As many of you know, Johnny is a little bit delayed when it comes to his speech. He has gotten better in recent months but still seems to be behind the curve. I talked to my pediatrician about it and he recommended I contact the school district. Apparently the school district offers a free assessment for children 3 and up. So I called and they mailed me a packet to fill out. As I was filling this out I realized that he may be a little delayed in his speech(basically we can't understand what he is saying half of the time), but it may not be enough of a delay to warrant speech therapy. I mentioned to the women on the phone that when he talks and we don't understand him he starts screaming and getting extremely frustrated. He screams even when he isn't trying to talk to you now (Many of you have experienced this with him). Since I told her this she sent a separate sheet that talks about emotional and social development. Well, as many of you can guess it seems like he has more of a problem in this area. It asks if he screams, is fussy and is aggressive just to name a few things. But the real kicker was they asked if he is a attached to a particular object or thing. John and I both screamed "YES". Many of my posts have centered around this obsession with a particular object. Just when I think that he is growing out of it, he brings it right back. Needless to say it seems as if Johnny has multiple things that need to be evaluated. There are times that I just want to "SCREAM"(and sadly, sometimes I do) when he is having one of his meltdowns, and then there are times that I just want to squeeze the kid because he is so stinking cute. I will send back the evaluation this week and see what they say. Hopefully there is something that can be done. Wish us luck!
4 comments:
of course i wish you all the luck of the world.
i'm not an expert but i can tell you my sister started to speak really late and she had a object (a red foulard, she took it with her from the age of 1 to 6, when she was 5/6 the foulard was a square of fabric of 3 cm x 6 but she still wanted it with her, no chance) without which she couldn't live.
now she's 20, she's at university, great marks at high school and no matter at college.
Help your little as much as you can (with my sister i used to repeat often words she wrong untill she told them well, for istance)but i want to show you that sometimes matters of when you're toddler aren't all life long!
with love
claudia
Yes, poor Johnny, indeed. I'm sure he'll outgrow some of this stuff eventually, but I think you're smart to get some professional advice.
don't worry. he'll be fine. i have a couple of neices and nephews who had speech problems when they were young. it's pretty common. Ryan had to do speech in school, and many of his siblings.
I think Johnny could go to preschool on the government if he is lacking which would be nice for both of you!
Actually my nephew just started the preschool because of his speech. look on their blog...
http://donandgaylynnecoates.blogspot.com/
my sister in law talks about his new words he is learning. by the way, i wonder if i should get Mia evaluated, she has a hard time with quite a few sounds....
Good luck!!! can't wait until you guys come and visit!!
Hang in there. We've been through speech for many years, and our daughter is still catching up, but doing well.(She had heart surgery and lots of stuff going on). Anyway, basic sign language is something we started with Alex at 10 mos. old, so that babies can communicate before they can talk, and we carried this through all our children, and it helped extremely. I think the website is www.sign2me.com ? Try that and see. Simple signs, and they can talk and not get so frustrated. Good luck through it all! You'll do great, and he'll always be grateful!
Cynthia
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