My daughter speaks pretty good for a 6 year old, but because she says things like "at morning we eat breakfast" instead of in the morning we eat breakfast and things like "I'm getting a barbie at shopping." Instead of I'm going to shopping to get a barbie. They think she needs speech therapy twice a week. I correct her when she says things like that and she remembers it the next time she wants to say something similar, but they still think she needs speech therapy. What do you think?
2006-09-26 09:53:24 · 16 answers · asked by lilmama 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Special Education
It's not my ego that doesn't want her taking this, I just think it's a waste of her time. She's on medicaid so the school gets good money for doing this. If she wasn't on medicaid the school would have to do it for free. Would they continue to do this if she wasn't on medicaid? Somehow I don't think so.
2006-09-26 10:38:30 · update #1
I think that they need to back off. They said that my brother had adhd or something similar, when it was just because he was bored. Even in the advanced classes he would finish his assignment very quickly an just be a hand full. They have always butted their noses were it wasn't needed. In the end it will be your money paying for it. Tell them to go to hell. They don't know what they are talking about. People are saying that my 22 month old needs speech therapy because he doesn't talk yet. I think that they are full of crap too. He just isn't ready to talk. If your daughter is remembering things that you correct her on, than that should be good enough.
Nope, they wouldn't be doing it if they weren't getting anything from it. The school system is just a corporate machine. They have their interest's in front of the students'. My husband works for an independent schooling company that supplies learning aids to the jails, military academy's, and alternate schooling . The people in charge bought all the employees that they have IPods, were as the computers for the students are 6 years old or older. They are run down, and aren't very good. They buy what they want, not what is needed. I think if it has anything to do with the school systems, They put what they want in front of what is needed.
2006-09-26 09:59:17 · answer #1 · answered by gin 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Take the advice of some of these answers and ask the school about the evaluation they preformed, and ask them to go over the results. Speech therapists also teach language, which is what you describe. If you are in the USA and in a public school, it is free. (were you to pay for private evaluation-wow!)
School is very different than it was ten years ago. The standards are higher and the expectation to read and write is what I expected of my third graders ten years ago. So this idea of letting the kid "outgrow" it may not be the way to give the child the benefit in 2006.
I do agree that reading out loud daily would be of great benefit and asking the child to read would be even better. Try and ask that they do not pull her out of core subjects, that's always a problem....and when you have report card time, ask to see the scores of any testing she has done.
I can assure you Speech therapists do not go looking for clients! They are over worked with caseloads and paperwork as it is! Ours go to 3 different schools a day-because they are so few of them around. The paperwork for medicaid is one more thing they HAVE to do and they never see the money.
2006-09-26 17:24:45 · answer #2 · answered by atheleticman_fan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask for a reevaluation to look at dismissal; it's your right. Personally, I can't see why a special ed teacher or therapist would keep a child in a program if they don't need it. The goal is to move towards making enough progress to get out of therapy. There's an awful lot of paperwork and accountability. If a child has made so much progress then she should be dismissed. Speech therapy, by the way, is for articulation problems. Is she in Language therapy by any chance? Language therapy addresses a child's expressive and receptive language (vocabulary and pragmatics, not articulation). You can ask your child's therapist for clarification as to why she still needs therapy. If you're not happy with the explanation, request that reevaluation.
2006-09-26 14:48:31 · answer #3 · answered by cindy1323 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What would it hurt to send her? Will it do bodily harm to her? She might get something out of it that will help her comprehend the speech pattern better. It's really not that big of a deal to have a child in speech therapy. It will help with vocabulary, and will teach her a few things. One should never be upset that their child has to take a class that may help them in learning. If she has trouble with this, she may have trouble when it comes time to learn sentence writing and stuff. When my son had a hard time comprehending what he was reading in 1st grade, I let them tutor him at school for 6 months. Well, by 3rd grade he was reading at an 8th grade level. I felt like I'd failed him because he had a hard time with reading comprehension, but with someone elses help, he grasped the concept, and is now in advanced reading classes. Sometimes it's not as bad as it seems for others to help. Try it out, and if you don't think she needs it, then stop going. It can't hurt to try it!
2006-09-26 10:07:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think its normal, when I was that age (I'm dyslexic with numbers by the way so I still get a lot of things wrong) I used to do stuff like that a lot. It doesn't mean your daughter is dyslexic or anything, just her brain hasn't fully comprehended the exact path it needs to take when she goes to say a sentence. Don't let her take speech therapy, just sit her down and read to her a lot, chances are after awhile of reading her brain will recognize the correct paths to take to say sentences.
2006-09-26 09:56:36 · answer #5 · answered by winds_of_justice 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Who are THEY? If THEY are teachers and other school officials then you should be taking their request for speech therapy seriously. There is nothing wrong with a child going thru speech therapy. It is not going to last the rest of her life. My own son was in speech therapy for two years when he first began school. He is now a Sophomore in High School. It is just something that they are offering help with. It may hurt your ego as a parent because we would all like to think of our children as perfect. Get over it and allow them to help. They really do have her best interest at heart.
2006-09-26 10:12:41 · answer #6 · answered by tinar92 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Has she been given a comprehensive speech and language screening? If so, a speech pathologist should explain the results to you. If she has not been given a screening, then you should ask for one. That's the only way to tell for sure. It may be that the teachers and others are seeing/hearing issues that you are not. Academic language is different from "common" language and at school she may be having more trouble.
2006-09-26 10:41:24 · answer #7 · answered by meridocbrandybuck 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Speech therapy is not only for pronunciation. It is also for developing the syntax (structure of sentences) of our language. A Speech therapist would work on helping your daughter re-train her brain so that she can process words in a logical manner. It is better to be treated earlier rather than later.
2006-09-26 14:34:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Speech therapy is not only for annunciation problems (how sounds are made or formed) but also for speech flow . Let yur daughter go to a few sessions and see what happends. If nothing changes or you still feel it is un-needed you can always pull her out.
2006-09-26 14:31:07 · answer #9 · answered by Annie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that sounds pretty ridiculous. I am not an expert (my best friend is and works with 6 year olds), but if the district says she needs it and is paying for it then maybe she does. Generally speech therapy is for children who have trouble pronouncing sounds (especially autistic kids and those who suffer from cleft palate or lip). If you want fair advice from a professional, contact me through my avatar and I will ask her for you and let you know. Children who don't actually need speech therapy are an ongoing problem for her so she will be highly opinionated about this for you... :-)
2006-09-26 10:03:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