My DD has glue ear, which may or may not have caused her s and l delay. A year and a half into speech therapy and I still have no clearer ideas from her (very lovely) SALT except that last time we saw her she was saying she thinks DD will "be ok" and that some children just suddenly catch up. She has hinted at verbal dyspraxia I think and said this week that DD is really struggling with speech sounds and that she has noticed DD only has a few stock phrases, does she put two words together ever? etc etc nothing solid just questions I then go home and worry about.
Yesterday she asked how DD's hearing stuff was coming on and if she has had her referral for a full developmental assessment through yet. I said no we are still waiting for an appointment and she said it may be as well to find out about it because if DD needs extra support at school it can take a while to sort out. Ihave come away feeling upset and confused. She has never mentioned DD needing extra support before, we have always talked in terms of DD having a delay, never how big it is or with anything really other thanthe assumption tat she will catch up. Se did mention delay/disorder in initially but not since. I think I would rather she just said what she was thinking but maybe she doesn't know yet? Is this a long time to not get any concrete diagnosis from a SALT? Other than this I am really happy with what she is doing, DD adores her and she is brilliant at getting DD to focus as well as knowing when it just isnt working.