Hello,
My son is one who has had many diagnoses over the years - the dx he has currently are language disorder and sensory processing disorder. His language is "wonky", "funky", etc and I'm not sure what to make of it.
Some examples:
He misunderstands/mixes up words that sound the same or have the same beginning sound. (example, "win" and "winter")
He doesn't always understand the nuances of words and that they mean different things in different contexts - for example, I said "I am getting your cold." and he said "Why are you buying my cold?" - not understanding that in this case "getting" does not mean "buying".
He often will "give up" when trying to explain something and just start mumbling.
He doesn't always understand stories the first time they are read to him. It may take a few times through for him to get it. He loses interest in stories if they are even moderately long.
He will say something that doesn't quite make sense and then when you try to clarify, he will say "That's what I said."
He uses some phrases a lot like "I'll have you know...." that just sound funky and unnecessary.
He says words out of order in sentences like "I got ready when you right told me to." (Instead of "right when you told me to.")
He often says things that are just silly and nonsense - more often than is normal. He laughs so he knows they are nonsense but it's kind of weird (and not funny).
He sometimes repeats what he says in a whisper (like the kid on "The Middle" if you are familiar) or repeats syllables of words. He repeats his own words, not other people's so it's not the same as echolalia and no one seems to know what to make of it. It's almost like he is checking to see if he said the right thing, it doesn't seem like a compulsion b/c he doesn't do it all the time and if you call him on it he laughs. Sometimes he does it on purpose as a joke.
I feel like I never know how he is going to respond when someone talks to him. He doesn't always seem to understand what people say.
He is 6. We know he has a slow processing speed which probably contributes to some of it. He was a late talker; didn't speak more than one word till he was 3.
We have had 3 evaluators tell us he is not autistic, that his language pattern is abnormal but not the same as an autistic child.
I am frustrated because some of it is pretty subtle and the school doesn't seem to think there is a problem. He is in speech therapy but I am not confident it is effective. The therapist has him doing predicting, story re-telling, problem solviing, etc.
I feel like what he needs help with most is conversational - being able to understand what someone is saying and then answer appropriately and fluently.
Does this sound like expressive/receptive language disorder? That was brought up once but now they just say "language disorder" which seems really vague to me. Does anyone else have a child with this type of difficulty? What are the best types of treatments? Should I consider a social skills class?
thanks!!
My son is one who has had many diagnoses over the years - the dx he has currently are language disorder and sensory processing disorder. His language is "wonky", "funky", etc and I'm not sure what to make of it.
Some examples:
He misunderstands/mixes up words that sound the same or have the same beginning sound. (example, "win" and "winter")
He doesn't always understand the nuances of words and that they mean different things in different contexts - for example, I said "I am getting your cold." and he said "Why are you buying my cold?" - not understanding that in this case "getting" does not mean "buying".
He often will "give up" when trying to explain something and just start mumbling.
He doesn't always understand stories the first time they are read to him. It may take a few times through for him to get it. He loses interest in stories if they are even moderately long.
He will say something that doesn't quite make sense and then when you try to clarify, he will say "That's what I said."
He uses some phrases a lot like "I'll have you know...." that just sound funky and unnecessary.
He says words out of order in sentences like "I got ready when you right told me to." (Instead of "right when you told me to.")
He often says things that are just silly and nonsense - more often than is normal. He laughs so he knows they are nonsense but it's kind of weird (and not funny).
He sometimes repeats what he says in a whisper (like the kid on "The Middle" if you are familiar) or repeats syllables of words. He repeats his own words, not other people's so it's not the same as echolalia and no one seems to know what to make of it. It's almost like he is checking to see if he said the right thing, it doesn't seem like a compulsion b/c he doesn't do it all the time and if you call him on it he laughs. Sometimes he does it on purpose as a joke.
I feel like I never know how he is going to respond when someone talks to him. He doesn't always seem to understand what people say.
He is 6. We know he has a slow processing speed which probably contributes to some of it. He was a late talker; didn't speak more than one word till he was 3.
We have had 3 evaluators tell us he is not autistic, that his language pattern is abnormal but not the same as an autistic child.
I am frustrated because some of it is pretty subtle and the school doesn't seem to think there is a problem. He is in speech therapy but I am not confident it is effective. The therapist has him doing predicting, story re-telling, problem solviing, etc.
I feel like what he needs help with most is conversational - being able to understand what someone is saying and then answer appropriately and fluently.
Does this sound like expressive/receptive language disorder? That was brought up once but now they just say "language disorder" which seems really vague to me. Does anyone else have a child with this type of difficulty? What are the best types of treatments? Should I consider a social skills class?
thanks!!
