Is the SALT expecting too much?

[colditz]

Ds is 3.5, and she says most of his speech problems are to do with concentration, attention span and patience.

he didn't understand the concept of secrets in his session with her today, and he fiddles constantly. He doesn't keep to the rules for the games she sets, and doesn't understand about turn taking.

How can I teach him about waiting, and sharing, and turn taking? I thought going to playschool would help there, but he hads been going a year and the SALT still thinks he has problems here.

What am I doing wrong? I wish someone would tell me so I could change it.

Im not sure colditz but I thought id bump this for you. What have you tried so far?

you are doing nothing wrong.my son was 4 in august and he has had SALT.his development is slightly behind and he doesnt understand secrets, infact alot of 4 or 5 year old dont.all children are different.

his speech has improved alot since starting playgroup and now at school part time but there are still areas where he is behind some of the others and his developmeny/maturity is still below what it should be.

my child is normal and your child is normal and tey will catch up but in their ow time.my son wouldnt interact with the SALT woman and she decided it was useless me visiting her with him and sent me home with activity ideas instead! all because she wanted him to do things with the toys that he didnt want to do.he wanted to do things his way! typical 3 year old.

play games at home with him, invite friends children over to play games, fun ones, even outside taking turns playing with things, he will get there.

spend time talking to him, showing him things and playing with him.i think she's expecting far too much from him to be honest.talk to the playgroup and see if they can arrange for someone to do one on one with him wth things for a little while each week.thats what ours did.it helped alot ad helped him to concentrate more.

dont worry.i think her expectations are too high.after all, he's only 3.5!