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[quote=Anonymous]Hi, I am foreign born & raised, and never attend public schools here in US, except the undergraduate & graduate school. My 33 months old has severe expressive speech delay, but because he is considered academically bright for his age. He does not entitled to many services & helps because of that, and it does not make sense to me, and I am kind of pissed. They say that because he is considered academically advanced (in terms of literacy) because he knows all abc (big & small letter), numbers 1-20, shape, color, his full name, and he recognizes some words from the books. I never really pay too much effort or intentionally to teach him all these, but I did provide the tools (books, electronic toys, youtube), and I read him books once in a while & talk to him all the time. And, they are currently teaching one letter each week at his current full time play-based daycare. They tell me that public k here only requires one to know how to spell your name, number 1-5 something like that. I am a bit surprised & for real the knowledge requirement to enter public K is that low? Is there a link I can use as guideline for mcps?

His expressive language is only 20 months old, but they say he is a smart boy. I feel bad for him because I know that he is not dumb and always want to learn. He has been talking to me, but sometimes I have no idea what he is talking. He is not considered for AAC yet. I think he is aware that he cannot communicate well. What I can do when he is eager to learn more book knowledge, and he is getting impatient when I teach him basic words to speak (e.g. dog, cat, bird)? He knows them, but his pronunciation/articulation is really off. He has been doing speech therapies. Any tips?
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