Speech therapist role in schools
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Role play--you play the role of another kid who takes a toy from him and ask him what he would do in that situation or ask him what he would do if he wanted a toy you (playing another child) had. Again, praise positive/good interactions and gently guide him towards better solutions. You don't want him to shut down and not try, so it's important to be encouraging and positive.
I dont know if this is because of his speech or laziness. In social situations, he plunges ahead, not even really thinking about what to say or do. If he feels he is not getting attention he will act up. He is very sensitive to loud noises. He doesnt even like it when I run the vacume cleaner. He also fidgets a lot. I suspect he does have a learning problem besides speech. I have to wait untill hes 6, then the school will test him. I suspect adhd.
I would expect he already has a physio therapist, speech therapist etc and school related accommodations already in place but if there is concern in regards to changing of schools it is always recommended discussing the situation with the intended schools disability support coordinator prior to the exchange.
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She was assessed by early intervention (psychologist, speech therapist, and occupational therapist) and her pediatrician for autism and no one had any concerns. The speech therapist said she should be evaluated by a neuropsychologist. This is a very expensive assessment. Given the fact that she has been evaluated a couple of times do you think this is necessary? I am so frustrated, I have been trying to get her speech help for so long and have jumped through so many hoops.
i am very frustrated and worried at this point. she is receiving speech therapies at school for about 10months now. I don't see progress i need help with her pls respond.
Some schools have grants to work with professionals such as a speech therapist or occupational therapist. If you live in the US, there is also the early intervention programs provided for kids by law to look into. Your son is 3 and older, so he'd fall into the public school system's early interveniton program. It is an intervention preschool and they work with kids on various issues.
I can't say enough about addressing the concerns parents have early.
and in my case started before I had any meds on board so was definitely a symptom of my depression, worse under stress or when sleep deprived and then definitely not helped by using a benzodiazepine/anti anxiety (such as your xanax) Have you been offered the chance to see a counsellor or therapist..often schools and colleges have one available to students...it may be that feelings are confused in your head making thought processes slow down ...
He turned 2 in October. Since then, we have him in speech 3x week (1 hr session). Occupational therapy 1x week, and Applied Behavioral Analysis 15 hours a week. He is on the GFCF diet, takes supplements, vit b12 injections etc.. We have run labs on him as well. Currently, he still runs in circles flapping his hands, climbs constantly on our table and chairs, has to close one door in house, turn on a certain light and does other non-typical behaviors. Do these kids improve?
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a diagnosis. However she should also be seen by a speech and language therapist to assess her own speech abilities and her ability to follow language (as you say she appears to forget familiar words, doesn't respond to directions/questions etc). The speech therapist should also assess her working memory, auditory memory, social skills etc.
It may also include psychological training and counselling for boosting self-esteem and reducing the fear and tendency of avoiding situations such as speaking in front of a group. Please consult another speech therapist because many people do take help in teen age and benefit from it. Hope this helps you. Take care and regards!
Good for the parents for recognizing that getting help with speech is important and having her in speech classes. I'd practice all the things she does in speech therapy at home as well. I am sure that they gave you things to do but we really liked the making faces to music and freeze game and various other games. I got a cd called "speechercize" which is really fun oral motor exercise to music plus sounds to work on speech. I got it off of the Internet and I recommend it.
I went to my speech therapy this morning. She had me saying ahhhhhh, ooooh, eeeeh and reading from what looked like a grade second reader. The she made a mistake. She said, "Tell me a little about yourself." Now, being a complete windbag I went into a dissertation that rocked her back on her heels. She kept asking me to take a deep breath as i talked.
We had his speech tested by a bunch of specialists and although his receptive and expressive language seem age appropriate his pragmatic speech is behind. In other words, he probably has not figured out why people like to talk to each other and how to do it. This is why neurotypical kids can have a great influence because they become role models. We also started following the Floortime approach at home and we are trying to incorporate the same principles in the school environment as well.
I have a speech problem and what didn’t help me was everybody reinforcing that I had the problem. That only willed the stronghold and made me believe it more. She’s still young tell her she can speak and when people speak they don’t think about what they are going to say they just speak. And just let her do it if she stutters or anything just wait for her to finish speaking. She’ll get it down and it would help to find out why she turned out that way. My dad made me stutter.
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