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[quote=Anonymous]My preemie son had "free" early intervention speech therapy from 14 months to 3 years old, when he was declared "not delayed enough" to be eligible. While I loved our occupational therapist, who worked on sensory integration in his mouth, among other things, I did not like the speech therapist, not because she was not knowledgeable, but because she could not relate to my son and as a result, never elicited any meaningful response.

I also went to free Hanen groups (It Takes Two to Talk) during that time and that was helpful since it coached parents how to effectively communicate with their children.

Then we paid for private speech therapy and were again disappointed by the lack of visible results.
Finally, after entering public elementary school, my son was determined eligible for an IEP for speech. His speech therapist at school is WONDERFUL. She gets him. My son doesn't like her lessons, since they hit his weak points every time, but he has made progress!

Speech therapy for younger children is very, very challenging, and as a result most of the time does not yield immediate and visible results. It is so difficult to make a connection to each patient. But who can dare say that the positive results seen years afterward were not elicited during those first years? Perhaps future speech therapists only built on that base.

Keep at it, and keep implementing the strategies you learned.

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