DS 6.3 has been given a selection of whistle type toys by a specialist salt he saw as a one-off. Some he can make a sound with, others he can't. As part of daily speech therapy (to be done at home, by me) he has to blow into each of these whistles 20 times, leaving a 2 second gap inbetween blows. I am to hold the whistle, to ensure he keeps to the 'in-blow-out' rhythm and I am supposed to keep a diary of how many times he has managed a good sound without faltering.
Does anyone know if this is an actual speech therapy exercise??? It feels as though it is something that has just been dreamed up to keep me quiet....
DS has low muscle tone in tongue and lips caused by Hypermobility Syndrome. No-one except myself can understand him, and even I struggle. There seems to be no definition to his speech, and he leaves the letters off the beginnings of words, mixes sounds up and cannot make quite a lot of sounds. He is making extremely slow progress. Verbal Dyspraxia has been sort-of considered, but from what I have read it seems more likely to be a Phonological Disorder, although his SALT won't comment other than to say his problems are complex.
DS is refusing to do the whistle blowing now, because he says it is 'for babies'. If I knew it was worthwhile, I'd force the issue more, but I am not going to upset him for something that is just to fob me off.
he isn't a spoilt brat, but quite sensitive where his poor speech is concerned and I have been doing other speech therapy with him instead
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Whistle Blowing Speech Therapy???
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pinkiepunksmummy · 27/03/2010 00:46
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