Yesterday I was called into the pre-school at pick up time to talk to one of the workers. Back in December they mentioned Kayleigh’s speech being a little hard to understand, it’s not so much the words (as she can talk for England!) but more to do with her pronunciation. At that time they said they are just going to monitor it and see how she goes then reassess it in the new year.
Yesterday they mentioned that it’s not really improving as well as it could and they feel she would benefit from a bit of speech therapy and would I be happy for her to be referred. Now I’m glad they have been monitoring her and watching how she develops, at the same time I feel a little bit guilty, as if I haven’t done enough to help her develop. Now I know lots of children have speech therapy and its a great thing for them, it should help Kayleigh too as she can get frustrated if you don’t understand what she is saying, although I seem to understand her perfectly most days, I can see others point of view for her struggles.
The only thing now is we have to wait about 3 months as that’s the length of the waiting list, so it could be by the time she gets to her appointment that she might not need it.
It’s all just a waiting and learning game at the moment, but one things for sure, I’m proud of how bright my little girl is and nothing will change that 🙂
Speech therapy is far from being a bad thing. I went because my pre school referred me, my mum didnt think there was a problem because she could understand me and translate. She may be seen for one visit and be sent on her way but at least you know she is getting the care and attention she needs. Spud has his development check with the health visitor because even though pre school are saying he is ok and just a fast talker, there appears to be a few letters and sounds missing. Im shocked you are only saying 3 months, my SIL said today that they wouldnt even refer in your town until they are 4!
Nope definatly referring her and she should be seen in 3 months so she will only be 3 1/2 by then. I dont think she will need many, just need to get her to talk to them first lol
She will probably come on leaps and bounds just before the appointment because that’s usually the way it goes! But still go to the meeting even if it’s loads better because they will be able to tell you some good tips for making sure it stays strong!
Good Luck x
Your right she is coming on leaps & bounds! Still no letter for the appointment yet!
What a positive attitude-a model mummy! My LO has some basic speech therapy (20 months) and it’s good just to have a back up. Don’t worry about now doing enough-you probably understand her best and the fact she talks for england means you have probably been really useful in helping her get so far! I think it’s quite a common toddler thing to sometimes mix up pronunciation; my mum works in a pre-school and they often refer quite a lot of children before school age as now the service is more widely available than a few years ago, their attittude is it is better to refer at a youngish age and have an appointment and have it all turn out great naturally than keep holding off and then struggle to get refered. Apparently (in her area at least) these services are far easier to access before school age, so some places can get a bit referral happy as they would prefer parents to have more options to decide which services may be of use, than have few options and no help. Good luck!
Hello,
Thank you so much for your kind comments 🙂 We are still waiting for her appointment however i think they will probably not spend too much time on her speech as its coming on leaps & bounds daily.
There is still times where she struggles to pronounce her words or say the words she means so we will still go & see what we can do to help her along.
Thank you again for your lovely comment 🙂