Speech delayed & non reading

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only children are not usually speech delayed. Quite the opposite actually. It’s often the second or third born that I slower to speak

Not true

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At that age we had our kid in 3-4 day a week speech therapy. Reading is a separate issue from speech, some kids have issues with both, some just one. You need to increase the help and work with her at home.

This was true for my DS. Moderately speech delayed at 4 but really good letter recognition and sounding out words. He couldn't say the words properly but we who were familiar with his speech pattern could hear that he was reading the early readers properly.

[Anonymous]

I’m tempted to call troll on this post.

But instead I’ll offer that my now advanced reading level 2nd grader could only read her name before K and only had a few sight words before winter break in K. Reading “clicked” for her the last month or so of K, when she was 6.

Zero concerns, despite the fact that my stepmother insisted DD must be “very delayed” not learning to read until K.

[Anonymous]

Seek that therapy aaap

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m tempted to call troll on this post.

But instead I’ll offer that my now advanced reading level 2nd grader could only read her name before K and only had a few sight words before winter break in K. Reading “clicked” for her the last month or so of K, when she was 6.

Zero concerns, despite the fact that my stepmother insisted DD must be “very delayed” not learning to read until K.

The concern is speech and reading. Some kids read later and are fine, others not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Posters saying their 4yos can't read either are missing the point. They haven't been trying. Posters saying that 4yos in rich-people play-based daycare can't read either are missing the point. Rich-people daycare centers notoriously weed out neurodivergent children. Those children probably could read if someone bothered to teach them.

OP has been trying to teach her kid early literacy skills and it hasnt been clicking, and coupled with a speech delay there is clearly some kind of problem that needs to be evaluated by a specialist.

You are making a lot of assumptions. The OP doesn’t say she’s trying to teach early literacy skills and failing. And I disagree that a non ND four year old can learn to read if someone teaches them. My extremely intelligent DD couldn’t. I do agree that this child should see a developmental ped and be referred for full testing for their IEP so any needed supports are in place for kindergarten.

Why on earth would someone complain their 4-year-old couldn't read unless they had been trying to teach the kid to read? It's obvious OP has been trying. That's why she's concerned her 4-year-old can't read a single word. That said, 4 is too early for a lot of kids, although the vast majority can be taught to recognize a few by sight, such as their own name. Even my late reader could pick out "the."

[Anonymous]

Op here. She is 5.5, not 4 year old. Except paying a private tutor, we try our best to help on her speech and reading. We have a team of 6 people (1:1 private speech therapist, 1:1private OT therapist, 1:1 IEP speech therspist, 1:1 IEP special educator & 2 daycare/preschool teachers) to work on similar goals on her. I and DH try to help with practices at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. She is 5.5, not 4 year old. Except paying a private tutor, we try our best to help on her speech and reading. We have a team of 6 people (1:1 private speech therapist, 1:1private OT therapist, 1:1 IEP speech therspist, 1:1 IEP special educator & 2 daycare/preschool teachers) to work on similar goals on her. I and DH try to help with practices at home.

Get her a neuropsych at this point. Some kids with language disorders also have reading issues. And, get a reading tutor if you can.

[Anonymous]

Maybe just let the kid learn in kindergarten. There are no exceptions of reading in preschool. Will she be going to a public or private school for kindergarten?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is speech delayed, and she can't read a single word. She can talk in full sentences, but she can't talk fluently and she does not have enough vocabularies to about complex matters. She has been doing great with friendship and learning at her last year of current daycare before she joins K this fall. She is social and chatty. She is doing weekly therapies on her speech and reading, and it is going to take a while for her to catch up. What age would speech delayed & non reading become an issue for kid like that making friendship and academic learning at public school?

She has IEP, and no teacher is concerned too much about her . They are aware of her delays. It has been parents worrying about her socially & academically.

Without knowing the exact specifics about DD but to answer your question, I'll tell you my DS was the same. Speech delayed, very poor articulation, zero reading ability (but could identify letters). He was also chatty. He's currently in 1st grade and arguably one of the most popular kids in his class. His speech took off and his reading has improved tremendously (he's now average). The truck in the public school is to really push the school to avoid by the IEP and not graduate him out before you're comfortable. Verify the data, ask for additional analysis, and push for more services is you think it's warranted.

If you know any educators, ask for their advice as a check in what the school is telling you.

As for the social aspect, I think kids are actually much nicer these days and bullying seems fairly uncommon. Also, it's unlikely you're DD will be that different. There are more kids with speech than I expected and, It's anecdotal but, at those ages kids don't seem to really treat others differently