2 year old questions

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I really wish I knew exactly what Ian needs!! This is the letter I sent to his

TOD today. Do you guys have any insight for me? What did your 2 year olds do

in speech/class?

" I have a couple of concerns I wanted to talk to you about.

We have changed therapists at JWPOSD. They are supposed to be working on fine

tuning his oral motor skills. I don't really see that happening. I am really

wondering if his speech improvements are from JW or just from him maturing.

Our schedule is as follows:

Tuesdays:

Speech 9:00 to 9:45

Circle 9:45 to 9:50

Outside (with myself and the aide) 9:50 to 10:20

Snack 10:20 to 10:35

Closing Circle 10:40 to 10:55.

So on Tuesdays he isn't getting any real class time. They do circle, and sing

songs. It seems to me that being there in class is almost a waste. I mean I

can sing songs at home and take him to the park and he would be getting one on

one time.

Thursdays are slightly different in that he has therapy from 10-10:45 so he does

get a bit of classroom time, but I am not in the room. So he spends a good

portion of the time not participating and being upset.

It is my thought that if Ian did not have any hearing loss that he would be too

immature for preschool right now. He has a hard time with it. Couple that with

the time it takes us to get to and from, and it just seem like something he is

not getting a great benefit from. It is a GREAT school, but I just wonder if it

isn't too much for him too early on.

What I am seeing in his speech therapy sessions is alot of exposure. Which is

great, but I really think he needs fine tuning. Like when he says , he

says homas.

Example: Yesterday at speech they played with playdoh, asking Ian what he

wanted to make, making a smiley face and a train, asking what is missing from

the train. Then they did puzzles, matching the dirty shirt with the clean

shirt. She mixed them up on the floor and wanted him to match them. Repeating

dirty shirt, clean shirt, dirty shirt, clean shirt. They then did playdoh and

she had him find different animal shapes. I am just not understanding where she

is going with it?! Or what it has to do with his oral motor skills.

Any insight for me? I am just wondering what to do. I am seeing an improvement

in his overall speech, but not in his pronunciation. Which is what he needs for

mainstream preschool, right? "

Thanks so much!

Tawnya