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In a message dated 3/9/2005 7:39:58 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
I would love to hear what people have to say about this.
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Out of the hundreds of children that I have been exposed to over the years,
homeschoolers, preschoolers, daycare kids, at home kids, There has been only
one child, Kaden, who was understandable at two. We called him Talking Baby
because it was so unusual. None of my children were understandable at two, all
would get frustrated when trying to speak. My son who's 5 now still has issues
with certain letter combinations as did my other two. It all evened out by the
time they were 7.
Speech therapy was mentioned numerious times by others. My response was,
"S/He's two!!!!"

Elissa
Mystik Hill Farm
Kearneysville, WV


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Dawn Powell

One of my children, at 18 months could carry on an intelligent conversation
with adults and was completely understandable. He did develop a stuttering
problem at age 3 which went away without therapy by the time he was 4. The
doctor said his brain moved faster than his mouth could which caused him to
not stutter like d-d-d- but to hold the first syllable longer than he should
and that he would grow out of it, and he did. He is now 13 and he's still
talking up a storm.

My second child was uneventful and had no therapy.

My third child had 1 word at age 2. 2 months from being 3 I took him to his
pediatrician who did not suggest speech therapy, rather that he was just a
late bloomer. My cousin's wife suggested Keep Pace who did implement Speech
Therapy and offered a diagnosis. I contacted a developmental pediatrician
on my own and was soon given a diagnosis the same as Keep Pace's.....autism.
He is now 4 and attends private therapy 4 times a week, 2 speech 2
occupational. He also has been enrolled in public school since the day
after he turned 3 in the Special Education Early Childhood program (PPCD)
where he gets more speech and occupational therapy. Without early
intervention and massive doses of therapy in my 3rd child's case he wouldn't
be making the progress he is now.

I think it is important for parents to address their concerns about their
children without being overly paranoid. Not every child needs to be put in
speech therapy, but some do. Have faith in your pediatrician, but if you
still feel that something just isn't right then take it a step further and
do a little investigating of your own. If the child truly has a speech
problem, then yes definitely get the therapy necessary to help that child
but give the child a chance first!

Visit my webpage!
http://www.dtoygal.com
Dawn Powell

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From: Earthmomma67@... [mailto:Earthmomma67@...]
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 7:47 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Speech Therapy



In a message dated 3/9/2005 7:39:58 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
I would love to hear what people have to say about this.
*************
Out of the hundreds of children that I have been exposed to over the years,
homeschoolers, preschoolers, daycare kids, at home kids, There has been only
one child, Kaden, who was understandable at two. We called him Talking Baby
because it was so unusual. None of my children were understandable at two,
all
would get frustrated when trying to speak. My son who's 5 now still has
issues
with certain letter combinations as did my other two. It all evened out by
the
time they were 7.
Speech therapy was mentioned numerious times by others. My response was,
"S/He's two!!!!"

Elissa
Mystik Hill Farm
Kearneysville, WV


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nellebelle

My first daughter was an early talker with clear speech practically from the beginning and complete sentences by age two.

My second daughter was not. At age 5, I sometimes had to ask her to repeat something 2 or 3 times before I could figure out what she was saying because of her pronounciation of some sounds. At 6 and 7, it was better, but still off - still hard to understand at times.

I wondered if I should look into speech therapy or at least have her evaluated by "an expert", but never did.

This morning, at age 9 1/2 years, she recited a *commercial* that she, her sister, and dh have come up with to advertise a make believe golf aid. I noticed that her speech was as clear as could be.

I am mentioning this because the argument in the schooled world is so often that earlier is better for intervention when children have "speech problems". So I wanted to share my story of a child whose speech has improved without formal intervention.

Mary Ellen



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