My Prince is 21 months and has a language level of a 12 month old. We have taken him to verious places for help. We tried First 5, he didn't like that. He didn't want to play with the other kids. He wanted to sit in my lap and play. He was the oldest child there and all of the others didn't talk either. I really do not see that as any help to him because it is not helping him talk and communicate with his peers.
We had a speech eval at Childerns Hospital here in San Diego. The pathologist did a rather LONG eval and in the end told me what I already knew. He is moderate to severely delayed in his speech and needs therapy. Then she proceeded to tell me that it will be 6 weeks befor he will be able to get in because they have a back up. Well, I gave it a shot. At the bottom of my gut, I had a feeling it was not going to work. As our situation is getting worse I know there is something I have to do I can't wait. I did a Google for speech therapy for here in town and I found one. So far I have heard wonderful things about it.
This morning within 2 hours I knew there was something I had to do. After such a rough day yesterday and it starting today I had to call someone for answers. I called the regional center here and they are going to do another eval as well as have someone who deals with behavior come out and help me. I hope we get this under control. Its nuts really!
Wish us luck!
Hey, Mistress! Just wanted to let you know that I've been there with the speech delay in San Diego. Don't forget that you can go back to First Five and ask them to evaluate him for services from the local elementary school. Escondido was great for us - my elder sprog began improving just going through all the testing and getting that speech therapy interaction. It was incredible.
ReplyDeleteGo figure, he doesn't qualify where we are now (the state's standards are WAY lower), so we have to wait until we hit Monterey to get him in a pre-k speech therapy program.
Best of luck. I know how frustrating and sad it is when your child can't communicate - I know how helpless you can feel. I hope you're able to get the support and help you both need!
My son was very delayed and diagnosed with speech apraxia. It's been weekly speech now since he was 3 (he's 9 now). Two of my other kids were also delayed and receive speech services. I wanted to let you know that there are other options too. My 3yo qualififed for early intervention speech services thru a preschool run by the county. The bus picks her up and drops her off at my house, she is there for a few hours only, and she gets weekly speech while she is there. Oh yeah, it doesn't cost you a thing because it's paid by the state for any kids who need services like this. Might be something to keep in mind now or in the future for some extra speech services. The class includes children with handicaps as well as "typical" children to model appropriate speech, etc. We use the preschool and then I also take my 3yo to outside speech once a week as well. She's coming along better now. My son and other daughter just get it at elementary school now since they've come so far and don't need outside speech services anymore. Good luck!
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