Hmmm...

We went to the ENT doc in W town. A very nice young doctor and one we could talk to pretty well. We gave him papers from the school (about J's speech problems). He looked them over and J had a hearing test. He can hear perfect.

So hearing is not the problem. Then the doctor checked out his "problems" that the speech teacher thought was the problem of why he couldn't articulate. He told us that he was normal.
Hmmm...so now what? Why does J have articulation problems? Why has he plateaued?

The doctor asked how long J has had the speech teacher. So we said since pre-school. He recommended that we get a second opinion on his speech. That perhaps that J had not plateaued, but the teacher had.

Hmmm....! We apparently need to change teachers as his problem is fixable. We are considering doing a follow up with a speech teacher/therapist in W town. Either the ENT recommended person or the family doc recommended person.

Just maybe if we get a teacher for the rest of the summer...doing one-on-one speech therapy maybe we wouldn't have to go through the school anymore. Of course, it would cost (not sure about insurance), but maybe the new teacher would be able to improve J's speech.

When we had the meeting with the speech teacher, she offered to try with another one (IF that teacher could work him in). Now I am thinking if we got a new one in W town (depending how long it would take to improve him) we could just use that one.

BTW, the speech teacher wanted to know what the ENT doc had to say. Hmmm...? Should I tell her that he blames her (the speech teacher) for his non-improvement?

No. Just getting a new speech teacher and not accepting services through the school should give her a clue.