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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of speech delays and attention issues in my kindergarten students the last few years. Definite deficits in non verbal communication too. I’ve had to do lessons on how to play with the blocks and other toys I have in my classroom. It’s sad that kids don’t know how to play because their parents hand over the devices to them.

I had a conference this week where the mom handed her 5 yr old his own phone and he swiped around for 15 minutes not spending more than a minute or two looking at any one video or game. Yep, that is their attention span these days. [/quote]

Doubtful. Kids have delays all the time even before Covid. Even if parents do everything right they can still have delays.  I’d hand my kid a device in that situation.  From 2-5 they had daily speech therapy, sometimes twice a day.  After that three times a week after school.  School and teachers did nothing to help.  Stop posting and ask for an evaluation and speech therapy for those kids.  Devices can be helpful if used in the right way.  [/quote]

I’ve never had to refer 50% of my class for speech screenings before last year. This year is around 40%. Nobody is talking to the kids at home. Nobody talk to them even at pick up/drop off. Their parents are on the phone. Some parents hand their phone or another phone to the kid at pick up. Sometimes we have huge meltdowns in the morning when parents take their phones away from the kids when kids enter school. It’s insane. [/quote]

You don’t understand speech issues.  It has nothing to do with someone talking to them at home.  It also could be hearing issues.  [/quote]

“Neglect or a lack of stimulation in a caring environment – Children who are not spoken to enough, and who do not receive adequate parental or attention from a guardian during their formative years may experience speech delay. This delay may be offset by support with speech and language learning.”

https://fdna.com/health/resource-center/the-causes-of-speech-delay/
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