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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, my child has severe MERLD along with auditory processing issues and a learning disorder. So his prognosis has been much more difficult than that of so many other MERLD children we know. In high school, he is in a mix of regular classes and special ed classes.

Typically the outcome hinges on receptive language. When your child's receptive language catches up, the rest of their issues fade out. Some still have anxiety because of the years of being behind. Some have to compensate if their receptive remains somewhat weak, but they learn to. And while I know people are all about early intervention, in my experience,  the only fix for receptive language is time.

Let me know if you have other questions. 
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Did you feel like school helped your son along or did it make him more frustrated? [/quote]

Not this poster and my child doesn't have anxiety but we've had a really bad public school experience as like PP the school doesn't really understand this style of language disorder and assumes its ADHD or ASD and they basically have set up our child not to ask for help given the classroom style.  Our experience in a regular private was much different.  Teachers were not specifically trained but patient and really took that time and I think having that early on made a huge difference.  An IEP is only as good as those working with your child and its worthless if they don't follow it or don't care.  We dropped our IEP as it was doing more harm than good.  Time is really the only fix for receptive language.  Speech therapy gives them tools when they are ready to talk but you cannot force speech and it comes when it comes.  Our biggest issue has been because the group/center work is very verbal child cannot always express thoughts so they get penalized into lower groups because of the verbal issue.  The SLP at school refused to work on issues related to school work and does her own thing which is relevant to the other kids in the group, but not my child.  I was against standardized tests, like the MAP until I realized it was the only way to prove my child was far more capable than they believe.[/quote]

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