How do I deal with SALT?

[phlebas]

What I want from SALT:
1 - formal assessment of ds' expressive & receptive language skills.
2 - formal assessment of ds' speech production

what she says:
1- no point, it will underestimate his skills
2 - no need his speech production is age appropriate

how does she know?
1 - she visit every 6 weeks for 30 minutes, never interacts with ds, never sets goals, says that is the job of the ABA programme.
2 - she hasn't heard more than a couple of words from him - ds has MASSIVE speech production issues.

what she wants us/nursery do to:
1 - follow her Hanen pre-verabl child suggestions - put toys out of reach, spin wheels, hold up a paintbrush when we're going to do painting.
2 - communicate at 2-3 word level.
3 - use pictures to explain turn taking.

DS speaks at 5+ plus word utterances in spontaneous speech for all functions, understands what/where and is getting why, we're starting to get conversations - he his very delayed but the child she imagines is not the one I have in front of me - her suggestions are flabbergastingly inappropriate.

She's obstructive, vague and I am so angry; with this & the CAF I'm seriously considering taking ds out of nursery & refusing further contact with the lot of them. Is there any point in continuing to bang my head against the wall?

Find out when her birthday is and send her a value pack of bubbles!

pmsl

(we actually use loads of bubbles & balloons for ds' oro-motor issues )

yeah Im sick of blowing bubbles paper and feathers shes 4.2 now must be more we can do!

How are you obtaining SALT help? Via the NHS or via surestart? - or somewhere else? Can you get a different SALT instead? I wish I had known before DD#1 was five that the local surestart childrens centre had access to therapists as our NHS service was (still is!) mostly useless. I took DD privately which may be an option too you? I found a local therapist via this website

Other than that can you find out who their supervisor is and tell them that you are going to make a formal complaint unless they start to take your concerns seriously?

Hi Beautifulgirls, thanks! Bit of a long story (this is the duplicate silly thread) - ds has an ASD & lang delay diagnosis. His SALT is the most senior clinician at CAMHS & specialises in complex communication disorders. We do have a private SALT but I'm getting v. cross that NHS won't even do the most basic of tasks & we're required to pay for it (we're already funding an ABA programme which costs thousands).