Is speech therapy needed?

Hi there my now 4yr old son had speech therapy about 7months ago and we had to do makaton(makadon) not sure how to spell it sorry. We did this with his speech therapist and he was going really well. He is still hard to understand at times and also has developmental delay. I spoke to the kinder he will be attending this year at the end of last year about him. His behaviour is of concernt ohimself and others and his speech is also still not 100%. I took him to see hispeadiatrician last week and she has suggested more speech therapy for him a whole term she said. So now i have to wait for his speech therapist to come back from holidays to make the appointment. He did have a dummy but this was stopped at 2 years old. It was a comfort thing for him but i knew it had to go. He also has a very wide tongue looks almost too big for his mouth. He has had grommets inserted into his ears which we all thought would help his speech but it did not make any difference. I say all children are different and will talk when they are good and ready. Like my son he has 9 brothers and sisters to talk for him well used to as now i tell them he needs to learn to ask and use his words. This advice is great and i think that if a parent has concerns then ask yoour local gp or health nurse even if there is a community health centre near you they have some good therapists there as well. My son this year is receiving a aide so to speak for kinder not for 1 on 1 but just so they have an extra person ther when he attends as he is a handful at the best of times. This is done through Yoralla. So hopefully we can all help each other out and give our children the best learning process possible at any age. Thanks again Great reading

My youngest daughter has Dyxpraxia and that is a speech and language problem. She's been seeing the speech therapist since she was 3 and about 3 months. She's at Kindy, and there's actually a speech therapist that works at the kindy, so she's in her own environment, and no up heaval is done or dramas are necessary as she gets all the attention she needs at the kindy and stays at the kindy and everything is done at the kindy.

I work with children and have a degree in special education. So I do need to say that yes that child needs to be evaluated by a prefessional or have an assessment made and then put therapy in to place. He should be able to say more clearly these sounds. The other problem is that this is not a quick fix and should be treated so he can speak clearly and hopefully without a lisps before he heads off to Kindergarted at age 5 about a year and half, that is only about 18 months if you want to look at it like that. Yes, I am sorry for you that they will most definatly want the pacifier removed. The professionals view the pacifier as something for infants to excersise their sucking skill wich is about the only skill they are born knowing how to do and after several months is not needed. If they are totally professional and committed and used to working with children and adults they will not make you feel badly for letting him keep his secruity thing so long but will tell you it must go and probably tell you that it has changed the shape and environment of the inside of his mouth, The orthodontists will say the same. I would seriously look inot it. At the very least have him assessed and listen to what they have to say. You are the mom with the final desicion and you are doing and thinking of only the best for your child. Keep up the good work.

Good luck I will be thinking of you and your son.

Great advice, Em x

great advice

Thanks for sharing

Luv Emz xx

great advice i agree see a doctor to be sure