Speech Problems | ADHD Information
She's seeing a speech pathologist now and is booked in for a hearing test next week.
Ive never thought about a nuropsych. Whats involved with their evaluations? Amelia can be extremely stubborn/defiant if she decides not to co operate.
She headbutted the anethetist on purpose when she was in to have her tonsils out last year
Has she ever seen a NeuroPsych for a full evaluation? He or she is the best professional to tell what sorts of things are going on with your child. You can find out if your child has ADHD, LDs, autism (higher functioning), or almost anything else and get better direction. You could probably get better hints from him/her than us regarding the issues. A good NeuroPsych is worth his/her weight in gold. Speech problems are not part of ADHD, but can denote other things or can stand alone. You can't find out if you don't take your child to a good professional and a Speech Pathologist, which my son had, just wouldn't know. Good luck.A neuropsychologist does very thorough evaluations, usually taking a day or two. Are you concerned about something serious enough to see a neuropsychologist? All I got from your post is that you were curious about the speech issues.
Before she had her tonsils and adnoids out she used get a lot of ear infections. But hasnt had any since. She suffers with chronic sinusitis and I often wondered if that could effect her hearing maybe and speech for that matter?
IMac38946.4992592593This will sound stupid, but if we were French her phonetics would be perfect. Her words have a French accent so to speak for example she cant pronounce the letter J she says it like the French would say Je. Her S is always pronounced SHH and she cant get her tongue to make the letter L.
She can say Je M'apelle Amelia in perfect French If that's how you spell it. And my friend taught her to say Je nas se pas- I dont know. My spelling of French is terrible!!
I dont know if it makes a difference at this age but at the moment she doesnt have a preferred hand to write or eat with, she can use both equally well.
Ive also noticed that when she draws circles she draws them anti clockwise, does this mean anything?
[QUOTE=Peita Pan]I dont know if it makes a difference at this age but at the moment she doesnt have a preferred hand to write or eat with, she can use both equally well.
Ive also noticed that when she draws circles she draws them anti clockwise, does this mean anything?
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Those are both early signs of dyslexia, particularly the lack of a dominant hand.
lillian38771.8765277778I draw circles counter clockwise. Isn't this the way to do it? Interesting about the french lol Keep in mind that certain sounds are typically challenging for many 4 year olds: L/R, Hard K/G sounds.. Keep practising with her. There are certain tricks you can do to help her learn. We used to use a mirror. Also, when I taught English pronunciation for international students, I use to use an elastic band for certain sounds. The longer the sound, the longer I'd stretch the elastic band. I also used to use oral motor activities: blow bubbles; blow through straws; harmonica, to strenthen oral motor muscles. Ask your speech path. if she has any other examples.[QUOTE=INaBOX]I draw circles counter clockwise. Isn't this the way to do it? [/QUOTE]
Sure! Why not?
LOL Lillian. Well if you think about it, that's how we write our letter formation. For exaple, a lower case 'A' is written counter clockwise with a downward 'stick' lol (Don't you just love my example?) I think it would be incorrect (sort of speak) to be drawing circles clockwise. If you'd transfer that into letter formation, it could become a problem. Just my two bit.If your child is having difficulties with articulation, I can understand her frustrations. Speech delays aren't related to ADHD however, her behaviour during these frustrated times may appear to be ADHD-like. My son had speech delays so I started teaching him sign language. It helped a bit. Also, because his peers were having a hard time understanding him, he was having issues with his social development. No one really wanted to play with him because they couldn't understand what he was saying. This used to be really frustrating for him. He too is ADHD with language delays.
As for the comment made to the speech path., I'd assume she doesn't like her because this therapist is challenging her at the one thing she's having a hard time with. I hated my math teacher for this very reason. lol I'd have her continue with the sessions. Eventually, things will come to her and she's likely to WANT to attend. My son wasn't all that keen at first either. Eventually, he started asking me when we were going to visit her again. lol Hang in there. Does this speech path incorporate a lot of toys and games in her sessions? That was enough to keep my son grounded with interest. Best of luck.
Articulation problems can be caused by motor difficulties and/or by phonological difficulties. Articulation difficulties are very, very common in young children. I have never seen the statistics, but I would bet that it is the most likely reason for a child to receive Special Education services, when they are young. Most articulation disorders are developmental motor problems, and the child will outgrow them. Some children, however, have articulation problems because of a breakdown in the phonological system of the English language. For these children, the articulation problems are an outward sign of something deeper. My twelve-year-old dyslexic son still has articulation problems, not because he has developmental motor difficulties (he actually scores above average in all motor tests), rather because he is dyslexic, which is a phonological disorder. For the dyslexic child, articulation difficulties are usually the first "clue," and when a good, knowledgeable examiner tests for dyslexia, the examiner will ask if your child has a history of articulation problems.
My advice is not to stress about this, at all, but do watch over the next year or two, as she develops age-appropriate language skills. If your daughter has difficulties learning the letters of the alphabet and their associated sounds, rhyming words (BIG clue in a kindergarten-aged child), acquiring basic phonetic principles, and learning left and right and up and down, she may have dyslexia.
My son has articulation problems. He has ADHD and a very slight tendency toward bipolar. As he gets older, it gets better. Cody used to get very angry and frustrated when people could'nt understand him. He still does sometimes. I had the same problem as a child also. I speak fine now, just too much. lol
The speech pathologist says its only articulation.
She's an only child so with gently pushing she's starting to socialise with other kids a little better, but she gets bored with them and just walks away to find something more interesting on her own.
Her behaviour issues are in the form of defiance and wont let anyone help her with anything at all even if it means she misses out on something she really wants she just wont give in.
I work with intellectually disabled with challenging behaviours so I have many tricks to diffuse temper tantrums in public so that isnt a problem.
Her frustration leads to temper fits in the house to the point that she'll make herself sick.
She doesnt like the speech lady and yesturday she refused to speak to her at all even though she had been looking forward to showing her how well she could say her F words now. As we were leaving Amelia told the women "I certaintly not come back. I not, no no no, I not"
This was a statement, not said with any aggression. What do I do with that? Am I meant to tell her off for speaking her mind or is this pure defiance?
My mum and the women was horrified, I secretly found it rather funny, and she said it so very clearly!!!!
I was after a bit of information. My four year old has been seeing a speech pathologist for a few months now as she has problems with articulation, she doesnt put her tongue in the right places to form the words properly.
She has many ADHD traits but my doc thinks her behaviour is a result of her speech which does make her very frustrated and anger when people cant understand her.
Does anyone here have any expeirence on this or any comments?
My son had speech delays. Is she delayed or is she just having articulation problems? This would be seperate from any ADHD. Does she socialize well? Behave well? Can she hold a conversation? Who diagnosed her? OlderMom38771.792025463