Receptive language delay/processing disorder

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adding to above: We saw many SLPs and other evaluators, but they were not very knowledgeable. They shrugged or suggested "apraxia." It wasn't until we saw the Camaratas that they nailed down my son's issues. Their testing showed a child with a typical nonverbal IQ and social communication but bottom percentile receptive skills that were dragging him down across the board.

When did you see them? If it was years ago, they were the best. They've gotten so busy and taken on other things that they generally aren't the best anymore. Most people I know who have gone the past few years have not been happy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Adding to above: We saw many SLPs and other evaluators, but they were not very knowledgeable. They shrugged or suggested "apraxia." It wasn't until we saw the Camaratas that they nailed down my son's issues. Their testing showed a child with a typical nonverbal IQ and social communication but bottom percentile receptive skills that were dragging him down across the board.

When did you see them? If it was years ago, they were the best. They've gotten so busy and taken on other things that they generally aren't the best anymore. Most people I know who have gone the past few years have not been happy.

+1. Their heyday was several years ago. He rarely sees patients and she's just an SLP. The reports people get back are really slipshod.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adding to above: We saw many SLPs and other evaluators, but they were not very knowledgeable. They shrugged or suggested "apraxia." It wasn't until we saw the Camaratas that they nailed down my son's issues. Their testing showed a child with a typical nonverbal IQ and social communication but bottom percentile receptive skills that were dragging him down across the board.

How did you treat it?

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Anyone here who can recommend their SLPs for kiddos with these issues?
Thanks!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Adding to above: We saw many SLPs and other evaluators, but they were not very knowledgeable. They shrugged or suggested "apraxia." It wasn't until we saw the Camaratas that they nailed down my son's issues. Their testing showed a child with a typical nonverbal IQ and social communication but bottom percentile receptive skills that were dragging him down across the board.

When did you see them? If it was years ago, they were the best. They've gotten so busy and taken on other things that they generally aren't the best anymore. Most people I know who have gone the past few years have not been happy.

+1. Their heyday was several years ago. He rarely sees patients and she's just an SLP. The reports people get back are really slipshod.

He is good in person but he used another SLP he never worked with before (clinic scheduled it) and she was an absolute dud. He was helpful and great in person but we primarily went for the report. He is very good at testing kids and getting them to respond.. He picked up on things (good things) about my child that we knew and our SLP but no one else knew. They are so stretched with everything they do that they can no longer focus on the individual kids anymore. She could do it if she raised her rates and hired a secretary or help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Adding to above: We saw many SLPs and other evaluators, but they were not very knowledgeable. They shrugged or suggested "apraxia." It wasn't until we saw the Camaratas that they nailed down my son's issues. Their testing showed a child with a typical nonverbal IQ and social communication but bottom percentile receptive skills that were dragging him down across the board.

How did you treat it?

Not that poster but receptive really impacts everything. For us, lots of speech therapy, small private schools early on and time.

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Anonymous wrote:Language disorders can be co-morbid but not all are. OP is not identifying any other issue.

Hard for the OP to know if she hadn't seen a developmental pediatrician.

Agree. Most of the time when kids are evaluated it is not because their parents are identifying a host of concerns. It is usually something like "He doesn't talk like his brother did". Someone who can do a comprehensive evaluation, like a psychologist or developmental pediatrician, would be best. If there really are no other issues, then the testing will show that.

Also, testing can be a great way to identify strengths. My kid had a language delay but was strong at identifying letters and letter sounds. I had no idea and it was pretty much the only skill that was above average. It was the push I need to hire a literacy specialist to work with him the year I held him back from Kindergarten and kept him in a play based preschool. His speech pathologist kept coming to his school to work on language and social skills, then at home he learned to read. When he started Kindergarten having that foundation in reading was so helpful. He struggled with everything else but having that one skill gave him confidence.

For us, it was the opposite. Play based was a waste of time and academics were the key to success but my child picked up reading early and easily.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Language disorders can be co-morbid but not all are. OP is not identifying any other issue.

Hard for the OP to know if she hadn't seen a developmental pediatrician.

Agree. Most of the time when kids are evaluated it is not because their parents are identifying a host of concerns. It is usually something like "He doesn't talk like his brother did". Someone who can do a comprehensive evaluation, like a psychologist or developmental pediatrician, would be best. If there really are no other issues, then the testing will show that.

Also, testing can be a great way to identify strengths. My kid had a language delay but was strong at identifying letters and letter sounds. I had no idea and it was pretty much the only skill that was above average. It was the push I need to hire a literacy specialist to work with him the year I held him back from Kindergarten and kept him in a play based preschool. His speech pathologist kept coming to his school to work on language and social skills, then at home he learned to read. When he started Kindergarten having that foundation in reading was so helpful. He struggled with everything else but having that one skill gave him confidence.

Very much agree. Children's and KKI are such great, local resources too.

In our case, a developmental pediatrician was helpful to find that it wasn't a receptive delay, it was ADHD in our 4 year old.

Depends on the child. Children's failed our child. At 2, they said our child was fine and we knew differently. They denied any expressive or receptive issues even though it was very clear. They told us not to bother with speech. Luckily we got a second opinion who had a very different and correct opinion.