Ask a speech pathologist

PeonyPumps

This seems fun, I'll join in.  But let's not make it anything serious, I'm not working today

Ms5586

Dammit, I only had a serious question.

How often do kids swear but not mean to?  Like saying f--- for truck?  Do you laugh?

anneimal98

This is not a question but a story you might enjoy.  One of my college roommate's mom's was a speech pathologist.  When she was little, the school called and told her mom that she needed speech therapy.  Mom, being a speech pathologist and not having noticed any problems, was skeptical.  Turns out my roommate, faked a speech issue so she could get out of class!

PeonyPumps

Ms5586:

Dammit, I only had a serious question.

How often do kids swear but not mean to?  Like saying f--- for truck?  Do you laugh?

I now work with mainly adults, but when I did work with kids, A TON.  I tried really hard not to laugh, but sometimes it is really tough not to.   

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anneimal98:

This is not a question but a story you might enjoy.  One of my college roommate's mom's was a speech pathologist.  When she was little, the school called and told her mom that she needed speech therapy.  Mom, being a speech pathologist and not having noticed any problems, was skeptical.  Turns out my roommate, faked a speech issue so she could get out of class!

Lol this is kind of a nightmare of mine, that one of my children would be told they needed speech therapy and I hadn't noticed a problem, I bet your friend's mom was freaking out  

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eddy321:

Will you come to Jersey and hang out with me?  Your kid seems cool, and I need someone to have play dates with.

100% yes!  H is from your neck of the woods. 

DragonflyBelle

When Juliana was small, she had issues making the connect between words she knew in her head and making her mouth say them. She had chronic ear infections and hearing issues and got tubes which greatly improved hearing/speech.

She has made great strides with no speech therapy, and after being evaluated by EI for speech issues, she didn't qualify for their services, but I was told she will through the school system.

My question is, are there speech issues that clear up on their own or should I pursue speech therapy through the system? Also, should her hearing be evaluated again too?

RayRay007

An acquaintance was pg at the same time as me and was that annoying pg lady. Now she's that annoying mom. Her DD is 3 wks younger than mine (so, 16 months) and apparently has hundreds of words and can formulate sentences and verbalize thoughts. What say you?

 

kmm2150

I don't really have a question, just wanted to say both of my parents are SLPs. Fun times, practicing my s's in the bathtub as a kid (had a bit of a tongue thrust).

Oh, guess I do have a question, since my parents mostly work with kids - what kind of adults do you work with/what kinds of problems do they have?

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DragonflyBelle:

When Juliana was small, she had issues making the connect between words she knew in her head and making her mouth say them. She had chronic ear infections and hearing issues and got tubes which greatly improved hearing/speech.

She has made great strides with no speech therapy, and after being evaluated by EI for speech issues, she didn't qualify for their services, but I was told she will through the school system.

My question is, are there speech issues that clear up on their own or should I pursue speech therapy through the system? Also, should her hearing be evaluated again too?

There are definitely speech issues that resolve on their own.  I'm a huge fan of early intervention for the specific reason that if you give some kids a boost early on, it will bring them back to the normal range for their age-group peers, and if they continue on a normal curve after that, a lot don't need further therapy.  How old is she now?  I'd watch how she is doing and my guideline to use is our governing body's (asha) website:  https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/ as a guide.  If she is current with all those areas, I'd say she's doing pretty well.  If you start to notice her falling behind any of those areas, that may warrant further intervention.  And, I always recommend if you are in doubt to get evaluated (for the first time or) again.  99% of the time even if your child doesn't qualify for services, the SLP can give you great tips and tricks to help facilitate their language at home.  I know we have specific handouts we make/give to any parent that comes in for a screening (my hospital does them for free once or twice a year) or evaluation, that discuss how you can help their speech/language development at home.

robinsokj

You're getting a serious question from me.  My kids are delayed.  They have that whole twin speak going on.  Is it a problem that they still aren't speaking in phrases.  They were in EI for a while but tested out. 

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RayRay007:

An acquaintance was pg at the same time as me and was that annoying pg lady. Now she's that annoying mom. Her DD is 3 wks younger than mine (so, 16 months) and apparently has hundreds of words and can formulate sentences and verbalize thoughts. What say you?

 

Well, some kids do better than others, depending on the child.  Most kids who are really superstars in speech lag behind in motor skills or vice versa, though, as they develop one area really well at first and then lag behind on the other until they later catch up.

