Baby Rian's visit to Speech language Pathologist Part 1

Let me share to you what happens when my baby Rian was evaluated by Speech  Language Pathologist.

Schedule to a Developmental Pedia: 1 month leadtime. It means that if you want your child to be evaluated on September, you must call for a schedule in August.

Check-up Fee: 1,100 pesos

No. of hours check-up is conducted: 1 hr

Where: Mercado Hospital Tanuan

Speech Languange Pathologist: Kaycee Farol

Part 1: Speech Language Pathologist ask Mommy to fill-up a form while playing with Rian

Sample questions in the form:

            Pregnancy problems/abnormalities

            Development Delay: What month was she able to say mama

                                   What year was she able to walk

                                    Words that she can say now

Part 11: Imitation of Alphabet sound while playing: Toy used playing was blocks.

              Before she gives 1 block to Rian, Speech Language Pathologist ask her to identify the toys.

             A--> pronounce Ah

             B--> pronounce Bah

             C--> pronounce Cah

             D--> pronounce Dah

             E--> pronounce Eh

             F--> pronounce Fah

             G--> pronounce Gah

             …

             …

            Z--> pronounce Zah

Part 111: Identify toys.Toy used playing was blocks.

                Before Speech Language Pathologist gives 1 block to Rian, she ask her to identify the toys.

         Sample Toys:

             Plate

             Spoon

             Fork

             Book

             Doll

Part 1V: Check Tongue and Ear

            Ear: Speech Language Pathologist let Rian play around 2 meters away from her then she calls her

                   Good sign: She must look at therapist when called by her name

            Tongue: Speech Language Pathologist ask Rian to show her tongue. Then ask her to move up and down her  tongue.

Summary of Findings:

1.)    No problem with her ears

2.)    No problem with her tongue

3.)    Difficulty in saying: F and S

4.)    Echolalia

5.)    Limited vocabulary

Recommendations:

1.)    Since we are using 3 dialects at home: tagalog, ilocano, English. Therapist said that we must concentrate on one dialect only. We must identify her primary language. We must write down her current vocabulary, if most of the words she know is English then English is her primary language. When talking to her, we must talk to her in English only.

We can introduce 3 dialects at the same if the child does not have speech delay. However, since Rian is delayed in her speech then we must concentrate on one language only

   

      2.)  Next step is to increase her vocabulary. One of the reasons why a child cannot communicate is   the lack of vocabulary. She simply doesn’t know the word to use to express her thoughts.

To see the official result provided by the Speech Language Pathologist, you check my post: Baby Rian's visit to Speech language Pathologist Part 2