does anyone have any ideas on how to teach a devlopmentally delayed kid?

Question

my daughter is devlopmentally delayed,she should start preschool in the fall but i'm afraid she's too far behind.any ideas on how i can help her be ready?

Answer 1

if you live in the states you need to get your daughter into the system. what I mean by this is have her evaluated. contact your counties health and human services dept. and tell them what is going on, if she is under three and delayed she qualifies for the birth to three program and you will get help with physical, speech, and occupational therapies as well as special education. if she is older they will help you get her into a early intervention preschool that specializes in teaching children with developmental delays and therapies are also given. if I remember right your daughter would have to be delayed in her development by 30% in order to qualify. that is where the evaluation comes in. hope this helps you...and please I can't stress this enough......don't let her slip through the cracks of the system! be her advocate and push to get her the help that she may need. it will seem overwhelming at first, with all the paperwork and meetings but this will only benefit your daughter and it will be worth every second you spend on it.

Answer 2

Contact your local school district. Just tell the secretary that you want your preschool child evaluated b/c you think she may be developmentally delayed. You should then be able to get a testing agency to complete all the necessary evaluations. She will get a comprehensive psychological and speech/langauge evaluation. If it appears that she needs more, she will also be able to receive an educational, occupational therapy, and physical therapy evaluation as well. Once all the evaluations are completed, you will get copies of them and then go to the school district for a meeting to determine what level of services your daughter qualifies for. There should be a representative from the testing agency there as well. SOme of the therapy options are to have your daughter receive help from a special ed teacher in the home or preschool of your choice, receive speech therapy from a speech pathologist (SLP) in your home, the SLP's office, or in her preschool, have your child enrolled in a preschool program for children who are developmentally delayed. Your child needs to demonstrate appropriate needs to be placed in one of the classes. and the program is free to you. It is run by a special ed teacher, and the programs also have speech pathologist, occupational therapists and physical therapists on staff. At least this is how things work in NY. Good luck!

Oh, you may want to start the evaluation process now. If she qualifies, you may not have much of a choice for appointment times for standing therapy appointments b/c the school year is almost over, but you will already be on the list for Sept, and should get more choices for times, etc. for her sept, start.

Answer 3

Be very patient, and try to make it fun for her. Use M&Ms to teach her colors. Reward right answers by giving her the M&Ms! Use the alphabet song to teach letters. Get a cookie sheet and draw the letters in shaving cream or whip cream, and let her feel them. When the sheet is full, use your fingers as a "pen" to write the letters in the foam. Same with numbers. Narrate what you're doing as you do it, too. At the store, for example, if it's $10 say, "I'm giving the clerk two $5s because 5 + 5 is 10." It's amazing how much kids learn in everyday situations like these.

Do you have Head Start in your area? Have you checked to see if you qualify?

Answer 4

First off, dont lose hope in her. Dont underestimate what your daughter is able to learn. Dont be afraid :) Kids are very smart. We have 4 boys, and our second oldest struggles very much and he is in the first grade now (6) he is a early 1st grader. He started kindergarden a month after he turned 5. Hes in speech therapy and title one math and reading. We have had many many meeting with the school, thinking there was more wrong. He went to headstart from the age of 3-5 thinking this would help him prepare for kindergarden, even in head start he had speech teachers. He went to summer school and everything, and we are finally starting to see progress. We brought all these concerns to the school, they had paraprofessionals, couslers, state workers, everything in there testing him. It turns out he doesnt have a learning disibility, he simply has a speech problem that is affecting his learning in different ways. The best advice i can give is make sure you have patience with your daughter. She wants to please you and make YOU happy. and thats alot of responsibility for a child. She wants you to be proud of her. I never understood the problem. I dont exactly have a whole lot of patience so it was very hard for me to have 3 other children that were above average students, and then have one child that was considered 6 months behind the rest of this classmates. One on one is the best thing for your daughter. Make sure you work with her everyday. Try to find some picture cards and start teaching her what the pictures are and have her repeat these to you. Teach her colors in a fun way, that makes her want to learn. When your driving point out colors, objects, everything. Try to get her involved in learning everyday things. Animals, let her watch the animal planet show. Our 4 year old knows almost all of his animals from watching this show. Theres alot of simple things you can do everyday that will teach her so much. But above all the most important thing is to make sure you dont push her. She will learn at her own pace and thats okay. you dont need a perfect child. You love her and shes your baby :) Shes perfect in your eyes. And your daughter is young still, and they usually fix the problems on their own, as far as ive been told. Our son has come along way. 3 months ago he couldnt read 3 letter words, now he can read 3 letter words and some. He's also been getting all of his spelling words right for the past 3 weeks. Which is excellent. Sometimes children just need space to learn and grow on their own. At this point if i were you, i wouldnt be concerned. I would try to help her learn a little more :) Goodluck and congrats on having a very smart and beautiful daughter :)

Mom of 4 boys and 24 weeks with number 5!

Answer 5

Dealing with a developmentally delayed child is difficult. Do you know what kind of developmental delay?
Start simple, kids in preschool usually start with colors, and the alphabet as well as recognizing and writing their own name.
When you are with her, try these things out: go over the colors, shapes, numbers and letters...talk to her alot. This gives her great vocab input and might expand her receptive and expressive skills.
Good luck!

Answer 6

I have a Downs Syndrome child. You local public school should start servicing her. They will test her and should place her in a school run pre-k program and then offer her speech therapy, occupational therapy and physical therapy.

Answer 7

ask the doctor to refer you to a therapist that specializes in devolop mentally delayed children

Answer 8

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