Speech Therapy or not
Maggy Alonso
I recently met a single mom who is unschooling her 6 yo son. She mentioned today that she has to go through the school board for the first year (she just moved to Florida from Chicago) because she wants to get him evaluated for speech at no cost to her. I know someone else (now also an unschooler) who did this and had therapy recommended for 2 of her kids. They hated the therapy and she hated the therapy so they quit after a short time. Her kids got over their speech issues without the therapy. This single mom is basing her son's need for evaluation on two separate occasions where it was suggested by other people (not professionals). I'm just wondering if anyone knows where she can get some info/support online before she has him evaluated. I've had conversations with her son and he sounds just fine to me. I would love to be able to offer her an alternative to going through the school board. Thanks in advance.
Maggy Alonso
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C Johnson
My son did speech therapy for awhile, then he turned 3 and was too old for the program that did it at home. We decided not to let him do it through the school system and he is speaking just fine now. As long as your friend's son has a chance to have conversations with people, I am sure he will be okay.
Chrissie
Maggy Alonso <MaggyAlonso@...> wrote:
I recently met a single mom who is unschooling her 6 yo son. She mentioned today that she has to go through the school board for the first year (she just moved to Florida from Chicago) because she wants to get him evaluated for speech at no cost to her. I know someone else (now also an unschooler) who did this and had therapy recommended for 2 of her kids. They hated the therapy and she hated the therapy so they quit after a short time. Her kids got over their speech issues without the therapy. This single mom is basing her son's need for evaluation on two separate occasions where it was suggested by other people (not professionals). I'm just wondering if anyone knows where she can get some info/support online before she has him evaluated. I've had conversations with her son and he sounds just fine to me. I would love to be able to offer her an alternative to going through the school board. Thanks in advance.
Maggy Alonso
www.AMothersTouchPhoto.com
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Chrissie
Maggy Alonso <MaggyAlonso@...> wrote:
I recently met a single mom who is unschooling her 6 yo son. She mentioned today that she has to go through the school board for the first year (she just moved to Florida from Chicago) because she wants to get him evaluated for speech at no cost to her. I know someone else (now also an unschooler) who did this and had therapy recommended for 2 of her kids. They hated the therapy and she hated the therapy so they quit after a short time. Her kids got over their speech issues without the therapy. This single mom is basing her son's need for evaluation on two separate occasions where it was suggested by other people (not professionals). I'm just wondering if anyone knows where she can get some info/support online before she has him evaluated. I've had conversations with her son and he sounds just fine to me. I would love to be able to offer her an alternative to going through the school board. Thanks in advance.
Maggy Alonso
www.AMothersTouchPhoto.com
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Melissa
Depends on what's wrong. My four yo has dysarthria. It really took
some analysis of how people breath and position their mouths when
they speak, and teaching him what would work for his particular
differences. He naturally breathes differently and has a motor
dysfunction in the nerves to his facial muscles, so the speech
pathologist was very helpful in that.
On the other hand, schools almost never provide an appropriate
therapy, and it's better to pay a private therapist rather than
depend on the schools to provide a good source of it. You really need
to ask the question of how the son is doing. The only reason we
finally went for the speech was that Sam was so angry and frustrated
with us not being able to understand him.
Melissa
some analysis of how people breath and position their mouths when
they speak, and teaching him what would work for his particular
differences. He naturally breathes differently and has a motor
dysfunction in the nerves to his facial muscles, so the speech
pathologist was very helpful in that.
On the other hand, schools almost never provide an appropriate
therapy, and it's better to pay a private therapist rather than
depend on the schools to provide a good source of it. You really need
to ask the question of how the son is doing. The only reason we
finally went for the speech was that Sam was so angry and frustrated
with us not being able to understand him.
Melissa
On Feb 18, 2006, at 12:58 AM, C Johnson wrote:
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> Maggy Alonso <MaggyAlonso@...> wrote:
> I recently met a single mom who is unschooling her 6 yo son. She
> mentioned today that she has to go through the school board for the
> first year (she just moved to Florida from Chicago) because she
> wants to get him evaluated for speech at no cost to her. I know
> someone else (now also an unschooler) who did this and had therapy
> recommended for 2 of her kids. They hated the therapy and she
> hated the therapy so they quit after a short time. Her kids got
> over their speech issues without the therapy. This single mom is
> basing her son's need for evaluation on two separate occasions
> where it was suggested by other people (not professionals). I'm
> just wondering if anyone knows where she can get some info/support
> online before she has him evaluated. I've had conversations with
> her son and he sounds just fine to me. I would love to be able to
> offer her an alternative to going through the school board. Thanks
> in advance.
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A great place to check would be your local Childrens Hospital. They are GREAT with kids.
Michelle
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Melissa
Hi Maggie,
Newbie lurker here (and another Melissa). Just wanted to jump in, as I also
have a six year old son with speech/language difficulties. You said you
have had conversations with the boy so the problem is with his
pronunciations, not with his ability to converse or retrieve words? If
there is any need to help him converse and relate to people, I know of a
wonderful home program. Otherwise, there are Scottish Rite clinics all over
the country that provide free or sliding-scale therapy that could help with
speech impediments. That way, she wouldn¹t have to deal with the school
system.
