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Speech...phonological disorder

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HHH3 · 27/02/2016 19:18

Does anyone have any experience of this? Private SALT is pretty sure this is what DS2 (3) has. Have been reading up but would really appreciate other people's experiences as well.

TIA

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Tutak · 04/03/2016 14:41

Jumping in here - my very chatty DS by two had developed his own language, unique words for lots of things, cross when we didn't understand. He had big problems articulating sounds, combination of not listening and holding in his head what had just been said and copying it back (he has poor working memory) but also struggled with blowing, sucking, licking lips….He was incomprehensible to nearly everyone til 6 or so and reliant on me as interpreter. He has had lots of SALT input both private and NHS/education service over the years. Now 12, he still struggles with some speech sounds, but everyone understands him and the only time he gets it significantly wrong is with people's unfamiliar names. He's just started mainstream secondary and is holding his own most of the time with some SEN support. He was reassessed just before he turned 11 and and given a dyspraxia diagnosis along with his earlier SLI, sensory integration, auditory processing. Dyspraxia made the most sense of a host of his struggles, and I'd never thought it applied to speech, but it can do - might be worth exploring? Incidentally, the one label DS doesn't have is dyslexia, though early SALT thought he was at risk because of his speech processing/production problems.

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