I guess it was an actual assessment even though I didn't ask for one. I'm not sure I understand exactly why the ENT needs a referral before he snips Brogan's tongue.

Brogan doesn't yet have any words other than "uh?" which is his "word" for what's that, who's that, can I have that... He understands a ton of commands and his occupational skills (taking off his socks and shirt, putting stuff into a hole in a bucket, fitting things together, etc is above average according to the therapist but she says he's quite delayed in his speech. I agree that he's not advanced in talking but I still think that he's within range. Oh well. She wants me to concentrate on repetition and naming things and ignore all abstract words. So I when Brogan shows me a ball, I should only be calling it a ball, not a red ball and certainly not just the colour itself. He has a picture book though where one whole page is just squares of colour and, as with all the other pages in the book, he points to each item and asks "uh?". I will still tell him the colour when he asks.

I can see her point in not using abstract words like it, them, there, etc. but I felt a little like she was talking down to me. Why do a lot of people feel that way? I know a few people who have had to work with speech therapists and they felt the same. Are we automatically defensive? "There's nothing wrong with my kid!" ?? She was nice but she drove me a little crazy.

She said to book another appointment for two to three months ahead (which I've done) and that there's no judgment if I don't come in before then but then if I feel that I need the support, I can come in every week if I want. I guess we'll see how it goes. I can sit on the other side of the one-way mirror and watch her with Brogan or she can watch me or we can sit together to see how we're doing, what things we could improve on, etc.

She's going to do up a report for me from our session. I'm assuming that once she fires off a letter to the ENT he'll call me about setting up the appt for the snip.

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