I have no idea if this is the right place to post this question, so if I’m in the wrong place, please let me know.
My son has always had a stammering problem. He uses a lot of filler pauses like “ah, ah, ah, and, and, and”, and weird endings like repeating the last part of word, “for instance “like, ike, ike.” He took some speech therapy for stuttering and it did help some, but not much.
My main concern right now is his habit of talking in dangling modifers, or screwing up the word order in his sentences. The doctors can’t explain this. Here’s a sample:
” I just read in the paper, <long pause> an article”…..long pause and the goes into his explanation which also has lots of ums, ahs etc.
“I just bought at new coat at the store, <long pause> made of leather.”
“Pick up it”
“Put back it”
“Three, one or two” instead of one, two and three
WHAT IS THIS!!!!!!! Sometimes he does this in his writing as well. Although he knows to look for these errors in writing, he can’t get past it in his speech. It’s like he has mini black outs in his thinking. Is there such a LD as a grammar disorder or is this some sort of expressive disorder related to the speech?
Thanks,
Andrea
Re: Speech ? Can anyone answer this?
That is the type of language “glitch” that is seen frequently in the children at my son’s school - all of whom are dx with langugae based LD and are dyslexic for all practical purposes.
I think there is, although I wouldn’t know off-hand what to call it. Syntax disorder? Anyway, yes it does happen. Most people make this kind of slip of the tongue to some small degree, but this sounds much more serious if it is a regular thing.
You want to talk to pattim on this board; she is a speech therapist and would know more about this issue. Post in Teaching LD with “for pattim” as your title and she should see it in a few days. You could also send her a private message by using the pm feature of this board, but keeping the discussion open may find others with experience to add to the discussion.