Andy went for speech articulation testing today. I had him tested through the school district. I just did not want any speech issues to possibly interfere with learning to read when we get to that point.
So we do qualify. He has some sound substitutions that are out of the norm. We have to ask at the next doctor appointment about his tongue. He may need to get the little thing under his tongue clipped because he does not have the lateral movement he needs. We had asked about this when he was an infant and the pediatrician at that point just said it was fine. So apparently his did not stretch out as much as some do so it is affecting his speech. His comprehension was fine, his hearing was fine, his vision was fine, and they thought his expressive speech was fine (he was acting shy so she had a little trouble hearing him). So it pretty much came out as I thought it would.
We have a date for an IEP meeting and would probably start services in the fall. Here's the hitch however, I put the boys' names in for the lottery for the preschool spots at the public school for which we are zoned. The catch is that you cannot have an IEP and be in the "normal" spots and speech does not qualify you for the "special education" spots. Doesn't make sense to me either way. They were supposed to do the drawing yesterday and they are supposed to post lists of who got the spots on May 7. I'm sort of assuming that we did not get spots in the preschool because I put on the application that we would only accept spots if both boys got in. I really didn't want to think about one being in all day preschool and the other one not. I don't mind them in separate classes but I'd rather have them at the same school.
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I really don't know much about this topic, but I do know I have a friend with a child who is tongue-tied and that whether or not to have the surgery to clip is controversial. I have no idea if it's the right thing for you to do or not, but I do recommend doing your own research and getting more than one opinion.
I agree with Jill, and would throw in possibly working with a speech therapist for a while before any surgery. If the therapist can help him learn to overcome the physical problem, you may not have to do it. Rachel was not tongue-tied, or at least they never mentioned that to me, but she didn't make many of the normal movements associated with speech. Good therapy overcame that, and certainly doesn't hurt to start there.
It is the therapist who mentioned the tongue clip. Andy cannot fully move his tongue from side to side. When he sticks his tongue out the end of it is indented because of it and he cannot get his tongue up high enough to make some of the sounds at the front of the mouth. His other issue (and I don't know if this is tongue related or not) is that some sounds that should be made at front of the mouth he is making at the back. I'll be interested to see what our pediatrician says.
Would you like me to contact my friend to see if she can recommend some resources for you? I know that her daughter's tongue does not stick out of her mouth at all. I haven't seen her for a while, but I'm assuming she's having the same speech issues. It seems like it would make sense to do the surgery because it will limit more than just speech (e.g. licking ice cream cones), but I don't know enough about it, and she is choosing not to do it for her daughter. I believe that it requires general anesthesia, which can be scary.
I'm pretty much guessing that we are headed for the surgery. We don't go to the doctor until the first week in June for our annual check-up. At least Andy is my one who does not cry for shots.
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