is there nothing a speech therapist can do to help my son as he does speak to a degree

 

 

Thankyou

 

in advance for any responses i recieve

 

I feel very frustrated as i felt speech therapy may of been a good start to help my boy

 

Sarah

[Bullet]

Grrr at your speech therapist Pronunciation of words is just a tiny part of language. Ds1's speech therapist (she comes once a fortnight to his nursery) said in a letter they use all means possible to encourage the children to COMMUNICATE. Not "we use all means possible to get them to use their words right" but to get them to understand that communicating their wants and observations, and improving their understanding is key to helping them develop. And that includes signing, pictures, objects, written language and others as well as the spoken word. It is no good a child being able to name an object if he then doesn't understand what you mean when you ask where that object is. It is useless your child being able to repeat things back if he is then unable to say "I want drink". Can you ask the speech therapist to go back and assess first of all your ds's receptive language, ie how much he understands?

Edited November 4, 2006 by Bullet

[opheila]

i havent had much luck with speech therapist L is now on his 5th and honestly i felt like banging my head against a brick wall with her. If you are not happy ask the pead what they think. If it is anything like where i live there is one speech therapist to about 150 children if not more You could always ask her to the house and say you are not happy with what she has said and could you discuss it. Sorry not much help

[Brook]

Oh dear Sarah ,

 

I agree with everything Bullet says above, my son can 'pronounce' any word, but he has

great difficulty with receptive understanding of language and although improved he has

difficulty using language.

 

You might like to take a look at this link, it may help you to pinpoint what you want

to say if you ask for another SALT, which in my opinion I think you should.

 

http://www.cesa7.k12.wi.us/sped/autism/verbal/verbal11.html

 

Good luck

 

Brook

[Jericho]

Bullet is right. Being able to physically say/pronounce words is only a small part of it. Communication is what the speech therapist should be concentrating on.

 

My 3yr-old has very good spoken language but still has speech therapy. He needs it because without it his lack of understanding means that long-term he's going to find it very hard to communicate with other people if it's a one-sided conversation.

[anita81]

Hi guys i posted a message the other week and got a lot of responses thankyou.

I had a speech therapy assessment on thursday for my son 3 who can name many objects tell me colours and repeat most sentences (echolalic)i say however he is unable to respond to my questions and use spontaneous language for himself.

I was looking forward to seeing a speech therapist as many people on here have said it has helped there children. However the lady i saw said ben can say all the words and repeat them very well and therefore has no difficulty in pronounciation and to go back and see her in January as she feels that ben may just be a bit slow in grasping the language and to carry on pushing him the way we have (talking constantly and slowly) .

I have my first peadiatrician appointment Monday does anyone here think I should push to see a different speech therapist or is there nothing a speech therapist can do to help my son as he does speak to a degree

Thankyou

 

in advance for any responses i recieve

 

I feel very frustrated as i felt speech therapy may of been a good start to help my boy

 

Sarah

[Karen A]

Hi Ben has an excellent vocabulary advanced for his age.However he has specialist SALT because he has difficulties with social communication.I think it is worth asking the paed to do a refferal to a speach therapist with knowledge of ASD.Ben had SALT for about a year as he had a stammer-however the SALT that saw him did not spot his difficulties.Karen