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Hi!
Another long day yesterday!
Finally we are getting somewhere!After the dev. ped. spent 2 hrs with Kaden, she seems to know what is going on and it makes sense!Kaden has mild neuromotor abnormality that directly affects his eating and speech. He also has dyspagia (swallowing difficulty) and mild hypotonia that also affects his jaw/facial muscles also making it difficult for him to pronouce words correctly and his eating.It’s really funny b/c I had his speech checked a couple of months ago through the state and they said it was fine, but their test is saying 1 word at a time and having the child repeat it back. Kaden can say 1 word just fine and pronounce it correctly, giving him the normal to above normal speech. But if you ask Kaden to say a sentence (or if he is trying to tell you what he wants) the neuromotor abnormality that he has makes it very difficult for him and he has VERY poor articulation of speech. He knows what he wants to say but his mouth cannot get it out correctly. this is why he is so hard to understand and gives up after a few tries of saying it. This causes tantruming which is the only real behavioral concern we had. She said this abnormality affects being able to get the mouth to work together to chew and swallow. This is why he limits himself to things that are really easy for him to eat and why he is petrified to eat anything new or of any kind of “texture”.They referred him to their speech therapy dept and to their behavioral psychology dept. so they can start working with him on his behaviors toward food. She said he is very intelligent and well-rounded and some of the things he has are hard to indentify bc they are mild. She said it was good I was persistent to our pedi that there was a problem. 🙂I will keep you posted on his therapy and how he does.jilly78 2008-05-17 07:56:50
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