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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so tired of this debate. It is nonsense. There are so many individual variables for children, the most of important of which is probably ultimately iq, that this is all nonsense. But the speech people. Receptive delays are probably the most difficult to treat and the most indicative of cognitive issues. I know, my child has them. So stand down on this whole silly debate. Speech therapy and all good therapy is tailored to the child and not the diagnosis. So much of this is thinking you're in for an easier path if it's x and not y. But there is simply no way at all to know that. [/quote]

While, I'm tired of the debate too, what is going on with the child is important.  A child with expressive and receptive issue is going to have a much more difficult time than a child with just expressive issues.  A child with severe apraxia will have a much harder time than a child with expressive issues.  A child with just receptive issues is going to have an even more difficult time if someone doesn't catch it (although often it is caught later on and called auditory processing).  A child with severe autism is not going to fair as well as one with HFA or Aspergers (depending on how it impacts them).  Of course, IQ has a huge part in it but you have kids who are low functioning autism who are really bright.  Its very hard to test kids early on.  We only had one person offer the non-verbal IQ and even then he said it would not be fully accurate.

[b]Sadly, most SLP's, OT's and ABA just aren't very goo[/b]d.  Many often have their own agenda and don't listen to the parents or kids.

Some of it is also your personal tolerance to different behaviors and needs.[/quote]

Yes, this is what we found. And the therapy approach made a huge difference.  No parent should assume that they do the same things for all types of language issues. There's one or two posters who like to sell that to SN parents on these boards, but it's a crock. Been there, done that! Specificity makes all the difference in your child's progress. [/quote]

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