Looking for advice..........

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

Reading about all the work everyone is doing for their children is

really a inspiration...My son is in early intervention/ preschooler

with disability .He is turning 3 this month. He is there for

behavior ,speech and language delay. I keep telling his teacher that

he has trouble with words that he definitely knows like easy comes out

e-wa. He loves a song ,listens to it everyday ,that has that word with

it and he can say it correctly , then a minute later he can not. If he

says a new word ( I get excited ) and say Can you say that again ,

that was great.He says it again and it is not clear at all. My concern

is that his teacher says with repetition , everything will be fine . I

feel like without a lot more speech ( he goes 2x a week) , that he

will continue to struggle for years. I feel like his teacher thinks

its just like other children but its different .He can not say more

than one syllable and how is he going to make a sentence if he is

forgetting how to say it . To be quite honest, I am unable to see how

kids make the jump...So, for any of you that have been through

this ...how much speech should he have and should he be doing work

with a OT too. Thanks

[Guest guest]

,

You described my 33 month-old son to a T.  I'm concerned too, but don't know how

else to help him.  At times, I do feel immobilized.

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From: sweetysource <sweetysource@...>

Sent: Monday, February 2, 2009 6:31:53 AM

Subject: [ ] Looking for advice..........

Hi everyone,

Reading about all the work everyone is doing for their children is

really a inspiration. ..My son is in early intervention/ preschooler

with disability .He is turning 3 this month. He is there for

behavior ,speech and language delay. I keep telling his teacher that

he has trouble with words that he definitely knows like easy comes out

e-wa. He loves a song ,listens to it everyday ,that has that word with

it and he can say it correctly , then a minute later he can not. If he

says a new word ( I get excited ) and say Can you say that again ,

that was great.He says it again and it is not clear at all. My concern

is that his teacher says with repetition , everything will be fine . I

feel like without a lot more speech ( he goes 2x a week) , that he

will continue to struggle for years. I feel like his teacher thinks

its just like other children but its different .He can not say more

than one syllable and how is he going to make a sentence if he is

forgetting how to say it . To be quite honest, I am unable to see how

kids make the jump...So, for any of you that have been through

this ...how much speech should he have and should he be doing work

with a OT too. Thanks