Ogma

Background

Information on the child's family background to help with personalising sessions

Parent details

Louise Weiss

Parent's main concern

I am concerned about emotional regulation and I think he goes into hyperfocus with arts and crafts and things that interest him, so I got him on the waitlist for an ADHD assessment. He's currently too young.

Concerns in other areas of development

Family history of speech, language or communication needs

Father has dyslexia and stammer.

Other professionals or carers involved

He has been assessed twice by Waltham Forest SLT. Age 2:6 for speech delay - he had like 4-6 words at 2.5. SLT recommended simple strategies which we were already doing. Once his older sister started school he had a vocab explosion and now has really strong receptive and expressive lang. Seen again in Aug this year due to poor intelligibility (flagged by nursery). I hadn't been concerned as thought still age appropriate and language was fine, but they flagged not age appropriate. He still sometimes dribbles a little too (when concentrating or tired) so I was a bit concerned about general weakness of articulatory muscles? SLT just focused on K and G and gave simple strategies for at home, but I think there are more sounds he has issues with and she didn't say anything about the dribbling so I want a more thorough assessment to understand if there's more too this than slightly delayed K and G sounds.

Other languages spoken in the household

Current interests

Loves balls, planes, helicopters, animals, whales, turtles, snails, dogs. Shows he loves Paw patrol, octonauts, lion king, the snail and the whale

Common dinner

His favourite food is steak! He loves steak, sausages, fish and chips, pizza (all the healthy stuff), cucumber, rice cakes, marmite, jelly, ice cream, strawberries, black berries, raspberries

Case history

Background to the child's development so far

Has the child had a hearing test in the last 6 months?

Yes

Does the child move quickly between activities?

Sometimes

Does the child interact with adults?

Yes

Does the child play with other children by joining in and taking turns?

Yes

Does the child make eye contact when interacting?

Yes

Does the child cope with changes in their routine?

Sometimes

Does the child respond to their name?

Yes

Can the child point to familiar body parts and objects?

Yes

Does the child respond to simple instructions such as ‘put your shoes on’?

Yes

Does the child use gestures like waving or clapping?

Yes

Does the child point to request objects of interest?

Yes

Does the child use single words to communicate?

Yes

Is the child joining two words or more in a sentence?

Yes

Do immediate members of the family understand the child’s talking?

Yes

Is the child intelligible to people outside the immediate family?

Sometimes

Does the child stammer on words or sounds?

If the child is presenting with a stammer, is there a family history of it?

Yes

Are their concerns about swallow safety? (e.g. repeated chest infections, coughing/choking when eating or drinking)

Are sucking, biting and chewing skills age appropriate

Yes

Do mealtimes last more than 30 minutes?

Sometimes