slt parent child interaction therapy

[Quecwmber]

Dd (20m) has been referred to this, does anyone have experience? My initial response is f##k off! It sounds awful, being vidoed and looking at interaction.

I haven't been too concerned about dd, she doesn't yet understand language but she attempts to copy words an I have a gut feeling she's fine. I don't want to turn something down though that is worthwhile on the basis of my own feelings. I'm worried it will be Patronising nonsense tbh, I'm confident with her plus happy to read up on techniques such as it takes two to talk. I hate the idea of a videoed session, and ice worked with children with Sen for many years an she the youngest of four. I don't think I have caused a language delay, I sing, talk, take her cues etc. She sings whole songs, or rather tunes with sounds, she just has zero understanding of the sounds. She "talks" all day with babble and gesture quite intently.

[StarlightMcKenzie]

It looks like they are trying to run their own version of More Than Words or perhaps the NAS Earlybird course but on the cheap.

There is nothing wrong with writing to them and asking to explain what outcomes this will produce for your child, and for the evidence that supports their conclusion that your child will benefit from this, so that you can make an informed decision as to whether this is the best use of your and your child's time.

[Quecwmber]

I'd presumed it was more of a sure start thing, we are in a 'deprived' area and therefore the only thing targeted always seems to be interventions to make up for the sensory poor environments parents provide . All teach parents to parent stuff, she's number 4 and I'm a teacher and pretty sure I'm not in this bracket!

It's generally the rhyme time kinda stuff we see at the children's centre, but tbh dd perplexes me a little. She can 'sing' whole songs, with approximate sounds to a tune. She echoes words at times well after you, she just doesn't use language. Without gesture I don't think she understands a single word. I could be saying 'do you want milk? milk? dd milk?' and she'll strop until I show her milk, then she goes for it. If I say bye she looks at me, if I wave too she waves. If I show her a pen and a spoon and name each 10 times she'll just look blank if I say 'where's the spoon' after. She would (in the right mood) though repeat words, or at least an approximation of it. Her gesture understanding is good, she loves interaction and babbles to me quite intently, she loves songs, she knows a few words (shoe and bye) which she can say. It's like she develops normally, bar actually understanding the words alone.

Our authority seems to operate on a come or be discharged understanding. For her hearing test they sent a letter saying to respond in two weeks or be discharged, it took 10 phoncecalls to get through, then 3 more over 5 days to actually get an appointment rather than be promised to be called straight back and not!