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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 429299" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Thank you all for this useful help. I think the idea of explaining why we are going to see the speech therapist (in a way that doesn't blame him) is a good one - now I just have to think of something! I'm not sure if he has any difficulties HE would identify at school in terms of language. I will reflect...</p><p>It was a rather odd session, as I say, but in the little bit of "work" that we did manage to do, two things came up - does anyone know what, if anything, they might mean? The therapist asked J to repeat sentences that she said. This he did mainly without difficulty. One he just could not repeat. It was (translated from French) "The boy saw pictures in the newspaper." I am pretty certain he does not know what a newspaper is and I'm also not sure he knows the French word in this context for pictures... So presumably he could not repeat the word because he did not understand the meaning?</p><p>Secondly he had some trouble arranging the sequence of picture cards - some children building a snowman and then playing with it. He had no difficulty with the first parts of the sequence - the children waking up, seeing the snow, going out into the garden, starting the snowman, etc. However in the last three pictures, which were more similar, all with a fully built snowman, he couldn't do it... The therapist said, "No, no, that isn't logical!" I think J does have some problems with rational thought. Here is a good real-life example. Today is Wednesday, no school, I have no work so J is staying home with me. This afternoon we have gym class. Twice or three times J has asked if he can go to gym. He doesn't seem to understand, or to remember, that it is not possible to go NOW because the class is this afternoon...</p><p>I'm clutching at straws really with the bits of information that came to light in this interview. Have been waiting for it for months and turned out to be a real anti-climax! Such is life <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 429299, member: 11227"] Thank you all for this useful help. I think the idea of explaining why we are going to see the speech therapist (in a way that doesn't blame him) is a good one - now I just have to think of something! I'm not sure if he has any difficulties HE would identify at school in terms of language. I will reflect... It was a rather odd session, as I say, but in the little bit of "work" that we did manage to do, two things came up - does anyone know what, if anything, they might mean? The therapist asked J to repeat sentences that she said. This he did mainly without difficulty. One he just could not repeat. It was (translated from French) "The boy saw pictures in the newspaper." I am pretty certain he does not know what a newspaper is and I'm also not sure he knows the French word in this context for pictures... So presumably he could not repeat the word because he did not understand the meaning? Secondly he had some trouble arranging the sequence of picture cards - some children building a snowman and then playing with it. He had no difficulty with the first parts of the sequence - the children waking up, seeing the snow, going out into the garden, starting the snowman, etc. However in the last three pictures, which were more similar, all with a fully built snowman, he couldn't do it... The therapist said, "No, no, that isn't logical!" I think J does have some problems with rational thought. Here is a good real-life example. Today is Wednesday, no school, I have no work so J is staying home with me. This afternoon we have gym class. Twice or three times J has asked if he can go to gym. He doesn't seem to understand, or to remember, that it is not possible to go NOW because the class is this afternoon... I'm clutching at straws really with the bits of information that came to light in this interview. Have been waiting for it for months and turned out to be a real anti-climax! Such is life :-) [/QUOTE]
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