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05.25.08, 19:40 PM Special Needs
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What would you do? DS is 3 yo. Just getting assessed and all are showing pot language processing issues (about 9-12 mo) delays with speech and some SI issues (flapping). Dev ped suspects mild PDD but the person who did the in-class eval does not. DS likes people, has friends who he talks about, interacts with DH and I. Main symptoms are language (speaks a lot, but mainly just in 2 or 3 word sentences), a lot of echolia (sp), and varied eye contact, plus the flapping (only when excited). DH and I don't know if we should go down the intensive ABA, etc route, or "just" do intensive speech, OT and PT. Are they very different? What would you do? BTW, this is just SO tough. Thanks for any help. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
Special Needs 05.25.08, 07:40 PM Flag
 

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my dd did some of that echolia at age 3 and had speech delay and articulation problems. She was fine after a year of speech therapy (1.5 hrs twice per week). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 07:50 PM Flag
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thank you. your response will help me sleep better tonight. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 07:57 PM Flag
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it is tough. We are in the same place. dc gets ST, OT and may start ABA this summer. i say look into everything and try the different therapies. they don't harm the child at all. In fact mine really loves all the therapists. if you feel a therapy is not useful yo ucan always stop it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 08:02 PM Flag
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np - my dd loved her speech class and her teacher. It was like a second preschool. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.25.08, 08:03 PM Flag
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You do not need to do intensive ABA (per se) - you can do Special Instruction instead. Not all children need ABA. My DS is also 3 and our dev. ped. specifically said no ABA when I asked. She told me to just do special instruction (he also gets speech and OT). I would work with the dev. ped. to figure out a game plan in terms of the types of services and the amounts to get. Your DS might not need 30 hours of therapy every week...every child is different, and it really all depends on his challenges. GL! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 05:15 AM Flag
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^^P.S. the reason our dev. ped. told us our DS didn't need ABA is because he can learn naturally, so he didn't need the ABA system of having things broken down into smaller pieces. ABA can be great, but it really depends on your child. Don't necessarily assume that your DC needs it. And even if your DC has a mild case of PDD, with therapy in two years, he might drop the diagnosis, or be so mild, it really doesn't interfere with this life. Bump up the speech if you can though - IMO it's the most important thing b/c it impacts social skills as well. We do 5 hours a week (EI and private) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 05.26.08, 05:18 AM Flag
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