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Speech Therapy II....

And so started our adventure with speech therapy...

A spent the next 6 years in speech.  The first 2 years were still in Germany....with an American speech therapist.  Aimee quickly learned sign language, while we were waiting for her hearing to develop and for her to start speaking.

At the age of 2, her hearing had improved - she now was 97% hearing in both ears.  However, there were problems to deal with for her not being able to hear - most of the problems dealt with her inability to process sounds and noises.  We spent many parties and activities outside with her - because her poor little brain couldn't handle the sensory overload.  Even today, she still does not do well with excess noise and sounds - she prefers quiet.

A finally spoke at age 2 1/2!  I don't remember her first words - but she was speaking!  By the time she was 3, we had moved to our home here and she quickly was enrolled with the local school district for speech.  She advanced quickly there - because of the wonderful therapist she had!  Her therapist worked her hard each visit, and A quickly progressed!

Today, A has no difficulties with speech or hearing.  She does, however, have a small learning difficulty with spelling, mostly due to what could be labeled an auditory processing dsylexia.  However, it isn't severe, and I am teaching and working with her each day to overcome the problems from it.  We have changed to a rule based spelling program - instead of requiring phonics and sounding out words, we work with words within each spelling rule. 

But, lest we get comfortable, our adventure with speech therapy was to continue....

Oh, and today is library day!  We love the library!  We max out our cards each time!

Speech Therapy

7:23 AM, Jan. 9, 2008 .. Posted by AlethiaAcademy

I also have a daughter who went through extensive speech therapy. She is now 11. I remember the first time I realized she didn't talk was one day she was about 2 or something - I dropped her off at her Sunday School class and all her little friends gathered around "Emily, Emily how are you?" etc. I thought - Emily doesn't say ANYTHING!

thus began our long adventure with speech therapy. She also had seizures occasionally - we never really did figure out why - but she has out grown them.

She also struggles with spelling still - and math. But her reading has improved.

She is actually done with formal therapy - although sometimes I think she doesn't form her words correctly, even still. She is still very good friends with one of her therapists at the hospital - we go to see her once in a while.

Talk with you later.

Audrey