DD is 4 and a half and has severe SLI she does talk but it is very very unclear and quite limited so without knowing her very well there isn't much she can say and be understood. Also she has difficulty understanding words esp in a noisy environment.
But she is very good at making herself understood by pointing , signing etc and I wanted to encourage her strong point which is physical stuff so started swim lessons six wks ago. The teacher doesn't get in with them and although she is very patient and there are just two others in the class, DD is just doing her own thing really, she loves it and is progressing in terms of confidence in the water but it is obvious she isn't able to process anything the teacher says and the other two children are on a different level entirely. I have switched the time of lesson and booked another six weeks and if it isn't working there is a private instructor near here who gets in the pool with them so that may be worth a try but maybe this is too hard? Or she should have a support worker? I know there is a scheme at the mo here and some funding for support workers to help disabled children access leisure activities but always feel someone else would need that sort of thing more iyswim and maybe I should just ask to go in with dd? Have to say I really don't want to do that as don't think DD get so much from it.