Thursday, August 27, 2009
Hayden
Our class discussion yesterday really got me thinking about times in my life where I have been in situations where I was not able to communicate effectively with people and how frustrating it can really be. Also it reminded me so much of my nephew Hayden, who is just 3 years old, soon to be 4, and has just started pre-school this year. Hayden has a small speech problem which makes some of his words hard to understand. People in my family that have been around him his whole life do not have a problem understanding him but I have seen where he has tried to talk to other people and them not be able to understand him and how frustrating it is for him. Also he gets very upset when his mother or father has to tell the person he is trying to talk to what he is actually saying because he does not understand why that person can’t understand him. Being so young Hayden does not understand that he has a speech problem yet and his feelings get hurt when people just ignore him because they can’t understand him. He is one of the reasons why I went into CDS, so that maybe one day I can help a child like Hayden.
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Natalie, you have witnessed first hand and very personally exactly what happens over and over with so many children and adults - they simply are not understood. They may be highly intelligent but face an obstacle or a challenge in communicating clearly the message they want to share. Our role is helping to the person to reduce or remove those so that life long barriers aren't created. It is possible!
ReplyDeleteMy twin cousins who have just turned three have also been having speech problems for the majority of their lives. Since they started day care last year and were around other kids their age they started picking up on things so much faster. They started preschool this year and we can already tell a huge difference in both of them.
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