2007-10-22 16:57:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
I took speech when I was in kindergarten and first grade, and I am very appreciative of it today. I am now in graduate school, and have been an honors student my entire life. I would much rather have had the help, then to have gone through my life feeling like the odd one out. Kids get made fun of enough, and if your child has the opportunity to be not be made fun of about one less thing in their life, I would definately say go for it.
2007-10-22 17:09:44 · answer #1 · answered by shellie 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Be happy that someone has taken the time to assess that he needs this. Don't be concerned unless there is no progress after a good amount of time with the speech therapist. Remember that a lot of very well spoken intelligent people have needed speech therapy for a vast number of reasons. Good luck to your son.
2007-10-23 01:00:05 · answer #2 · answered by viento 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No my four year old is with a speech therapist once a week. I've heard from people with more than one child feeling concerned, but came to discover later that the child they had in speech therapy now pronounces his words better than those who didn't have the speech therapist. My son is already showing much improvment. Fear not.
2007-10-23 00:03:00 · answer #3 · answered by Wickwire 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
nope not a big deal
my daughter is 3 and will be starting speech therapy by the end of the year (she splits her words in half or condences an entire sentence into 1 jibberish word)
dont be concerned at all be grateful that it's being caught now instead of later when it's more difficult to fix whatever the problem is
2007-10-23 00:52:38 · answer #4 · answered by squeaker 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you or the school thinks he has a speech problem, you might want to check his hearing if you have not done so already. But it's great that they will be working on his speech now.
2007-10-23 00:52:58 · answer #5 · answered by TNEmily 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's better to start now. My step-daughter only had 5% hearing and it affected her speech. It was not caught until she had her hearing tested for Kindergarden and she still has speech problems today at age 22.
2007-10-23 00:09:17 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Depends upon what they see as the problem. Two of my 3 kids went to speech and they are intelligent, successful adults today. You need to ask them some more questions.
2007-10-23 00:01:29 · answer #7 · answered by Michael 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Learning language is tricky and there's a short developmental window to learn it (ages 2 to 4 or so). That's why after a certain age, you can't get rid of your "accent".
Take full advantage of this speech resource.
2007-10-23 11:58:33 · answer #8 · answered by TryItOnce 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No my younger brother had to have it. Be glad they caught it now because it can cause a few problems if not treated sooner. My brother is 18 now and talks fine. Would have never known he had problems. He struggled in first grade with spelling because they teach you to spell by sounding out words so he spelled the way he said it.
2007-10-23 01:39:37 · answer #9 · answered by speciallady25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no... speech is a good thing.. catching a speech problem early, is better than catching it way to late.
2007-10-23 00:00:17 · answer #10 · answered by asailorsstar 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