My son can wirte but can not say it.

[Guest guest]

I could say my son is teachable but the problem is how and what

approach?He knows every thing.,

My question to the group,specilaly yesterday, I noticed my child's

difficulty If I ask him to spell a word he can spell and write it.If I ask

him to write a number he can write it but,if I ask him to say it,for example

the word cat you can see him struggling or just saying something or look

somewhere else .in fact his expressive language is very limited and

receptive wise very strong .But i know that he has capability of saying the

words if he is reminded or given a clue .He is able to write but unable to

say.I had to remind him over and over.

what type of method would be helpful.Should I look in to dyslexia or

C.A.P.D or apraxia any suggestion please?

He been taking cod live oil ultimate omega and vitamin e what else should I

do.I have been asking the speech therapists over and over but they say he

does not have apraxa.I am really puzzled what should I do ?should I increase

the fish oil how much is appropriate dosage? What disorder could this be?Any

idea?.

Thank you.

Maedot

[Guest guest]

Can he say all of his letter sounds? I would start there personally. It

helped my son when we paired a gesture with a letter sound. For example, " T "

was my tapping on my wrist like a clock ticking. If he had trouble even

starting the first part of the word I would tap my wrist and he would instantly

say T. Then I would at first just try to get him to say the beginning of the

word. Slowly I'd get him to say more of the word and just recently he has been

able to end words. For my son he felt a lot more successful if I just tried

to get him to say a part of it and built his confidence in his skills.

Another thing you might try is placing your lips against the back of his hand

and saying the word. My therapist taught me this and it actually sends

neurological transmitters (or something like that) to the brain and can trigger

them to say it themselves. It doesn't always work for me but I will say I've

seen it work often enough that there has to be something to it.

[ ] My son can wirte but can not say it.

I could say my son is teachable but the problem is how and what

approach?He knows every thing.,

My question to the group,specilaly yesterday, I noticed my child's

difficulty If I ask him to spell a word he can spell and write it.If I ask

him to write a number he can write it but,if I ask him to say it,for example

the word cat you can see him struggling or just saying something or look

somewhere else .in fact his expressive language is very limited and

receptive wise very strong .But i know that he has capability of saying the

words if he is reminded or given a clue .He is able to write but unable to

say.I had to remind him over and over.

what type of method would be helpful.Should I look in to dyslexia or

C.A.P.D or apraxia any suggestion please?

He been taking cod live oil ultimate omega and vitamin e what else should I

do.I have been asking the speech therapists over and over but they say he

does not have apraxa.I am really puzzled what should I do ?should I increase

the fish oil how much is appropriate dosage? What disorder could this be?Any

idea?.

Thank you.

Maedot

[Guest guest]

Most of our kids with speech disorders of any sort have receptive and cognitive

abilities far higher than their expressive- that's in fact one of the warning

signs of a disorder vs a delay. If you assume he " can " say it and in fact your

child has an impairment you can affect his self esteem which is something that

unlike speech impairments is very difficult to overcome. Probably the best

thing you can do for your child is to take him for a private evaluation -outside

of the school since it's clear they didn't give you a clue of anything- for both

an SLP and neuroMD exam to evaluate what your son's impairment is so that he can

receive appropriate therapies and placement. In the meantime however don't put

pressure on him to say " cat " or any other word no matter how simple the word may

seem because in fact the hard " K " sound is not a frontal sound and happens to be

one of the sounds that many of us worked YEARS on to help our children say

correctly. OMG one therapist even put Tanner on his back leaning back on a bean

bag chair so kind of hanging upside down ...just to try to get him to say the

" K " sound that probably just about any of think is " so easy "

Apraxia or any other impairment of speech is just that. It's a verbal

disability that affects expressive language. And fortunately for your son he's

able to write because my fear for him would have been if he didn't. It's

typically up to us -the parents to advocate for our children when all others

give up on their abilities. If we don't believe in them or know how to protect

them...God help them.

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