Let me know if you would like more info.!
Melissa
Newbie lurker here (and another Melissa). Just wanted to jump in, as I also
have a six year old son with speech/language difficulties. You said you
have had conversations with the boy so the problem is with his
pronunciations, not with his ability to converse or retrieve words? If
there is any need to help him converse and relate to people, I know of a
wonderful home program. Otherwise, there are Scottish Rite clinics all over
the country that provide free or sliding-scale therapy that could help with
speech impediments. That way, she wouldn¹t have to deal with the school
system.
Let me know if you would like more info.!
Melissa
On 2/17/06 9:00 PM, "Maggy Alonso" <MaggyAlonso@...> wrote:
> I recently met a single mom who is unschooling her 6 yo son. She mentioned
> today that she has to go through the school board for the first year (she just
> moved to Florida from Chicago) because she wants to get him evaluated for
> speech at no cost to her. I know someone else (now also an unschooler) who
> did this and had therapy recommended for 2 of her kids. They hated the
> therapy and she hated the therapy so they quit after a short time. Her kids
> got over their speech issues without the therapy. This single mom is basing
> her son's need for evaluation on two separate occasions where it was suggested
> by other people (not professionals). I'm just wondering if anyone knows where
> she can get some info/support online before she has him evaluated. I've had
> conversations with her son and he sounds just fine to me. I would love to be
> able to offer her an alternative to going through the school board. Thanks in
> advance.
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hollywoodapi
Maggie,
We are faced with almost identical situation with our 6 year old
son. Before trying traditional speech therapy, we are going to try
Neurofeedback: www.eegspectrum.com. I will post later on this yahoo!
group to share the results.
Regards,
Anna
We are faced with almost identical situation with our 6 year old
son. Before trying traditional speech therapy, we are going to try
Neurofeedback: www.eegspectrum.com. I will post later on this yahoo!
group to share the results.
Regards,
Anna
--- In [email protected], Melissa <weathermom@...> wrote:
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> Hi Maggie,
>
> Newbie lurker here (and another Melissa). Just wanted to jump in,
as I also
> have a six year old son with speech/language difficulties. You
said you
> have had conversations with the boy so the problem is with his
> pronunciations, not with his ability to converse or retrieve
words? If
> there is any need to help him converse and relate to people, I know
of a
> wonderful home program. Otherwise, there are Scottish Rite clinics
all over
> the country that provide free or sliding-scale therapy that could
help with
> speech impediments. That way, she wouldn¹t have to deal with the
school
> system.
>
> Let me know if you would like more info.!
>
> Melissa
>
> On 2/17/06 9:00 PM, "Maggy Alonso" <MaggyAlonso@...> wrote:
>
> > I recently met a single mom who is unschooling her 6 yo son. She
mentioned
> > today that she has to go through the school board for the first
year (she just
> > moved to Florida from Chicago) because she wants to get him
evaluated for
> > speech at no cost to her. I know someone else (now also an
unschooler) who
> > did this and had therapy recommended for 2 of her kids. They
hated the
> > therapy and she hated the therapy so they quit after a short
time. Her kids
> > got over their speech issues without the therapy. This single
mom is basing
> > her son's need for evaluation on two separate occasions where it
was suggested
> > by other people (not professionals). I'm just wondering if
anyone knows where
> > she can get some info/support online before she has him
evaluated. I've had
> > conversations with her son and he sounds just fine to me. I
would love to be
> > able to offer her an alternative to going through the school
board. Thanks in
> > advance.
> >
> > Maggy Alonso
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nellebelle
There was a time when I considered speech therapy for my now 10 year old. Sometimes even I had to ask her to repeat things several times before I could figure out what she was saying. Her speech is just fine now, with no therapy ever.
She has also exhibited some traits that are associated with dyslexia. It was in the back of my mind to "do something", but I never did. I live in WA state where we don't have to test - we can do an annual assessment instead. I just write up a summary of the previous year and then file it away.
She is 10 and a half and is rapidly improving with reading. I'd say it's been in the past few months that she is "really reading". Kind of early by some standards! She does beautiful art work and arithmetic is fun and easy for her. She learned to play cribbage last year and now wins nearly every game - even with her dad who has been playing for decades and is quite good.
If she had gone to school, she probably would have been shuffled off to speech therapy and special reading groups. I'm so glad she has been home!
Mary Ellen
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She has also exhibited some traits that are associated with dyslexia. It was in the back of my mind to "do something", but I never did. I live in WA state where we don't have to test - we can do an annual assessment instead. I just write up a summary of the previous year and then file it away.
She is 10 and a half and is rapidly improving with reading. I'd say it's been in the past few months that she is "really reading". Kind of early by some standards! She does beautiful art work and arithmetic is fun and easy for her. She learned to play cribbage last year and now wins nearly every game - even with her dad who has been playing for decades and is quite good.
If she had gone to school, she probably would have been shuffled off to speech therapy and special reading groups. I'm so glad she has been home!
Mary Ellen
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