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mamarazzi · March 2011

DS2 is having his second EI evaluation this afternoon. He just barely missed out on qualifying last summer due to high comprehension scores. He's since only added a couple words and they're not clear at all.

He'll have a hearing screen tomorrow (which, btw, is covered under our district's EI).

We're all so frustrated with DS's lack of speech and really hope he qualifies so he can get the help he needs. His pediatrician said she'd be shocked if he didn't and DD's audiologist overheard him (grunting, whining and his few words) at her appointment and said he definitely needed a second evaluation.

r9stedt · March 2011

Good luck!!

peekaboo716 · March 2011

Yay for EI evals. Good luck!

4Speedy · March 2011

mamarazzi:

DS2 is having his second EI evaluation this afternoon. He just barely missed out on qualifying last summer due to high comprehension scores. He's since only added a couple words and they're not clear at all.

He'll have a hearing screen tomorrow (which, btw, is covered under our district's EI).

We're all so frustrated with DS's lack of speech and really hope he qualifies so he can get the help he needs. His pediatrician said she'd be shocked if he didn't and DD's audiologist overheard him (grunting, whining and his few words) at her appointment and said he definitely needed a second evaluation.

This is my son. He qualified for EI when he was 18 months old because he had a 40% expressive language delay. He was recently evaluated for services from our school system and they said he didn't meet their criteria because he has too many words. He has 54 words and he just turned 2yo. They wanted him to have 50 words, so he just barely made it. However, his words are "buh" which means book or ball. "cuh" means cup, clock or cookie. "Dah" means daddy or dog. So while they say he has 54 words, I would say he has 10 words and about 40 other grunts that have meaning for him. I just saw a developmental checklist that said he should have upwards of 200 words by now. It makes me want to cry, so I know what you are going through.

On the bright side, he did some hand held puzzles (they were intended for 3 and 4 year olds, he saw them and grabbed them off the shelf at the assessment) and he was solving them in no time flat. They were things like 3d puzzle pieces that were entwined with a ball in the center. He had to pull the pieces apart, give them a slight twist them pull them the rest of the way apart to get the ball out. He also just beat me at a game of fussball (2-0) because he can figure out which handles to pull and spin faster than I can to get the ball across the table. So I think he's bright enough. If only he would just say a damn word or two.

Anyway, sorry to hijack your post--I just know the frustration you are feeling. Hope you get some help this time around.

mamarazzi · March 2011

4Speedy:
mamarazzi:

DS2 is having his second EI evaluation this afternoon. He just barely missed out on qualifying last summer due to high comprehension scores. He's since only added a couple words and they're not clear at all.

He'll have a hearing screen tomorrow (which, btw, is covered under our district's EI).

We're all so frustrated with DS's lack of speech and really hope he qualifies so he can get the help he needs. His pediatrician said she'd be shocked if he didn't and DD's audiologist overheard him (grunting, whining and his few words) at her appointment and said he definitely needed a second evaluation.

This is my son. He qualified for EI when he was 18 months old because he had a 40% expressive language delay. He was recently evaluated for services from our school system and they said he didn't meet their criteria because he has too many words. He has 54 words and he just turned 2yo. They wanted him to have 50 words, so he just barely made it. However, his words are "buh" which means book or ball. "cuh" means cup, clock or cookie. "Dah" means daddy or dog. So while they say he has 54 words, I would say he has 10 words and about 40 other grunts that have meaning for him. I just saw a developmental checklist that said he should have upwards of 200 words by now. It makes me want to cry, so I know what you are going through.

On the bright side, he did some hand held puzzles (they were intended for 3 and 4 year olds, he saw them and grabbed them off the shelf at the assessment) and he was solving them in no time flat. They were things like 3d puzzle pieces that were entwined with a ball in the center. He had to pull the pieces apart, give them a slight twist them pull them the rest of the way apart to get the ball out. He also just beat me at a game of fussball (2-0) because he can figure out which handles to pull and spin faster than I can to get the ball across the table. So I think he's bright enough. If only he would just say a damn word or two.

Anyway, sorry to hijack your post--I just know the frustration you are feeling. Hope you get some help this time around.

