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The Reynell Developmental Language Scale

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misscutandstick · 19/06/2010 19:42

does anyone know if a child needs to be verbal to carry out this test?

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roundthebend4 · 19/06/2010 19:46

hmm think if im right our ds are similar in language ablity , know ds had it done and he scored 1%

misscutandstick · 19/06/2010 19:49

Have you had a name change...dont think i remember your name... but im naff at remembering things.

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misscutandstick · 19/06/2010 19:50

ooops! sorry, that sounded really abrupt didnt it

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roundthebend4 · 19/06/2010 20:02

lol sorry was phoenix

lou031205 · 19/06/2010 20:04

The comprehension part - I don't think so. Lots of pictures, select one.

i.e. "Which man is not sitting on an elephant?"

So don't have to be able to say, if able to point or touch, etc.

bdaonion · 19/06/2010 20:47

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roundthebend4 · 20/06/2010 06:29

They did the test twice with ds once verbal instructions then again with signing and he scored better with signing so adding to my case for speech unit that used signing

misscutandstick · 20/06/2010 13:32

thanks for replies.

phoenix! hows it going? sorry been away for a while gathering my thoughts.

Hmm dont think DS5 would be doing well on that test then... he can do a lot of nouns (cats nose, mums shoe etc) but cant even begin on verbs - he understands "sit" but cant point to a person sitting, similarly he can "jump" but doesnt understand a person jumping on a picture. We have tried colours, but so far its not going well.

On the bright side, he does know "in" and "on" and "under".

Incidentally he had the "derbyshire Test" which he didnt get far on.

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roundthebend4 · 20/06/2010 16:28

It's going well ds us of to speech unit from September ,moved counties went to ican for speech assesment was fantastic .ds knows his colours can sign them.speech well more miss than hit.

has dx of cp to now but all in so far new Lea are better

is it this year your ds is of to school?

misscutandstick · 21/06/2010 09:27

because of DS's birthday (ie May) he doesnt start full time until January rather than september.

As far as i can tell, he will do 2yrs in F2 (Reception class) and then go to do Yr1 in specialist school. Which i am very happy with. I know they will ship him out before yr1 because of their stats. but the local special school has fantastic facilities (just had a rebuild) and lovely staff (who all sign!). Met a couple of mums (thru the hospital) who cant praise it enough.

In his present school, I have been told that he will get 'extra' provision (hmm, that would imply that he gets some form of help above norm now wouldnt it? ) for when he goes full time - an 'extra' 7.5hrs... what this actually means (i think, reading between lies lines,) is that he will get a dedicated 1-1 at break and lunchtimes to keep him safe, rather than any help academically.

DS does say a few odd 'words' but you have to A) know the child B) know what hes thinking, to understand. he speaks these words as though hes deaf - quite peculiar, i know his hearing is fine.

I was just thinking, how do you feel about a further dx of CP? We had a partial DX of "periventricular gliosis", but in a letter from the Paed to the GP it states "but i dont think that this is to blame for his difficulties" so im not sure what to think.

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roundthebend4 · 21/06/2010 10:14

Part of it's relief knowing why he has pd but then have the neuro and orthapeadic saying but we don't think it account for the joint problems so waiting see genetics.we do have dx of oral and verbal dyspraxia thanks to ican as well

yep ds did one term ms reception which failed we moved and at great Sn nursery not LEA one so there not bound by their rules

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