GreenEyedBlonde
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4.5 year old male undergoing speech therapy for phonological processing disorder for one year with little progress. Didn’t start talking until 3.5 years old. Definition:
A phonological process disorder is a form of speech disorder in which there is difficulty organizing the patterns of sounds in the brain which results in an inability to correctly form the sounds of words. For example, this results in a child who may delete one or more sounds at the beginning of words (like “at” instead of “sat”) or only use one consonant in a word with a two-consonant sounds (“peak” instead of “speak”), or they may replace one letter sound with another.
Speech therapist states no further progress because child has ADD. Parent does not want to medicate. Does anyone have any suggestions?
A phonological process disorder is a form of speech disorder in which there is difficulty organizing the patterns of sounds in the brain which results in an inability to correctly form the sounds of words. For example, this results in a child who may delete one or more sounds at the beginning of words (like “at” instead of “sat”) or only use one consonant in a word with a two-consonant sounds (“peak” instead of “speak”), or they may replace one letter sound with another.
Speech therapist states no further progress because child has ADD. Parent does not want to medicate. Does anyone have any suggestions?