tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673598978629390697.post6313398142128039081..comments2024-03-28T20:36:01.373+11:00Comments on The Snow Report: Language skills and the social gradientPamela Snow | The Snow Reporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754222675609183221noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673598978629390697.post-18613312325934981472018-09-17T13:20:21.690+10:002018-09-17T13:20:21.690+10:00My spouse and I are not low SES, do have professio...My spouse and I are not low SES, do have professional degrees, and do speak English as our primary language. However, our sons have all exhibited speech disorders when young while our daughters did not. One of the biggest challenges I have observed is the failure of intermediary agencies to provide sufficient services in the schools and the abject failure of state departments of education to require schools and intermediary agencies within their jurisdiction to do their job. The problem does not seem to be money. The problem is where the money in the system goes and a lack of personal accountability by administrators. My real point is that language difficulties are not limited to low SES families but occur across income levels. My family just had the means and advocacy skills to get our children help. Plus, our experience suggests there is a genetic factor involved in speech impairments and that some children are on a different developmental scale than others. I will add that I have been surprised at how much educational administrators talk down to parents and try to marginalize their concerns despite the results of tests given by the administrators' employees. Undoubtedly many parents don't have the time and resources to advocate for their children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com