Ugh. This makes me want to vomit. Turns out today was just the screener and he fell into the "gray" area. They said they didn't typically come back for evaluations when kids fell into that category. However, when the speech pathologist told me the criteria they'd like him to meet at this point (27 months) -- using more words than gestures, saying the word for an object when it's pointed out in a book and stringing two-word phrases together -- I pretty much laughed and she said she'll come back. DS2 does NONE of those things. DS2 has maybe 20 words.

I'm so frustrated. Is there such a thing as private speech intervention? Where the hell do I find that? I doubt we can afford it, but I'm at such a loss with DS. Every time I see kids around his age, I want to bawl because they're talking and singing. Some of them know their ABCs and can count. DS just started saying "mama" in the past month.

We work with him all.the.time. We ask him to use his words and insist on it before we'll get him what he wants. We look at the "Baby's First Words" books daily and point out every single picture and tell him what it is.

W&J'sMommy · March 2011

mamarazzi:
4Speedy:
mamarazzi:

DS2 is having his second EI evaluation this afternoon. He just barely missed out on qualifying last summer due to high comprehension scores. He's since only added a couple words and they're not clear at all.

He'll have a hearing screen tomorrow (which, btw, is covered under our district's EI).

We're all so frustrated with DS's lack of speech and really hope he qualifies so he can get the help he needs. His pediatrician said she'd be shocked if he didn't and DD's audiologist overheard him (grunting, whining and his few words) at her appointment and said he definitely needed a second evaluation.

This is my son. He qualified for EI when he was 18 months old because he had a 40% expressive language delay. He was recently evaluated for services from our school system and they said he didn't meet their criteria because he has too many words. He has 54 words and he just turned 2yo. They wanted him to have 50 words, so he just barely made it. However, his words are "buh" which means book or ball. "cuh" means cup, clock or cookie. "Dah" means daddy or dog. So while they say he has 54 words, I would say he has 10 words and about 40 other grunts that have meaning for him. I just saw a developmental checklist that said he should have upwards of 200 words by now. It makes me want to cry, so I know what you are going through.

On the bright side, he did some hand held puzzles (they were intended for 3 and 4 year olds, he saw them and grabbed them off the shelf at the assessment) and he was solving them in no time flat. They were things like 3d puzzle pieces that were entwined with a ball in the center. He had to pull the pieces apart, give them a slight twist them pull them the rest of the way apart to get the ball out. He also just beat me at a game of fussball (2-0) because he can figure out which handles to pull and spin faster than I can to get the ball across the table. So I think he's bright enough. If only he would just say a damn word or two.

Anyway, sorry to hijack your post--I just know the frustration you are feeling. Hope you get some help this time around.

Ugh. This makes me want to vomit. Turns out today was just the screener and he fell into the "gray" area. They said they didn't typically come back for evaluations when kids fell into that category. However, when the speech pathologist told me the criteria they'd like him to meet at this point (27 months) -- using more words than gestures, saying the word for an object when it's pointed out in a book and stringing two-word phrases together -- I pretty much laughed and she said she'll come back. DS2 does NONE of those things. DS2 has maybe 20 words.

I'm so frustrated. Is there such a thing as private speech intervention? Where the hell do I find that? I doubt we can afford it, but I'm at such a loss with DS. Every time I see kids around his age, I want to bawl because they're talking and singing. Some of them know their ABCs and can count. DS just started saying "mama" in the past month.

We work with him all.the.time. We ask him to use his words and insist on it before we'll get him what he wants. We look at the "Baby's First Words" books daily and point out every single picture and tell him what it is.

Yes, you can have your child evaluated by a private speech therapist. Call your insurance company to see if it is covered and which providers are in network. I have never had good luck with EI providing appropriate services (could have been our area) so we have always suplemented with private.

I would suggest you begin signing. For my son, that made all the difference. He is bright and quickly picked up signs, his being able to communicate with us worked wonders. Start with signs that would be used frequently (all done, more, drink, eat, play).

https://aslbrowser.commtechlab.msu.edu/browser.htm

r9stedt · March 2011

Dang, J. I wish they would have been more helpful.

Have you had his hearing checked yet?
ETA: NM!! reading comprehension is low today.
Could you look into a local university that might provide speech therapy (for students majoring in such)?

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