03-05-2008, 08:40 AM
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In OUR case, yes there is a direct link between DS's oral issues and his severe speech issues. DS has had feeding issues, oral aversions, sensory and speech issues since we adopted him at 8 months old.
My only suggestion is to find a private place to do the evaluations...the county we lived in when we brought DS home was pretty quick...about a two month wait for the full evaluation. But we moved between the eval and starting ST...and then we had to wait 4 months to get him into ST. Once DS was out of ST through EI...it was a nightmare getting him an evaluation from a sensory familiar OT through EI...finally he turned 3 and we went through our GREAT school district. He is now doing great and in just the past 6 weeks his speech has blossomed so much...he started a great SN preschool in September and the improvement is nothing short of a miracle.
To this day we still struggle with him eating and speaking...DS has a very, very limited menu as to what he will eat...he hates meat other than chicken nuggets. He is still on pedisure and was on formula until he was over 2.
Good luck...I would also mention a trip to the ENT...DS had fluid, not infections in his ears and that impacted his speech as well.
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