Speech Therapy, is this normal?

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Since there are so many speech threads today, and I have just seen Moondog posting, I thought I would ask a question that has been bothering me all day.

DD is 5.7yo and has been sent to a speech therapist as she is not pronouncing certain sounds properly. (which our kindergarten were surprised to hear as they reckoned that she was fine for her age). The SALT keeps going on about the fact that DD answers but does not talk much. She mentions it every week, that she is disappointed. DD speaks during the games that they play, or if asked a question but does not volunteer information.

I feel it is a strange situation for her. The SALT sits behind a desk, DD sits there looking like she is in a job interview. I just do not think that she feels comfortable sitting at a desk.

Is this normal practice? I would have thought that the SALT would get down on the floor or at a little table. It seems so formal and adult.

DD is a bit shy with strangers, she chats ALL THE TIME at home (nono, does not get on my nerves one bit!!)

dd2 SALT sits at a little tabl;e and they play games whilst chatting. they do matching games or rhyming games.

dd is 5 and our salt sits down with dd on a low chair and dd sits either on the floor or at a child desk/play table....
have seen older kids do this too...

what sounds has your dd got left kinder?
My dd has a few left to go but it is normal for her age our SLt says

DDs sounds will be different to your DDs Piffle, we live in Germany and the therapy is for her German language.

She says swein instead of schwein.

tbh, I am not particularly concerned about her speech as she speaks quite well. I did consider looking for a bilingual SALT but they are not so easy to find.

I am hoping that the paediatrician and speech therapist are happy wiht her after these 10 sessions. If there are still concerns, then I might consider changing SALT.

She plays games with her but it does not seem to me that she is very good with children.

FWIW I tried that with dd and she said exactly the same
she cannot say a decent sh yet either

I am a SALT and I would always get down on a level with the child I am working with. Your SALT does sound rather formal. I sounds like a good idea to change SALT if your dd is not making progress.

Lyra
I will see how she does, I hope that the 10 sessions will be enough. Will definately change to a bilingual SALT if she needs more therapy.