speech & development

First experience with the speech folks went pretty well. They picked up on the speech issues pretty quickly.


What Carter is doing with his words is adding "gah and/or kah" where it doesn't belong. A few examples:

• ackle for apple
• Hangah for Hannah
• nanga for banana

He also tends to say what something does instead of saying the name of the item. A few examples:

• Banana is nanga-peel
• soda is soda-spill
• hammer is nail-nail

The developmental issue was harder for them to get a "score" on because he is "so busy." Which basically boils down to the fact that he is attention-deficit. He has that compulsive urge to wonder about looking at what he want and he isn't hearing and absorbing the information he is being given.

Our next step will be a meeting to discuss what they found during this study and to discuss any services that Carter will qualify for. He may possibly qualify for the Head Start Program, etc.

At home we will be working on:

• Clapping out our words so that we are slowing down and providing better articulation when we are teaching him
• Bringing items to our face to talk about them and speaking slowly and clearly. This will help him to look at our face and get his attention
• Practicing sounds and using our lips to show him "pppp, Apple." etc...