Speech Therapy

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DS6 suffered a stroke in his early years of life, which has affected his speech (basically he has to program/think about what he wants to say in his head i.e get the words together in the right order then say them out loud 8/10 they don't come out in the right order, he is now at the age where he is learning to spell so he tends to write things down) just wondering do you think he would benefit from speech therapy?

Thanks in advance.

Firstly thank you for replying and secondly sorry to hear about your childrens disabilities.

He does have difficulty putting words together the same way he does saying words, to be honest with you I am not doing anything at the moment, it is just a case of me asking him YES or NO questions to make things easier for him, I understand that I have to let him gain some independence of his own and stop babying him.

His memory is not very good either, he often forgets where he has put stuff and he gets very upset about this, he has an iPad I will download the app for him.

He is 6 and yes he is well now, it is his speech and thinking which has been affected.

Thanks PolterGoose

Can you please tell me how I can get an assessment? I'm really clueless about all of this.

Oh ok, I think I will have to go down the private route, thanks once again.

Hello zzzzz I am unfamiliar with the words LA EP sorry, yes we are in the UK DS is at a private school where he is falling behind and he doesn't like going as he finds it very hard to make friends, so I am thinking of withdrawing him and a finding a school which will meet his needs, he has never seen a paediatrician, he does get a "little bit" of help at school but it is not enough.

Thanks again PolterGoose for the information, hopefully I'll be able to sort something out very soon.

zzzzz I do too think he would benefit more from a state school as I know they do cater for children with special needs, I will look for state schools near by, once he is given a place I will then withdraw him.