IndigoBell
"No, dolfrog does not believe in any early intervention at all. We have had this discussion over many threads, and his views are absolutely unbelievable."
You as always miss represent what I say.
There are various ways of identifying areas of learning deficit, which tend to be ignored by those who work in the education sector. Even at a young age. Much of the early identification of these deficits should be based on a genetic or family history, which means that biological parents have to be honest and open about their own differences, deficits and disabilities; rather than go into denial and seek any acceptable alternative source of blame for the problems their child is experiencing. You once told me that "You have a disability" well yes I have clinically diagnosed disability, which is shared by all of my family, and we understand each others deficits and do not go out looking for magic cures, trying to find and outside cause of the problems we face. So from the nature of your posts I can only assume that your husbands family share the same genetic issues as your children.
Unless you are able to identify the specific nature of a disability, then is it not possible to define any form of recommended cure or therapy which may not interfere with a child's natural development processes until the age of maturation. There are many program providers who only want to sell their services to provide a program, and who have no real long term interest in your child, and have any understanding of the full range of issues your child may have, nor have any understanding of any damage that the program they are providing may cause.
There is a great need for joined up thinking between the various types of medical professionals, and educational professionals to create a peer reviewed understanding of the full range of disabilities which can affect our learning capabilities in line wit the international peer reviewed body of research. Research is always improving the understanding of these issues, and professionals need to be able to say that they currently do not have a full understanding of a specific issue (rather than create their own one off answer, or avoid the issue altogether.)
So if formal education does not begin until after the age of maturation, children are allowed to develop in their own time, and after this age, any remaining developmental problems can be clinically diagnosed assess form of disability. As many have mentioned nursery education ends when formal education begins.
So in our family we have been aware of our childrens learning deficits, and disabilities, and spent hours, days, months, and years researching the issues to help us understand the nature of the problems, so that we can explain and discuss our childrens support needs from the moment they entered the education system. spending money on magic cures is not the answer, more about understanding the full nature of the problem and understanding how to provide the best practical support.
And for children who have these types of genetic disabilities, it is the parents who share the disabilities who are best able to provide the best advice as to how best to work around the problem. The biggest problem here is getting the biological parents to admit their own deficits which they have spent their lives trying to hide from their peers, employers, and extended family.