Hi all I'm wondering if anyone can share their experience here. My dd has asd and presents with quite severe speech and language disorder. She has been having SALT for almost a year and has come from non verbal to short phrases and can answer some questions now - some were taught explicitly by us (she learnt by rote) but as her vocabulary continues to expand these days she can creatively combine words. Now we are at a stage that I feel SALT is no longer that useful for her and she has recently shown she has lost interests in the activities the therapist introduced to her. It was important at the beginning as they were targeted on attention and interaction but now I think it's like we can teach her a lot more at home.
I don't know if I'm right in thinking that as her SAL issue is a 'result' of her asd that her language will develop as her attention and interaction with others develop? However, as her language remains very behind I feel like I need to continue with SALT, but to what extent she can benefit from them I'm not sure now. Should I ask the therapist to focus on articulation maybe?
I would love to hear experience from parents whose children are/have been/were in a similar situation and if they discontinue with SALT at some point.
Many thanks!
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