he has seen a speech theripast at school and she says he has intial consonant deletion, and some distortions, he also has syllable reduction and medial and final consonant deletion, stopping and cluster reduction. I wanted to know if there are other parents out there who have been through this or anyone that knows what would cause such a problem I have 2 other children that talk perfectly fine
2006-11-04 15:42:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
maybe he's just slower in speech than your other kids. he maybe a genius in other things
2006-11-11 20:34:51 · answer #1 · answered by DAYNA S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a direct answer to your question; but has your son been seen by any kind of specialist? I'm wondering if this is something Neurological. You may want to consider taking him to a Pediatric Neurologist to find out the exact cause. It doesn't seem like this type of speech problem would stem from hearing difficulties.
You might want to consider taking him to a private Speech/Language Pathologist. School therapy is A LOT different from private therapy; my daughter receives both. The private therapists work toward 'life goals' with medical knowledge overall about the child. A school therapist's job is only to make sure the child can function in the educational setting. I think you'll get more answers from a Neuro or a private SLP.
I wish you luck in getting answers for your son.
2006-11-05 16:14:26 · answer #2 · answered by Marie K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does he like music? If so have him sing along with the music(you could join in) the repetition may reset his speech pattern. This can be a difficult time but there are many treatments that have shown promise.
2006-11-04 23:49:07 · answer #3 · answered by Walking on Sunshine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm not quite sure what all that means, but my brother has a speech impediment that he never overcame. they seem to think that at a critical learning time in his childhood that he ear infections and we didn't know about it that changed the way he learned to talk because he was hearing differently or not very well.
2006-11-05 03:10:44 · answer #4 · answered by Summertyme73 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my cousin had to see a speech therapist, it took her a little longer to learn to talk good, but she is okay now, she is 15 yrs old, so basically it has no long term effects, just bare with him he will get over it.
2006-11-05 01:36:48 · answer #5 · answered by mgm_5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you show always correct him when he says words incorrect and alway talk to him so he can learn
2006-11-04 23:53:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