or maybe it’s Hebrew? Francais? maybe he’s sprechening ze Deutsch? there might be a little bit of Spanish thrown in there…
anybody who knows us knows that for awhile now, Josh’s speech development (or lack thereof) has been a bit of a joke among family and friends. recently, however, we started to become a bit worried that it just wasn’t really happening the way it should. we were happy to find out that there are early intervention services provided, free of cost, through our city school district.
this Tuesday, Josh and I will be having a new adventure as we head off to the Early Childhood Education Center’s offices, across the street from Pineview. The speech therapists and whomever else are going to check him out while he plays with what i’m sure must be a fabulous collection of toys.
i am a bit nervous about this, i must admit. on the one hand, i am relieved that there is someone to provide help, should Josh need it. on the other hand, what mother likes to think of the possibility that her child isn’t developing the way everybody else is? when i look at him i just want everything to be okay for him, and that includes being able to speak in English!
Kerry
From experience with my Josh – early intervention would be awesome. We lived in a VERY rural area and the fact that he was so smart overshadowed the speech impediment. He didn’t start getting speech until 1st grade (although I had asked – not repetitively, but a couple of times – about it before that) We moved here and found out a couple of dsturbing things… #1 – the “speech teacher” wasn’t a pathologist and wasn’t registered #2 – only half of 2nd grade was on his records, even though he had speech 1st-3rd #3 – He was WAY behind where he should have been in the speech area and moving to an area where kids weren’t used to him made it really bad! He started with an awesome speech pathologist in January and she has been really impressed with how quickly he has improved.
All that to say – early intervention saves a lot of headaches and pain later…
Krista
Kerry, that is such a nightmarish experience! i’m so glad that he’s got a great S.P. now! It will be interesting to see how things go – i think i’m just nervous, like any mom would be for her child. Hey, i’ll call ya sometime soon and see about a study break at that Starbucks 🙂
Penny
He’s speaking in tongues perhaps?
Hope you can get some reassurance and help if necessary.