TAKE YOU TO THE HEARING THAT SHUT DOWN AND ASPHALT FACILITY FOR THE SECOND TIME COMING UP.
ALERT FOR PARENTS. NOW THE CDC
UPDATE IS DEVELOPMENTAL
MILESTONES FOR CHILDREN FIRST
TIME THEY’VE DONE THAT IN 20
YEARS, AND THESE ARE GUIDELINES
FOR WIN. MOST CHILDREN SHOULD
ADOPT CERTAIN SKILLS LIKE TAKING
THEIR FIRST STEPS, SAYING THEIR
FIRST WORDS. IT’S THE NEW
LANGUAGE MILESTONES THAT HAVE
REALLY CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF
SPEECH PROFESSIONALS WAS REALLY
CONCERNED FOR A WHILE ABOUT MY
SON’S LANGUAGE SKILLS. HE
STARTED TO SAY JUST A FEW WORDS
ABOUT 15 MONTHS. AND THAT WAS
RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PANDEMIC, AND I KEPT WONDERING
IF HE WAS WHERE HE SHOULD BE
CONSIDERING WE WERE ALL STAYING
HOME WEARING MASKS. THAT’S A
PICTURE OF HIM AND THE THIRD
BIRTHDAY, BUT BUT HE WASN’T AND
THAT HE WASN’T GETTING THE
SOCIAL INTERACTION AS WELL,
GOING OUT TO GROCERY STORE AND
YOU KNOW ALL OF THAT, BUT A LOT
OF PARENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE
PANDEMIC ON THEIR CHILDREN,
INCLUDING ME. THE BLUE CAR, GOOD
TALKING WYATT AND A HALF WHY
IT’S LANGUAGE SKILLS ARE NOW
THRIVING. HE’S BEEN IN SPEECH
THERAPY FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
HIS MOM, MALLORY SAYS IT WAS
OBVIOUS TO HER AT ABOUT HIS
FIRST BIRTHDAY THAT WHY IT’S
LANGUAGE SKILLS WERE DELAYED WHO
WAS GOOD WITH HIS RECEPTIVE
LANGUAGE LIKE HE COULD
UNDERSTAND A LOT, BUT HE
COULDN’T EXPRESS HIMSELF
FOLLOWED HER MOTHERLY INSTINCT.
SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
WORRY MORE PARENTS WILL TAKE A
WAIT AND SEE APPROACH WITH THESE
NEW GUIDELINES. JENNIFER
ROSENTHAL IS THE DIRECTOR OF
BIRMINGHAM’S SPEECH AND LANGUAGE
. THE WAY THE CDC PRESENTED THE
OLD MILESTONES WAS SHOWING WHAT
50% OF KIDS SHOULD BE DOING AT
EACH AGE RANGE. THE NEW
MILESTONE SHOW AT 75% OF KIDS
SHOULD BE DOING SO THE INTENTION
WAS REALLY GOOD. THEY WANTED TO
TRY TO TARGET THOSE KIDS THAT
WERE DEFINITELY DELAYED. BUT THE
REALITY IS WHEN A PARENT LOOKS
AT THOSE MILESTONES. THEY MIGHT
THEN THINK THAT THEY HAVE LONGER
TO WAIT BEFORE THEIR CHILD HAS
TO MEET THAT. BENCHMARK HERE IS
ANOTHER EXAMPLE. THE OLD
GUIDELINES SUGGESTED A 24 MONTH
OLD WOULD HAVE AN AVERAGE
VOCABULARY OF 50 WORDS, BUT THE
NEW GUIDELINES SAY A 30 MONTH
OLD SHOULD HAVE A VOCABULARY OF
50 WORDS. WHERE’D IT GO? SPEECH
AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST FEAR
THESE REVISED GUIDELINES COULD
SLOW REFERRALS FOR EARLY
INTERVENTION. SO THAT MEANS THAT
TIME IN WHICH CHILDREN ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLICLY FUNDED
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED
FOR FREE OR AT A REDUCED COST
WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE IF THE
CHILD HAS AGED OUT EARLY
INTERVENTION IN MICHIGAN, HIS
BIRTH TO THREE SO IF WE’RE NOT
IDENTIFYING THESE KIDS WITH
LANGUAGE DELAYS UNTIL 30 MONTHS
THEY DON’T HAVE A LOT OF TIME
LEFT IN THEIR EARLY
INTERVENTION. ADDITIONALLY
SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS SAY THE
GUIDELINES DON’T CONSISTENTLY
LINE UP TO THOSE REPORTED BY THE
AMERICAN SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING
ASSOCIATION. WE WOULD DEFINITELY
SAY NEXT TIME YOU ARE DECIDING
TO CREATE NEW MILESTONES REACH
OUT TO THE AMERICAN SPEECH,
LANGUAGE AND HEARING ASSOCIATION
. IT’S A HUGE NETWORK OF SPEECH
PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGIST.
