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Re: *Update* Talk to me about audiology and speech therapy evaluations...
This SLP is very supportive of using sign language to help our son communicate. He knows "eat" and "please" and after the evaluation she encouraged us to pick a few more to work on next. We picked "more, help, and all done." He's catching on to "more" pretty well for only practicing for the last few days. I do love that sign gives us an ability for him to communicate with us. It breaks my heart that he's this little person with preferences, feelings, and opinions and I don't really know them
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I don't find people being 'funneled into speech therapy' so much as I find people being offered ASL as the only viable option, when thats just not true. At least when it comes to deaf/hearing impaired families. As for hearing children ASL is an amazing tool as an augmentative and alternative form of communication, and I fully support it's use. But if they comprehend spoken language, they can often learn to speak with some concentrated therapy at a young age. I don't really see an issue with this, and certainly don't feel in the least bit 'sorry' for those families. OP, good luck with speech therapy! I really hope things go well for you and your LO! |
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