Just by reading that, though, I am inclined to side-eye.    It happens, but it is not common.  At this point, they should point to a few body parts, follow simple directions, use more words each month or two, and start to ask one or two word questions (by age 2).  Hundreds of words, while not out of the question, is quite a large amount.  (I do however count a sentence as two words if it is something like "What's that?" or etc., so that part may be entirely possible) 

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kmm2150:

I don't really have a question, just wanted to say both of my parents are SLPs. Fun times, practicing my s's in the bathtub as a kid (had a bit of a tongue thrust).

Oh, guess I do have a question, since my parents mostly work with kids - what kind of adults do you work with/what kinds of problems do they have?

I work with a mix of adults.  I'm somewhat specialized in what I do that 80% of my caseload nowadays is voice disorders and voice impairments.  For example: vocal nodules, voice post radiation, vocal misuses, etc.  I also work extensively with swallowing disorders (dysphagia), cognition, and impairments such as loss of speech/language after a stroke, for client's with Parkinson's disease, etc.  It's a really wide range for adult/geriatric therapists to cover. 

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robinsokj:

You're getting a serious question from me.  My kids are delayed.  They have that whole twin speak going on.  Is it a problem that they still aren't speaking in phrases.  They were in EI for a while but tested out. 

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Typically between the ages of 2-3 we'd expect them to be using two and three word phrases (the three word phrases can be much closer to the age of three).  Boys tend to be a bit slower in speech development than girls and also sometimes IMO twins can be a bit slower in speech development as well.  How is their receptive language?  (What they hear and understand from you, do they follow directions?  Follow commands?  Understand what you're saying to them?)  Best thing you can do is model short, simple phrases of what you and they are doing to help facilitate them.  Ex: Mommy wash!  Wash dishes.  Wash, wash.  Look, bubbles!  Etc.  Most of us speak in such long sentences that it is hard for little ones to parse out what means what.  I'd again refer to my favorite site here: https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/23.htm   It has TONS of good suggestions at the bottom!  HTH!

robinsokj

Their receptive is awesome.  But, the screaming b/c they can't communicate with me is old. 

Thanks for that site!

anneimal98

PeonyPumps:

DragonflyBelle:

When Juliana was small, she had issues making the connect between words she knew in her head and making her mouth say them. She had chronic ear infections and hearing issues and got tubes which greatly improved hearing/speech.

She has made great strides with no speech therapy, and after being evaluated by EI for speech issues, she didn't qualify for their services, but I was told she will through the school system.

My question is, are there speech issues that clear up on their own or should I pursue speech therapy through the system? Also, should her hearing be evaluated again too?

There are definitely speech issues that resolve on their own.  I'm a huge fan of early intervention for the specific reason that if you give some kids a boost early on, it will bring them back to the normal range for their age-group peers, and if they continue on a normal curve after that, a lot don't need further therapy.  How old is she now?  I'd watch how she is doing and my guideline to use is our governing body's (asha) website:  https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/ as a guide.  If she is current with all those areas, I'd say she's doing pretty well.  If you start to notice her falling behind any of those areas, that may warrant further intervention.  And, I always recommend if you are in doubt to get evaluated (for the first time or) again.  99% of the time even if your child doesn't qualify for services, the SLP can give you great tips and tricks to help facilitate their language at home.  I know we have specific handouts we make/give to any parent that comes in for a screening (my hospital does them for free once or twice a year) or evaluation, that discuss how you can help their speech/language development at home.

I just wanted to say I've found this to be true. My kids a motor mouth, who generally speaks in pretty complex sentences but he can't run for the life of him.

PeonyPumps

robinsokj:

Their receptive is awesome.  But, the screaming b/c they can't communicate with me is old. 

Thanks for that site!

We're dealing with that exact problem around here at times.  DS knows exactly how to say 'Help' when he needs something, but he prefers to scream.  I hear you on that one  Whenever he starts to scream, I try to calmly wait until he can hear me saying, "Oh, did you want... Help?" nice and exaggerated so that he starts to associate that word with getting the thing he needed instead of screaming.  Or, if it is an item I think he can say/or may be easy enough for him to say, we practice the actual word.  He is slowly starting to realize that he gets what he wants/needs a lot faster if he says the word for it. 

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ashleysyn2:

Myla still can't say the L sound. She calls herself Mya, our dog Caya (Calla) and clocks are cocks. Is that normal at this age?

This is a random guide here: https://www.bisd.us/sharp/English_Developmental_Sound_Chart%5B1%5D.pdf

But, yep, completely normal!