DD and SALT

[mummy2aaron]

DD finally had her SALT appointment. I am a little confused, she interacted well and gave lots of eye contact which was good. Her play was apparently not age appropriate as she wouldnt feed the teddy with a spoon but then she feeds me with a spoon and her dolly, she doesnt particulaly like teddies so this could be why but when i mentioned this it was ignored. She played teasets with the therapist and attempted to say pour. Apparently I may be missing words that she is saying as she is not speaking clearly and that can be dealt with later. I feel awful, I feel as if the last 2 years I must have been ignoring her whilst dealing with ds2's autism. Having said that I know really that I havent. I have been on the Hanen and am using all the techniques I used with ds2 with dd but it seems they are not appropriate for her. I have another 6 months until we see her again and am a little unsure what to do now.

Hi Mummy
I'm a salt and you need to know that assessments are not the be all and end all.They provide some info. which is noted in connection with the info. provided by the parent.Believe me,the tings you told her would never be ignored by a salt woth..well, her salt.

It is really hard tocope with children anyway, let alone ha ving one with ASD.

All the hanen techniques you have learned will be useful. Apart from that,play with her,put the tv off,read with her,sing with her,take her out and about and just chatter away as you normally would.

Don't give yourself a hard time.Kids are amazingly resilient.I am amazed frankly that more don;t have communication problems,given that there is so much less than ideal parenting going on.

If it makes you feel any better,my dd has communication problems.Imagine that and me a salt!!!!!

But,that's life.

Hi .... at an Initial Assessment ... as an SLT ... I know that we can at best, only get a snap shot! Your child is suddenly in a strange environment, being asked to do 'strange' things ....." can you put the spoon under the plate?" (for eg.)Be strong and tell your therapist what you think .... a good therapist will be thankful for your input!

Very often poor speech sounds can mask expressive language .... so yes ... your child may well be saying more than you think ... to you it may sound like 'gobble-de-gook' ... HOWEVER.... you're not an SLT - so you wouldn't know that and so you mustn't feel terrible. It's our job to tell you!!!!!!
Hope this helps,
Lisa

talkingtots.info

TT,this isn't an appropriate place to flog your product.

If you want to advertise your business,you need to pay for an advert,like everyone else does.

Hi Talkingtot. I'm afraid you sound like all the SLT's we've ever met. Pigheaded! How can you think you know more about what our children are saying than the parents? You hardly ever spend any time with them!

Have just read that back and it's really rude - sorry. Am having a bad time with SLT at the mo (can't you tell). The comment wasn't directed at you personally!

I don't think you wre rude Nat.
Talking Tot was rude and what is even ruder is that she is coming on,talking patronising guff and trying to flog her product on your thread.

How bloody rude is that!?

Moondog (salt and happy to take any flack that comes our way,because,frankly,quite often we deserve it.)

Hi Nat, just came across this thread and wondered how you were doing. How is DD getting on now?

(despite previous poster talking 'guff'