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DD in preschool
Oct. 13th, 2007 11:38 am My DD has been evaluated as being more than 2 standard deviations from average in her speaking, about the equivalent of the average 2 1/2 year old. (She's four.) What sentences she does speak (and she does talk a LOT) is echolalia - almost exclusively quotes, or variation of quotes from things she's heard. (Ex: "Look, Boots, a water fountain!" for I want a drink of water, or a sung verse from Dora the Explorer from the Pirate Piggy episode "Give me back my treasure!" for I want my toy back.)
So, she gets to go to preschool 4 days a week, half days to give her some speech modelling and training, as well as practice communicating with the rest of the world. She has effective communication with the family, as we share references and quotes, but to the rest of the world, she is nigh incomprehensible.
Lots of mixed feelings. A label for my unique daughter. Pervasive developmental disorder, aka autistic. Possibly. The special ed teacher in me does wonderful meetings with the other pros - but it is so odd to be on the parent side of the table. Wondering how much is my "fault." The pros tell me I'm doing everything right, including already doing the interventions they recommend to help get her to the next stage of language development. I guess my professional skills kicked in without me ever noticing anything was "wrong."
She's had two days of school now, and she loves getting on the bus like a big girl. The answer to how do you like school is: "Fun fun." So, things are going well. I think it will be good preparation for kindergarten. I hope she gets linguistic enough *for* kindergarten next year.
So, she gets to go to preschool 4 days a week, half days to give her some speech modelling and training, as well as practice communicating with the rest of the world. She has effective communication with the family, as we share references and quotes, but to the rest of the world, she is nigh incomprehensible.
Lots of mixed feelings. A label for my unique daughter. Pervasive developmental disorder, aka autistic. Possibly. The special ed teacher in me does wonderful meetings with the other pros - but it is so odd to be on the parent side of the table. Wondering how much is my "fault." The pros tell me I'm doing everything right, including already doing the interventions they recommend to help get her to the next stage of language development. I guess my professional skills kicked in without me ever noticing anything was "wrong."
She's had two days of school now, and she loves getting on the bus like a big girl. The answer to how do you like school is: "Fun fun." So, things are going well. I think it will be good preparation for kindergarten. I hope she gets linguistic enough *for* kindergarten next year.
