Anyone with a child that needed speech thrapy at school?

[~MummaBear~]

hey,
I'm not sure about other states but in WA the teacher in preschool and kindy ( the 2 years before yr1) asses the children in the classroom and are very quick to refer and child that needs it.
My DS was sent to the speach Patholigist as the teacher thought he may need it but it turns out there was nothing wrong. I guess what i am trying to say is even if his mother/ father do not want to admit there is a problem the teacher should pick it up!

[Turkish Delight]

As a person who stutters (i guess its not the same as delayed speech) and had speech therapy at my school as a young kid, i would highly recommend seeing a private speech therapist if you can afford it. I found the ones at school were half hearted ITMS.
GL babes.

[blessedatlast]

We have an appointment with a private speech therapist on Monday hopefully.. DP finally spoke to DSS' mother about the situation. The phone convo went something like this..

DP: We have an appointment on monday with a speech pathologist,

Her: F*** off, what for.. He's fine stop puttin Sh** on him! Tell that S*** (me) to mind her own business.

and slammed down the phone.. DP just looked at me and said "See why I didn't want to tell her"

Then she rang back and organised to have him dropped back to her Monday night.. So yes against her wishes I am still taking him. I think it is so sad that she wont admit he has a problem. It's like she thinks it is a reflection on her. Which it isn't. He has a problem, big deal, lets just fix it!! This is exactly why I am so worried about him.. If she doesn't want to do anything about it, he could just get lost in the school system.. Once DSS is at school we will only be having him from after school Friday's til Monday which means I will have to try and make appointments for Friday arvo's and if I can't get in then too bad he doesn't go! GRRRR............ I am so frustrated!!!!

[squidipa]

you got the result you wanted in the end and if he is fine GREAT and if he needs help he will be at the right place so good on ya for pushing let us know how it all goes

sorry you had to struggle to get to this point but at least its now done and things can get sorted.

[squidipa]

blessed how did the appointment go???? thinking of you

[mrsmac]

As a teacher I have advised a lot of parents over the years to get their children looked at by a speech therapist, you'd be amazed how many say "oh no they'll be fine.." etc This is in Yr 1or 2 as well.
Make sure its a good speech therapist, I took DS to a complete dud this year!!

You are doing the best thing you can for your DSS and in the long run he will be much better off for having you in his life.