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Speech issues

di0607di0607 member
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I'm not sure this is the right place but my 4.5 DS is having some speech issues. He has been speaking Russian at home until September when he started school where is picked up English very quickly. He tends to not pronounce his r's, l's, at times more letters. He has at times missed the beginning of some words and hIs speech in general seems very babyish.
We have had some issues where he can't quite get words out because it seems like his brain thinks faster than what comes out of his mouth this has gotten much better. We did a hearing test and he was fine. His school is ordering an evaluation in thinking that even if he does not qualify for services we can get some ideas as to what can help him. Any input? What should we expect? sorry for the spacing I'm on my phone today!
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  • di0607di0607 member
    We speak Russian at home. I'm not sure what ELL is, but he does not receive any services right now. We are in PA so from what I understand his private school will contact the IU to set up an evaluation. Any input on how this process works? Insight if it sounds like he would qualify?
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  • RussianMommyRussianMommy member
    my cousin was 4 before he learned to speak properly. passed all hearing tests as well.
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  • tmrchitmrchi member
    Is he getting ELL "english language learner" support?  Any student that has a language other than English spoken in the home should get some level of support for it at school.
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  • jayro10jayro10 member
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    She's pretty savvy around speech, she says a four should have the "R" sound developmentally but that "L" can come later.

     I am a speech-language pathologist. /r/ is the latest developing sound, around age 7 or 8, because it is the only sound whose production changes depending on the other sounds around it (so you can have or, ar, er, ir..) That is why it is so difficult for kids with speech problems to learn, and it's also difficult to teach because of the levels of tongue lift and retraction.

    Children are usually not treated for an /r/ error until second grade, at the earliest. I do not work on /r/ with preschoolers. Although /l/ is also a later developing sound, there are some kids who are stimulable for it in late preschool or early kindergarten and it tends to come sooner than /r/. Hope this helps. 

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