Anybody know of a home speech therapy program?

[dex_millie]

DS is turning 4 in Oct. and we had him tested again as his speech is nothing like what it should be. The listed him as having a Significant Articulation problem and a mild expersive language issue. Other than that everything else is fine(pre-academics, cognitive, ect..)

Now I tried to get him in the last time but because he was fine in the above they just figure he might catch up which he didn't and now a year has pass that he could had help. Since it is summer they do not offer the program.

I know I read on here about a home speech program but I can't seem to find it. I would like to do a few things or know what I should do. I do try stuff but not sure if it is the right way or thing to do.

Any Advise or help plz

[pbjmama]

I'm having a little trouble understanding. How old was he when you last had him tested? If he has a significant articulation delay he should qualify for a state funded program to help him, articulation programs start at 3+. If someone is giving you the run around on that I can help you with resources.

Sorry I can't help with an at home program, speech is such a complicated thing!

[Geofizz]

I'm inferring that you had him tested by the school district? If that's the case, they make you wait until school starts in the fall.

We tried a few routes of getting my DS diagnosed and getting treatment started in May of last year, and the school was going to make us wait another 5 months. (As was the university speech program). We were not going to wait another 15% of his life before getting started.

We started with private speech therapy instead, which we were able to start after just a 2 week wait.

I talked to a few friends about this, and speech therapists have a specific order in which they work on phonology and articulation, and so it might not be that productive to do it on your own without guidance. However, watching the speech therapists, we started doing the same sort of thing with DS between appointments, and now we get homework. We've made fast progress as a result of doing it daily (or even several times a day).

If he qualifies for school district services in the fall, maybe you could find private services for the summer to bridge the gap.

[LaughingHyena]

I found this stie which looks to have lots of resources
http://www.speechteach.co.uk/p_general/downloads.htm

I haven;t actually used any of them yet. DSs assessment was just this week. However since they just gave us colouring pages and a few other worksheets to go through at home I've been looking round for other things which he might enjoy more.

DS loves playing memory games so I've also been searching out clip art of pictures with the sounds he is having difficulty with to make our own set of cards.

I'll be watching for any more ideas.

[sbgrace]

http://www.superstarspeech.com/speec...materials.html I'm planning on trying this with my son who has some minor articulation issues. But even then I plan to have him evaluated to make sure I'm not reinforcing the wrong things. A friend who is a speech therapist advised me to do therapy w/a professional to the point that he was able to make the sounds correctly in isolation and then follow up at home but that was not financially feasible for us right now and, as I said, his issues are pretty mild and he's very understandable.

I think anyone would say that for significant/severe articulation you'd want a professional. You can ask the author of super start speech for her take on whether to attempt or not. She answered my questions.

[dex_millie]

Originally Posted by pbjmama

I'm having a little trouble understanding. How old was he when you last had him tested? If he has a significant articulation delay he should qualify for a state funded program to help him, articulation programs start at 3+. If someone is giving you the run around on that I can help you with resources.

Sorry I can't help with an at home program, speech is such a complicated thing!

He was just retested again and accepted in May but he cannot start until school starts again. I had him tested last year Aug. when they declined us because everything else was fine and he had past the test by a whopping .5%.

I just wanted to know if there was something else I can do for the next 3 months to help. He is starting to stutter now. Mostly when he is trying to start a sentence, not all the time but it is something that has just started within this week.

Originally Posted by Geofizz

I'm inferring that you had him tested by the school district? If that's the case, they make you wait until school starts in the fall.

We tried a few routes of getting my DS diagnosed and getting treatment started in May of last year, and the school was going to make us wait another 5 months. (As was the university speech program). We were not going to wait another 15% of his life before getting started.

We started with private speech therapy instead, which we were able to start after just a 2 week wait.

I talked to a few friends about this, and speech therapists have a specific order in which they work on phonology and articulation, and so it might not be that productive to do it on your own without guidance. However, watching the speech therapists, we started doing the same sort of thing with DS between appointments, and now we get homework. We've made fast progress as a result of doing it daily (or even several times a day).

If he qualifies for school district services in the fall, maybe you could find private services for the summer to bridge the gap.

I was thinking private services but we got a cheap ticket to go to where I grew up so the children and grandparents can spend some time together. I will be here for 6 weeks which is half the summer.

[pbjmama]

Oh, how frustrating they didn't let him in with small pass percentage! I wonder if the stuttering started because of a change in environment/stress? I would not be comfortable undertaking speech myself. My ds did once a week speech in the Fall and twice a week this Spring and the changes have been amazing considering how little time he is in class. I saw that to reassure you that great progress can be made quickly, even if you are not able to get started before the school year.