Well after a wait of two and a half years we finally got the communication programme for ds1 - drawn up by the NHS autism specialist SALT.
Apparently we should do songs like "row your boat" and "round and roound the garden" with him (been doing that since he was born- he knows them off by heart).
We should be encouraging him to make animal noises (he's been doing that since he was 12 months).
We should be banging drums.
We should be pushing cars along the floor saying brrrmm.
We should be hiding clocks for him to find.
We should be making him blow (well you know all about the blowing business)
We should be taking a walk in the garden listening to sounds
When are these idiot people going to realise that there isn't anything wrong with his sounds discrimination- he can tell the difference between M and N and D, T, E and P for gods sake- and has been able to since he was 2- he just can't make the sounds.
Also when are they going to realise that we have been pushing cars saying brrrmm since the day he was born. Just like any other parent!
Agggghhhhhh I wish somone in the NHS would actually spend some time assessing him so they could draw up commincation programmes that were actually of some use.
Luckily a friend from Peterborough visited with her little this weekend. He's very similar to ds1 and she had a sensible communication programme so I photocopied that.
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Jimjams · 01/09/2003 22:48
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