my 10 year old has just been diagnosed with a speech and language delay?

Question

I took my child to a speech and language therapist and she has told me my daughter has indistintiveness during conversation,and delay in expression,grammer,and mainly in past tense.mildly delayed in vocabulary,and word finding difficultys.I have to go back in 6 months to see the therapist,i have to do modeling,word finding etc. my daughter has had 2 abnormal eegs and have been told by my daughters psychiatrist that he is almost certain it is absence seizures or temporal lobe epilepsy as we have had strange things going on with my daughter [voices,feeling things crawling on her usually on going to bed now and then and she sometimes wakes up scared because of this and sleeps with her younger sister and will not go in her own bedroom she is so scared.we have seen aneurologist and wants her to have a mri,lumber puncture,blood tests,under a genaral anastetic,she has been bullied for about 2 years in school physically and verbally[weirdo and freek]but i dont know why.Please any info to help

Answer 1

I'll begin with the school situation, I have a daughter with learning disabilities also , kids can be very cruel when it comes to this sort of thing. Is your daughter enrolled in classes for children which need additional attention? If not question the school on this and pass on the information you have concerning your daughter to the school psychologist , hopefully they can adopt a curriculum suitable to her needs and I would be quite clear about the problems your daughter is experiencing with the other children. Teachers who specialize in these area's normally only have 5 to 7 students , while others have the usual 25 or so in a regular classroom. So they should have more time to keep and eye on these situations. Unfortunately they can't be shielded from all of the abuses by other children but given the information the teacher should be expected to be alert to it and keep it to the barest minimum . I have had similar problems in this area also with my daughter. I drop in unexpectedly at times to observe the classroom behavior and speak with the teacher frequently and this helps. I'm also having her reevaluated independently of her school evaluation to compare the two observations. I'm somewhat familiar with epilepsy and I hope they find the proper medication to relieve the symptoms she is experiencing. Ask the doctor questions concerning medications and if he could recommend one that would help. Once done this may go a long way in alleviating some of the other difficulties your daughter is experiencing so she can be more herself. Then the other children may not pick up so easily on your daughters difficulties. Good luck to you, it sounds like your doing the right things as a parent and will find a solution for these difficulties .

Answer 2

Wow. I am so sorry your family is going through this difficult time.

Is there any way you can home school your daughter? With all of the tests she is having to go through I would imagine she misses a lot of school. This would keep her away from the bullies as well. Would she be jealous of her sister going to 'real' school?

Try to keep her life as 'normal' as you can with games and family activities.

Does her sister mind sharing a room? Once the cause of the feelings she is having is discovered perhaps the feelings will stop and she will be comfortable in her own room again.

Go to www.webmd.com with the medical things your doctors have said for more information. Knowledge is power!

Answer 3

I have no ideas but sounds like things have been difficult.

Does your daughter have a hobby? Is she involved in any physical activities (e.g. sports, etc.)?

Do you have a local Karate studio?
Sometimes not focusing on the negative will bring out more positives. Karate teaches young people many skills. In addition to personal defense and other skills, your daughter will learn confidence and independence through Karate.

Other clubs, like explorer or girl scouts can also be beneficial. I just hope your daughter can participate in one of these activities....

All the best to you and yours.

Answer 4

I hope she has been assessed by the school psychologist to determine if she has learning disabilities (not just speech & language problems), If not have her evaluated. Regardless of whether or not her problem is physiological her learning needs have to be addressed, and she is entitled to an indivualized education plan. Any kid who is different runs the risk of being ridiculed. You can help her by looking at the sites below on building self esteem.

Answer 5

She has been bullied in school because she is different and kids can be cruel when trying to fit in with a crowd. She should be able to have speech therapy during school hours. I hope they can find out what is wrong with your daughter. Good luck

Answer 6

sure. there may be a few gentle on the finish of the tunnel. My son used to be a whole year in the back of on his speech at 27 months historic. When he began healing he had a ten phrase vocabulary. he used to be very annoyed and we truthfully taught him a few signal language to aid get him by way of. Within a couple of months he had a 500% expand in his vocabulary and used to be beginning to talk in sentences. the humorous factor is that he's severly apraxic. the one dilemma he has is articulation because of loss of tongue motion. One factor that has been exceptional for my son goes to specific demands preschool on the regional basic university. He will get small organization healing there as soon as per week, and I take him for a individual consultation as soon as per week. think loose to e mail me should you desire.

Answer 7

Like the other answer, put her somewhere where she can feel comfortable. Instead of feeling like she has to be like everyone else. You can't help the illness, but i'm sure there is a way to improve somehow. Maybe when she grows a few years older and begins to improve, you can try her out where regular people are.
-Mish

Answer 8

try a chiropractor! there are chiropractors that perform cranial (head) adjustments, most are called Applied Kinesiologists and this can help with all aspects of the nervous system. i would have this done prior to the pain and agony of a lumbar puncture. another option for a different type of chiropractor would be one that performs cranio-sacral therapy. look into these options please, they can't hurt! yours sincerely, especially condering that i have seen great results with kids b/c there healing time is so much faster... -D.C. to be

Answer 9

first i'm sorry for you first you should bring her to a school that are for kids like her and as soon as she gets home from school give her a snack, let her relax for about 15 mintues the help her with her homework and after that teach her letters get letters of the alphabet put it on a piece of paper and put little pictures on it tell her the letter and show her the picture and help her start to understand how to realse what things are and she wil start to understand you and you'll under stand her and contuine to talk her to her doctor.

Answer 10

I suggest that you either enrolled your child in a different school or home school her. This is a very difficult process, but if you spend time (either by making flash cards or by reading with her) she will improve and overcome her fears and obstacles. Good luck in the future.