does your four year old drool?

[colditz]

I am pretty sure what the answers will be but I need to know anyway

Thank!

[misdee]

yes.

[colditz]

sorry other question

part 2

Is your 4 year old NT with no speech difficulties?

[colditz]

Tyhanks though Misdee

I need to compile a sort of composium of 'normal' for a 4 year old to stop my son's SALT fobbing me off, so will be asking a lot of 'does your 4 year old...?' questions!

[misdee]

thats ok thought you may be asking for NT 4 year olds.

dd1 at age 4 didnt drool.

[colditz]

I suspect verbal dispraxia (or whatever they call it

and I want to tell her this, but need reasons to back up my 'claims'

[mummytosteven]

if it's any help my 3 year old with speech delay DOESN'T drool. Or does that make things more complex still?

[ChasingRabbits]

4.5yo ds doesn't, and hasn't for a while.
Not aware that any of his friends do, remember one mum worrying about her's still doing so at 2/3 and all the others had stopped.

[eclipse]

colditz, throw the term oromotor dyspraxia her way and see if that helps her to think more clearly. Does your ds have speech and language difficulties as well as drooling?

[colditz]

He has quite a few speech difficulties (termed 'moderate delay' by ed psych) but his vocabulary is good. He talks a lot, but often not understandable.

[FrannyandZooey]

No, can't think of any child aged 4 that I know that does

HTH colditz, sorry to hear of your concerns

[colditz]

I just don't trust her any more - she said he didn't need to be seen any more by SALT but everyone else (I mean professional) has said ALL his behavioral and concentration problems are being caused by his speech.

[ChasingRabbits]

can you see someone else instead?

[colditz]

he has started refusing to say his name because he can't pronounce it properly, so when you ask him his name now, he says 'Don't know'

[colditz]

i wouldn't even know how to change. It's NHS not private

[misdee]

colditz, he needs to be seen. dd2 progress is slow but is getting there.

[NuttyMuffins]

Sometimes yes, seems to have a continual line of it just below his lip all the time, causing the sore mouth he has at the mo.

I don't think ds has any speech probs, my dad however thinks his speech is awful

[ChasingRabbits]

I was assuming nhs but tbh don't know how it works, just seems crap that you aren't getting the support you need and wondered if you could ask to see someone else. Poor thing re his name hope you get it sorted.

[colditz]

he has got 6 group sessions in May, and a reveiw after the first sessions.

So I am kind of gathering ammo now.

[eclipse]

Sorry to badger for info but what assessment did the ed psych carry out? Just trying to see whaere your next assessment should be.

[misdee]

yes nutty dd2 has sores on her4 chin due to drool. we are constantly mopping it up and putting creams on.

[TooTicky]

Colditz, my 5yo ds2 occasionally drools. He has had speech delay and disorder and is still difficult to understand if you don't know him well. So sorry for your ds not being able to say his name!! My ds2 couldn't say his name correctly until he was 5 (he used to leave off the first sound, which made it sound like a girls name!). However, the inability to say his name was highlighted by the speech therapist as a strong reason to continue with SALT as it has a huge effect on self-confidence. I really hope your ds gets the support he needs.

[colditz]

She came to my house and had a little chat with him, then she went to the preschool and spent about 3 hours observing him and playing with him.

he is registering normal on everything except speech and impulse control. Impulse control still poor, but improving, but his speech - he's getting further and further behind his class mates IMHO.

she wrote

"He may require some additional support within the reception class to

*deliver specific speech and language activities, if applicable

*promote on task behaviors and increased engagement in adult directed tasks and during whole class times

*mediate and extend social and play experiences

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Can I ask - what is SALT?

[colditz]

speech and language therapy

[misdee]

speech and language therepy