To want to punch this school mum in the face?!

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So.. background dd had a speech problem diagnosed at 2. She's now six and you pretty much wouldn't know she had a problem. Almost there, but it was a long slog she went to a specialist school for a while etc.

Ds also now unfortunately has been put forward for speech therapy. He's 2, 3 in august. A mum at dd school today day asked when ds would be going to school. I answered next year all being well.

She asked what I mean I said 'well depending on how his speech comes on as technically we could delay to the following year until he is CSA. She then laughed (a full belly laugh) and said 'well clearly it's not coming well at the moment'

I was just like 😳 just because it's not a physically disability why would someone think I would just laugh along it's bloody awful seeing your children not being able to express themselves, get frustrated etc.

What a twat.... I'm cross I didn't tell her off I just didn't really say anything!!

Tell her about Einstein en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Talkers

Terrylene...bless him! It's horrible isn't it. I just feel for my ds so much when he can't articulate! I can imagine it does kind of stay with them! My dd knows she used to 'not be able to talk properly' so sad!

and she is just plain horrible

at both OP and TheOriginalLEM. Makes me feel positively violent too.

The worst I have had is people saying that their child is very advanced in speech because they TALK to them so much, you know..... yes, because I ignore my child ffs that is why he is speech delayed OBVIOUSLY...

Oh mrsmadevans than is interesting!! That's literally my son summed up!!

How awful. If it happens again I would just say in a really cold voice, "What areyou laughing at? It cannot be my son;s speech problems because that would be unbelievably stupid and unfeeling."

Yup Humphreys I've had that! Especially now I have two who have had speech delays! I'm a qualified teacher so I've had all
The bloody training but that no help! I know what I should do and do it but you can't work miracles! What people don't realise there is a hereditary link and my dh had speech therapy to!

Italian I will! I've told myself I will
Not stand by again. I was shocked this time but will not just be silent again! I've promised myself.

Humph - Of course you talk - I talked monologues to DS non-stop for so long. We used to count the stairs every day. He was very quick with numbers and colours It is amazing what goes in. He also got extremely good at pointing to parts of the body - we ran out of parts.

She is a dick. People are so bloody insensitive.

Hope your DS gets on well with the speech therapy.

Titsbumfanny (amazing name btw) thanks he's on the 'waiting list' a bloody year long!! By the time he gets there he probably (hopefully) won't need it but thank you!!

yy terrylene. DS was early with number and shape recognition. He only says Mummy if someone points to me and asks "Who is that?"

When you have to keep it simple in order to help them move that LITTLE bit forward (and you know if you just overwhelm them with speech nothing goes in) it is actually quite hard work. I sometimes feel that every interaction with DS is speech therapy rather than just, you know, TALKING. It is bloody hard.

Just bloody chatting with your child is so pleasant and easy in comparison.

Your son is going to get all the help he needs, you've been through this before and you know it works.

Nothing is going to fix that woman. You should probably stick to being embrassed for her.

I will quite happily punch the twat!!

My Ds had speech delay, he had a year of intensive therapy and he's improved so much. His speech tests (whatever its called that his therapist did) went from 36% in September to 84% the following June.

People like her make me so mad!!!

Silentlyscreamingagain..well that pretty much sums it up! Thank you! Brought me back down to reality and to stop bloody worrying after her twatish comments!

Nottodaybilly that's a fantastic improvement! You must be so proud!! I try to concentrate on that! You can be proud of extra milestones!

I read the thread title and knew that, irrespective of the details, I'd be posting that you ABVVVU to even contemplate violence.

Then I read your OP.

Now I'd just like you to get out of my way so I can deck her first.

I mean, really? Who DOES that? What an utter utter cunt. Am on your behalf!!!

Oh the smug "yes I talked to my child" brigade are a nightmare. Oh was the sensory depravation chamber not a good idea then WonderMum?

What a dick she is. I'm angry on your behalf!
I notice from your OP that your dd went to a special school for a while. I'm starting to think this would be the best path for my ds who has asd, a speech delay and learning difficulties. How did you go about getting her in to a special school?

You were being very unreasonable not to smack her in the chops! I usually try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but there's no excusing her behaviour. As others have said, there's lots you can do to help your DS, but it sounds like her twattery is incurable.

Thanks shakingandshocked I never use the c word and usually call the it the c word but do you know what you're right she was a cunt for that!!!

And as the 'talking brigade' if only I had time to talk to my children..shame we're just mute right?!!

Tell her at least your child just needs a little bit of speech therapy (my son was a late speaker too, he never stops now !!) but there's no therapy in the world that is going to help her.....

And FWIW, the speech therapist said that I was talking to my son too much and so he felt that he didn't need to speak......

Juicy feel free to pm me if I can help. Her speech is therapist put her forward. How old is your child are they at school yet??

Start an irrational belief in karma and know some bad shit is coming her way.

He's 4 and goes to nursery. He starts school in September and is going to the same school that his nursery is at. He loves it there and is doing really well, and I think reception will be ok for him as well. But thinking about him going in to year one and beyond, I just don't know how he will cope. I know it's a whole year away yet but I think it's going to be so so tough for him in mainstream school.