Amanda's delayed speech ( part 2)

      Like I said from my last post on Amanda's delayed speech, her NeuroDev Pediatrician recommended to avail of speech therapy from a speech pathologist. I was a given a list of therapy centers and I chose the one closer to where we live, in Paranaque. It's called Communicare Therapy Center for Children, located at Aguirre Avenue corner Jerusalem Street, BF Homes Paranaque City. Most of their speech therapists/pathologists are female. So far I've only seen two male therapists there. 

     Before the speech therapy proper to begin, first the Center will send you via e-mail a lengthy information sheet to be filled up then to be emailed back to them. Next, the parents should attend a family meeting with one of the coordinators of the center. Then, your child will be scheduled for assessment test with a fee of P2,500.00. After assessment, therapy proper may begin the following week or so depending on the available schedule of the therapist given to your child. And oh, you will also be asked to pay P2,600.00 deposit before your child therapy begins. An hour's worth of therapy is P650.00. My daughter's doctor only recommended a 0nce-a-week therapy session with the speech pathologist.

     So far, my daughter had been doing speech therapy for almost 7 months now. All I can say is that therapy had been beneficial for her progress. Amanda is now able to answer questions answerable by yes or no, no longer parrots, and has become more sociable. Well, she does attend Nursery class by the way. But so far me and my husband have seen a  lot of improvement. Not quite the narrating type of child...but we're getting there!

     So if you think your child has some sort of speech delay, I would suggest that he/she undergo therapy. But first, find a very good Neurodevelopmental Pediatrician. By the way, my daughter's doctor is Dr. Cielo Malihan of Perpetual Help Las Pinas Hospital.