My dd's SALT has concerns over her understanding.

[mummyloveslucy]

My daughter had a speech and language assessment the other day and the SALT said that her understanding of language could be delayed too. She is nearly 3. I don't know any other 3 year olds so don't know what is normal. She repeats frases over and over like "it my teletubbie" even when you answer her every time she still keeps saying it. If asked her name she says Mummy or Daddy. and she calls most women Mummy, and objects like a small wooden male doll. These where the things the SALT picked up on. Is this normal? and what should she understand at this age?

Yes, the SALT has given advice but it's actually the things I already do with her. Were always reading, singing and having loads of one to one time alone talking ect. I really hope she'll be fine and she probubly will, but anything that can be done to help her must be done. She is such a lovely little girl, It's awful to think she's having difficulties.

was it all just really general advice then, rather than advice on vocab to focus on teaching her, etc?

Yes it was, I will e-mail you now. Thanks a lot

That's bit poor of the SALT. But I suppose she wants you to pay to come back again...

Yes, she probubly does. She won't be though, not unless I win the lottery.

Have you looked at the website www.hanen.org.
My DS is 3.5 and has been seeing a SALT for about 12 months and, from what I've read, we've been lucky to be seen so quickly and frequently.

DS has a reasonable understanding of language but tends to learn things in great chunks and then has to pull out the relevant bits to use again in the future. The SALTs we see are very big on Hanen and I'm currently attending a workshop to assist parents better understand how to help their children. We did a similar course together last summer which ran for 12 weeks and consisted of some video taping which, although horrific, helped enormously. I didn't realise how little I spoke to him sometimes, and often when I did I just repeated back to him what he'd said to confirm I'd understood him, but we just kept going round in circles.

We've not bothered with Makaton or anything like that but DS loves Mr Tumble and uses some signs anyway - I definitely think it boosts their language even if you don't try to use it as a specific form of communication.