WHERE EXPERIENCE WERE LICENSED.
WE DO THIS EVERY DAY. AS FOR WHY
IT’S MOM, SHE SAYS WAITING WOULD
HAVE DONE WHY IT A HUGE
DISSERVICE. IT’S INCREDIBLE. HE
NOT ONLY HAS A SPEECH COME ALONG
, BUT ITS PERSONALITY JUST
BLOSSOMED. IT WAS LIKE THIS
WHOLE NEW WYATT. YOU KNOW, IT
JUST GAVE HIM THE CHANCE TO SHOW
US WHO HE REALLY IS, AND NOW HE
DOESN’T STOP TALKING IN GOOD
JOB. AS CUTE AS HE CAN BE, AND
THE CITY SEE DECLINED MY REQUEST
FOR AN ON CAMERA INTERVIEW, BUT
THEY DID WILLINGLY ANSWER MY
QUESTIONS VIA EMAIL AS
SPECIFICALLY ASKED, WHY WOULD
YOU LOWER THE LANGUAGE
MILESTONES AND TODDLERS AT A
TIME LIKE THIS? THEY MADE IT
VERY CLEAR THAT THE MILESTONES
WERE NOT LOWERED, JUST REVISED
TO ASSIGN SKILLS TO AGES WHEN
MOST CHILDREN 75% OR MORE WOULD
BE EXPECTED TO EXHIBIT A
PARTICULAR BEHAVIOR AND TO
IMPROVE CLARITY ABOUT WHEN TO
TAKE ACTION. THEY ALSO SAID THE
RESEARCH AND REVISIONS WERE DONE
IN 2019 AND NOT RELATED TO THE
PANDEMIC BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME
CRITICS WHO ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW
, THIS IS JUST A COVER UP HOW
BAD OUR CHILDREN ARE DOING OR
HOW POORLY OUR CHILDREN ARE
DOING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, BUT
YOU CAN READ THE RESPONSE TO
THEIR ANSWERS ON OUR WEBSITE.
JUST GO TO THE STORY.
CLICKONDETROIT’S YOU CAN SEE
YOUR QUESTION WORKING BOTH WAYS,
RIGHT? YES WHY WOULD YOU DO IT
NOW? AND SOMEONE WOULD SAY WE
HAVE TO DO IT NOW BECAUSE IT’S
AN INTENSE TIME AND WE DON’T
REALLY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT’S GOING
ON IN THE GROUND REALLY GOOD
STUFF. BUT THIS IS AN ISSUE
YOU’RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT. IT
IS AND IF I HAD ONE THING TO
TELL PARENTS, I WOULD SAY, TRUST
YOUR GUT. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW
YOUR CHILD BE AN ADVOCATE FOR
YOUR CHILD AND THEN ALSO READ
AND TALK TO YOUR CHILD. YOU’RE
AN ADVOCATE FOR READING, BUT
ALSO THE MORE THAT YOU CAN
INTERACT AND WE REALLY PLAY OUT
THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. I AM
PUTTING MILK IN THE GLASS RIGHT
NOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE REALLY ACTED
OUT. YEAH, I TOTALLY AGREE. AND
BEZELS HAIR IS A NATIONAL
TREASURE. IS IT NOT BERNIE?