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[quote=Anonymous]My son turned 4 a few months ago. To me his speech is great, I understand everything he says and he can talk my head off, saying a wide range of vocabulary such as "generator" and other odd things, basically every word he can say, with a few sounds like his Rs being wrong. 
His teacher mentioned that he does his workbooks so quickly and doesn't need any guidance where as the other kids take longer, probably threw this in there to make me feel better before the blow of "he is so smart, his speech isn't all there but up here with his brain he is so incredibly smart" I asked if she thought he needed speech therapy and she said he for sure does. This is a private preschool. His teachers who have had him since age 2 have been saying he's talking so well now and haven't mentioned speech therapy, but she seemed much more concerned. 
I just hesitate because when I took my daughter to the public school district for evaluation they said she was fine. She went to the same school as my son and was 4 at the time when they recommended it. They told me private preschools tend to be more intense about speech because they have higher expectations (I am in a state that has free preschool for lower middle class and under). Our school district has a lot of English learners, and is title 1 for elementary schools, so maybe the other kids seem comparatively worse?
I should add my girlfriend who's only hung out with him for a few weeks has mentioned that she doesn't understand everything he says. But his dad and I do, and our family members do. I was also a nanny and he seems on par with the 4 year old boys I nannied for. Should I just take him in to the district? Or to the doctor? [/quote]

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