speech vs language therapy

[Guest guest]

Again, sorry to cross post, but I need some clarification. My son currently

only gets speech therapy via the school district, which is not good. I pulled

him from the local speech therapy (private) because I did not think it was

helpful, and we are doing ABA, and the two were against each other. My son,

though, does not have good language, in that he does not use full sentences, and

basically isn't interested. I feel he may actually need language therapy

instead of speech therapy. Any suggestions?

Trina

[Guest guest]

How old is your son? I don't think the school is giving you everything your

entitled too. Look into the I.E.P. for your state and see what your entitled

too and demand it. I'm not sure if it's the same for the whole country or

different for each state but my son speaks pretty well now and they have him

taking speech and language therapy to make sure they do as much as they can

now while he is young. He is 5 and in kindergarten. Good luck.

There is a website that lists what the I.E.P. standards are and I got it from

someone on this group so if you need it ask because someone out there has it.

[Guest guest]

I believe speech thrapy is absolutely INVALUABLE if you have a child with

language delays. Maybe you need to look around for a therapist that you

would be happier with --try to get your ins. to cover it etc. Schools

usually dont have very experienced people. As far as sppech/ adn ABA being

against one another, I feel so angry about this because everyone you go to

wants you to use their therapy only. Tired of the BIG TIME ego problems,

money sucking attempts rather than really thinking about what is best for

our children--most of these agencies etc could care less. The more hours

you do with them, the more money they make. I told the occupational

therapist that first threw me the red flag that my son may be autistic, that

my son was responding wonderfully to the diet and he had many things going

on inside of that need to be addressed that are improving him etc. Here I

also have him in every therapy available including OT and she became

defensive and said that it was probably due to the therapies that her

company was providing etc. Major ego--obviously I wouldnt being slaving my

a-- off to get him to all these therapies if I didnt believe they are

valuable(but they are effective because my son is finally clear headed and

knows what the heck someone is saying to him). My point: Watch for the

ego's and money hungry behavior and determine what your son needs and if one

therapist doesnt work find another!! Most of us will go thru a few

therapists per therapy.

speech vs language therapy

> Again, sorry to cross post, but I need some clarification. My son

currently only gets speech therapy via the school district, which is not

good. I pulled him from the local speech therapy (private) because I did

not think it was helpful, and we are doing ABA, and the two were against

each other. My son, though, does not have good language, in that he does

not use full sentences, and basically isn't interested. I feel he may

actually need language therapy instead of speech therapy. Any suggestions?

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> Trina

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[Guest guest]

I believe speech thrapy is absolutely INVALUABLE if you have a child with

language delays. Maybe you need to look around for a therapist that you

would be happier with --try to get your ins. to cover it etc. Schools

usually dont have very experienced people. As far as sppech/ adn ABA being

against one another, I feel so angry about this because everyone you go to

wants you to use their therapy only. Tired of the BIG TIME ego problems,

money sucking attempts rather than really thinking about what is best for

our children--most of these agencies etc could care less. The more hours

you do with them, the more money they make. I told the occupational

therapist that first threw me the red flag that my son may be autistic, that

my son was responding wonderfully to the diet and he had many things going

on inside of that need to be addressed that are improving him etc. Here I

also have him in every therapy available including OT and she became

defensive and said that it was probably due to the therapies that her

company was providing etc. Major ego--obviously I wouldnt being slaving my

a-- off to get him to all these therapies if I didnt believe they are

valuable(but they are effective because my son is finally clear headed and

knows what the heck someone is saying to him). My point: Watch for the

ego's and money hungry behavior and determine what your son needs and if one

therapist doesnt work find another!! Most of us will go thru a few

therapists per therapy.

speech vs language therapy

> Again, sorry to cross post, but I need some clarification. My son

currently only gets speech therapy via the school district, which is not

good. I pulled him from the local speech therapy (private) because I did

not think it was helpful, and we are doing ABA, and the two were against

each other. My son, though, does not have good language, in that he does

not use full sentences, and basically isn't interested. I feel he may

actually need language therapy instead of speech therapy. Any suggestions?

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> Trina

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