Speech Screening

We had Maggie's speech screened on Friday because we've noticed she's leaving off beginning s sounds (ie. snake is nake), and substituting the p sound for a beginning f sound (ie. fish is pish). Luckily, she is really good about repeating it correctly after we say something and she doesn't get frustrated with us, but she is not really initiating the correct way on her own. Well, she ended up qualifying for speech. In April, we will meet to sign her speech IEP, and once she turns 3 on April 14th, she will start receiving speech services (most likely once a week for 30 minutes). She will go to speech for April and May until school gets out for the summer and then pick back up with it in August when school starts. Let me just say, it was really difficult for me to be on the other side of things for a change. I knew Maggie was making these errors/substitutions, that's why we wanted her screened. I also knew that this is the best thing for her, but it was hard being the parent of the child on an IEP vs. the teacher.