SLP ? and IEP The syntax example about the lotion sounds just like my dd.  She is 9 and still talks this way.  She's received ST for 6 years through the school and privately for about 4 years.  Her language is so disordered, but she barely qualified for speech this past triennial.  To qualify you have to be below the 7% on at least two standardized tests. Her vocab and syntax was at the 5-6% while pragmatics were below 1%.  I wish I could say the syntax will improve, but six years into ST my dd still talks like this.  Often times I really have to stop and think about what she is trying to say. How were her standardized test results for speech? Also, how are her pragmatic and conversational skills? Many kids with Asperger's have a good vocabulary, but cannot have a back and forth conversation. _____________________ mom to 10 year old boy/girl twins (Asperger's/PDD-NOS) They adjusted the IEP to require 15 minutes of SLP per month to "make sure she doesn't slide". I agreed at the time, but I think sometimes people working with lots of low functioning children sort of get "wowed" by her vocab and miss the areas that are delayed or disordered.It sounds like you should get an outside evaluation and recommendations.  It seems there's some triage of services and it's likely less about your daughter than managing resources.  What does the ST's monitoring mean?   Recently my 3 year old daughter's SLP at school recommended that she be placed on monitoring rather than being provided services every week. She's diagnosed PDD-NOS but will probably end up quirky asperger's. I'm just not sure this child need less services right now and I'd like to make a case for continuing her regular SLP services. Maddie's very verbal, but she has two issues that I wonder about, she sometimes makes very little sense and she often turns sentence structure backwards and mixed up...an example from just this morning is, "my forehead put the lotion on" when meaning, "I put the lotion on my forehead." Anyone know if this is symptomatic of a specific language disorder? It would help to hear from other parents to know if I am concerned over something that is a typical developmental phase, or if it might be something that needs more help than she is getting at school. Thanks!Do you know how much experience the school's SLP has with working on social language? Most SLP's that I've dealt with are very educated on speech issues that involve physical problems (such as apraxia, stuttering, lisping, etc.) but are not very well educated on treating autistic language delay, let alone the social language delay that many high functioning kids struggle with. She may not recognize it as a need because your child is physically capable of producing speech sounds. But if she's unable to communicate her thoughts, how does that do anyone any good? How can she participate in a classroom when her teachers are not able to understand her? This is an educational need, and it's just as important as the child that is unable to talk at all. In fact, if it doesn't improve, how is it any different than the child that can't talk at all. The end result is the same - the child is unable to communicate with those around them. If the SLP is not well versed on social language therapy, find out if there is another SLP in the district with the training. And definitely look into getting an outside evaluation from a therapist that works with kids who have social language delays.
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