Js well check went really well, there are just two small things that she was concerned about.
One is the fact that if I point something out far away, he has a really hard time following my point and finding what I'm trying to show him, until that object moves. So I need to find an optometrist to check his depth perception and long distance seeing.
The other thing she mentioned was that his speech isn't as clear or articulate as it really should be. She asked how often I have to translate for him, and had me engage him in a conversation to see what she could understand.
She ended up saying that at this age, you should be understanding at least 90% of his speech, and he's at around 70%. She didn't seem too concerned, and told me to watch it and call her in four months if i feel like he's not improving.
Any thoughts on this? Is there anything I can do to help at home? She didn't give me any tips or anything, and just said to keep an eye out.
No idea on the speech thing (but I can ask my mil who is an SLP if you want) but the vision thing seems normal to me-- Delaney can't even spot something right in front of her sometimes
Speech was brought up for Brady at his 2.5 physical that he needed before school. He needs help with articulation I haven't gotten him evaluated yet because I wanted to see if school would help. Since I wouldn't be there to translate for him
I'm not a speech path but I work really closely (evals, cotreatment sessions, etc) since I'm a preschool OT. Our speech paths usually look for a 2.5-3 year old to have 50-75% intelligibility to an unfamiliar listener and 75%+ to a familiar listener, like a parent or caregiver.
For individual sound development I like charts like this
I'm not a speech path but I work really closely (evals, cotreatment sessions, etc) since I'm a preschool OT. Our speech paths usually look for a 2.5-3 year old to have 50-75% intelligibility to an unfamiliar listener and 75%+ to a familiar listener, like a parent or caregiver.
For individual sound development I like charts like this
Well this makes it sound like he's right on track.
It is totally crazy how different the "norm" is considered amongst pedis.
Well, Sadie is in speech for articulation. She tested at understandable by a stranger less than 25% of the time. I have to translate for her every time she talks to an unfamiliar listener. I actually have a video I made for speech that might make you feel better:
A lot of what her speech therapist would do is repeat what she says back to her correctly and hope she hears the difference. So, say they are playing with farm animals, and Sadie would say "dis a dow," and her therapist would repeat back, "Yeah, this is a cow. Cow." That kind of thing.
Post by angiekay84 on Apr 24, 2015 23:31:58 GMT -5
Yep I am! There is still a big range of normal at 3, but you are looking at 75%, ish. Age 4 is when kids should really be about 100% intelligible (but can make sound errors). At age 3, concerns about speech usually go to your school district. So, if you are concerned, you can either call up your school district and request a screening from an SLP or even have your doctor send a search and serve, both work! I screen three year olds all the time. I do like charts like bean posted, they are helpful!