Question re:diagnosis of speech disorder

[TotalChaos]

Was told that the criteria for diagnosis of speech disorder vary from area to area. Can this be correct?

There is a very fine line between the 2 as we all know. However of course I am not for a minute disputing a dx given to anyones child that would be ridiculous.
Every child is different. My dd is certainly unique and I wouldn't have her any other way.

No worries

I really think that unless there is a specific blood test that can be taken then you have to rely on the professional you see. Luckily for us we were seen by one of the top in the field who deals with "complex cases". For us I think we had to get dd dx as she had started to deterioate rapidly and was biting and hurting herself as the stress of school became too much.

I used to post a hell of a lot more on mn (have been for about 4/5 years) and if you ever get the chance you could search and see the hell we went through before getting to where we are today!

I think the important thing is not the dx as such but that whatever the "label" is that your child has it opens doors for them iykwim which in our case it really has!

I am not sure tbh as we don't use it that much in this borough. Although saying that 2 children in dd's unit have that dx. Apparently pdd is used when a child falls short of AS.
Again I think it would depend on how a child was presenting tbh
I know it's such a mine field.
Did the school ask your permission before discussing m with rest of class????

oh just to confuse the issue i hd my ds seen by someone while in the states and there he would fall under pdd and acces their sen asd programes, , though in uk hes classed as GD with severe speech delay with some autistc traaits

phoenix it's funny isn't the autistic traits thing. I remember someone describing a child as having a sprinkling of autism which is just about right in some children's cases.
I think actually it was only in the 80's that Aspergers was actually dx so before that god knows what they would have done with dd!!!!

Well we have just been told that our ds (who was dx with ASD in 2007) has a speech and language disorder on top of the ASD. This has left us quite confused - I don't even know whether it is significant or not as the speech and language help will remain the same. Your thoughts anyone?

lol Tclanger our dc sound similar though i think lot of his is down to not being able to talk ie eyecontct but he does it fine at home and with his 1-1 when he wants to

but end ofday im not botherd by the label more driven to make sure he gets what he needs ,hesstil my same my ds thats all thrt matter

hello tiny sock a disorder? normally means some kind of special needs or asd spectrum have you had a complete assessment done by a camhs professor or doctor?
have you thought of using pecs [visual pictures i make mine by taking photos and laminating them for every day toys and objects
e.g toilet eat drink ball dolly
pyramid sell them ask your local speech and language therapist
also repeating part of the question can be termed as echoalia
if he is four you should be asking for 1;1 classroom assistant at reception and school
you need a proper diagnosis ask yr gp to be referred or ask the paediatrician

cluttercup - yes, that's a bit odd, as I would have thought that any language problems would fit into the language/social skills difficulties from the triad of impairment - I could only see them counting difficulties in pronunciation as a potentially separate issue.

phoenix - yes - the reason I was questioning this originally was in the naive hope that a language disorder would be taken more seriously by LEA etc if I went down statementing route.