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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He is 6 - they have been working on expressive language. And apparently his receptive is not great. [b]It was not initially tested in the first evaluation because my main concern at the time was expressive[/b]. If receptive is bad, I'm assuming that will make anything and everything that much more difficult for him.[/quote]

Any speech therapist who just evaluates expressive language without evaluating receptive language for an initial evaluation is incompetent.  Knowing a child's receptive language is crucial! There is no excuse considering he was 5 or 6 years old during the initial evaluation.  Get another therapist ASAP. [/quote]

+1  If you wait till 6 for therapy, its helpful but a bit late in the game.  Get a new therapist if they did not do a good assessment.  Poor receptive is different than expressive.  Some kids have one, some both.  [/quote]

This doesn't sound like the therapist's fault--it sounds more like mom was being overly directive without a lot knowledge.[/quote]

That's not fair at all. Lack of expressive language is the most obvious -- it's incumbent on the speech therapist to do all the testing necessary, even if a parent (who is not an expert in development or language acquisition) has only noticed problems in one domain.[/quote]

+1. Not mom's fault at all. This therapist sounds terrible.[/quote]

As a speech pathologist I'm extremely concerned about everything I've heard about them. OP, please take your child to a new practice. This person doesn't seem to be serving your family's best interests and they certainly aren't following best practices.[/quote]

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