My daughter is now refusing Speech therapy !!

[mummyloveslucy]

Hi, My 4 year old daughter has been having speech therapy every week for 2 years. She has verbal dyspraxia.
a while ago the SALT decided to poot her in a group of children learning the sound "f".
She's not gererally too keen on other children. She preferes adults, she gets overwhelmed at partys etc and refuses to join in. With adults though, she is very confident and out going. Anyway, the SALT said that she couldn't concentrate or correct herself at all so went back to one to one. Now she's poot her back in to the group, and she's refusing to go into the room with the other children. I stood out side with her trying to get her in, using all sorts of bribery and saying how much fun she'd miss. A nursery nurse also tried to coax her in. She was crying and very stressed, so we had to leave.
She was fine untill she saw the other children. It worries me what she'll be like when she starts primary school too.
What do you think I should do ? She really needs her speech therapy.
Anyway, last week she refused point blank to go to speech therapy. She had

Yup, we'll often do eye contact because we realise it's important for other people, so it can fool some doctors. But can we understand what the eye contact means from other people? Ever seen the eye expression test? I haven't a clue. Honestly none at all. Wild guessing would give me a better idea!

www.autismresearchcentre.com/tests/eyes_test_child.asp

Mummyloveslucy - you mentioned your DD has verbal dyspraxia. How are the rest of her motor skills?

I wonder if she could have general dyspraxia. List of symptoms here.

A lot of her sensory issues could be related to dyspraxia. The only thing that is not on the list is her reaction to change.

Having said that there is a big overlap between AS/dyspraxia (my DS has a mix).

I agree that you need a proper assessment though. If your DD can do one-to-one speech therapy until you know the score and how you can deal with it that would be good.

She could also have general dyspraxia as she was very late with sitting, walking etc.
She can't ride a bike or trycicle. She can ride a scoter with two wheels on the back though.
When ever she has new shoes fitted, she'll spend the first month or so tripping up more often. The shoe fitter said, half a size shouldn't make much difference, but it does seem to.
She talks to strangers in shops, on the bus etc. It's sometimes inapropreate eg, telling shop assistents she loves them all the world. She dosn't notice disability at all, eg she hasn't noticed the cbeebies presenters arm and she recently asked a very disabled older girl in a wheel chair to play with her. I know this is a good thing, but, is she just un observant? She remembers places she's been to and stories etc very well.

All good questions for the paediatrician, yes.

Thanks everyone for your help. I'll get wrighting my list, then I'll add to it any concerns I think of as they happen.