thank you Mich
The speechies and I were talking about CAPD but they both didn't think my daughter ticked the boxes. But it's still something I'm keeping in mind.
We homeschool so I can do things with my daughter as much as possible. I will be using a programme called 'All About Spelling' as part of her literacy, as I have some friends with kids that have severe dyslexia and this has been the only programme that has worked.
As my daughter has an ASD (Aspergers) diagnosis, this means she may be more unlikely to get a CAPD diagnosis in the future even if there is a problem, because it seems like all the medical professionals consider it all part of ASD
My daughter's paediatrician is an ASD specialist, I really like this woman and she has been brilliant with us, but she's in the camp of people who don't really believe there is such a thing as APD/CAPD
Our 2E teacher friend did confess to me she suspects we will have dyslexia issues with my daughter.
However I sometimes feel that my daughter (who is quite stubborn and very "my way or the highway!") is stuck in the routine/habit of saying words a certain way and sees no reason to change them. I told her that if she doesn't say "horSe", her friends won't understand that she is talking about a horse. So she does try at times.
Sometimes she has really surprised the speech therapist with pronouncing something. For eg she never says "happy", she just says "ha". The speechie pointed to a happy picture and said the word, and my daughter repeated it without a problem. The incentive is my daughter gets to put a sticker on the picture, so she really does try to say the words.
Because she often gets the words right in the session, the speechie is wondering if it is more about a habit, rather than a genuine disability/problem. She hasn't encountered this before and admits she's baffled (which is fine with me, at least she's honest and we work together!).
I thought the success was because we are using cued articulation (so even if there's an auditory problem, my daughter sees the visual cue)... but we have been in the dark at bed time when I've had my daughter repeat words correctly.
