Preschool and Speech Development Delay

Hello, I thought I could help you. My son is also speech impared as I call it. He is now 6 and still has speech problems. At the age of 2 he went to AID. When he was 3 he started going through the school dist. They did a screening on him and was excepted into a preschool setting that helped him with his speech as well. He stayed in this class until he started kindergarten. He still gets speech therepy as of this day in school and he is in 1st grade. So call your school dist and have him screened. Why pay for a preschool when you can have it thru your school dist. You already pay taxes. Good Luck

Hi C. -
My son Roland had help with his speech delay from early intervention program which is state sponsored. But this is for kids younger than 3. They helped us transition our son into the early childhood program in our school district in Lisle. You can contact your school district to find out about having your son evaluated. Our town is open to evaluations all year round. Other towns have specific dates that this is done. Push for the service...your taxes are paying for it!!
Roland is in our school district's preschool every day from 1230-3p.
Good luck!
S. in Lisle

Hello C.,
I would check the Naperville/Wheaton School district, some districts have these programs in place for children even entering into pre-school.
hope this helps!!
W.

First off, you should definitely send your son to preschool. Preschool is all part of his education. If he gets to kindergarten without any preschool, he will be soooooooo behind (academically as well as socially). Also, check your local school district in Wheaton. He might be eligible for speech therapy through your school district. (during preschool he gets 1/2 hr of speech therapy). At no cost to you. Also check with your insurance to see what kind of coverage you have, but you could also go through your local college (speech/pathology dept.) and get a cheaper speech evualation. But preschool is a must in every child's education today. It helps with social skills, learning to follow teacher's commands, fine motor skills (cutting, drawing, etc.), making friends (and other social skills -playing in groups, sharing toys/supplies, etc.), and some preschools have a strong academic base (start learning letters, etc. - all done in a fun way!) Hope this helps! Good luck!

not sure where you live, but Plainfield Bonnie Mc Beth Preshool offers all those type of services- speech etc. I hear they are awesome. It is more of a "big kid" school setting if you are looking for that. They have bigger class sizes with teacher aides. I always hear good things about this school.

Hi C.,

I'm a school psych in Wheaton at a public school. Jefferson Preschool is an awesome resource for students who need some early interventions. They have a wide span of children with and without needs, and have great speech paths, OTs, and special ed teachers. We have many students from Jefferson come to our school who are basically 'fixed.' Your son is the right age to start looking into Jefferson (entry starts at age 3). School is in session 4 days a week for half a day.

Hope this helps1

If you enroll him in ECDEC through the school district he will get therapy at the school. My 3 year old was getting speech and language through Early Intervention at the daycare but once they turn three then they have to be in Early Childhood and that is arranged through the school district. Personally I think preschool is a very good idea for children with special needs. The socialization is well worth it if nothing else but they also hear other children speak on a daily basis which helps them out. My 3 year old has been talking better since he's been enrolled in ECDEC.

Hi C. my name is S. and I'm going threw the same problem with my son who is almost 5!Me and my fiance didn't agree on this either until we took him to a screening at a early childhood school and they told us he was untestable and needed special ed. Of course to hear those two words together is devasting to any parent but what I'm learning is that him going to preschool is not only gonna help his speech problem but help any other area he's behind in. So reasure your husband that the teachers at the preschool are more equipted to help yours son's speech delay than keeping him at home trying to work with it,thats how my problems began with my son was by us keeping him home. So I hope that i've had some good advice for you to help ease your worries.