An SLP Helps a Child With Autism; a Mother is Grateful

Editor’s note: Mauricer Marshall lives in St. Kitts and is the mother of a child with autism. She wrote this blog post to share her experience of working with Florida-based SLP Sheryl Rosin, who treated her son and is the focus of “A Meeting of Cultures” in the April issue of The ASHA Leader. The article includes links to two short videos of Mathieu’s first and last sessions with Rosin. Loving, patient, kind and extraordinary—those are the words that best described the friend I had the pleasure to meet in January 2014. —— was introduced to my family by a mutual friend, Warren Ross. He described her as being the “bees’ knees” in the field of speech-language pathology and autism. He was confident she could best help our 3-year-old son, Mathieu. At the time, our son could only verbalize one word, “Hi.” Ross arranged for us to meet Rosin while she was on a short visit to St. Kitts. Rosin engaged in a two-hour consultation with Mathieu, my husband and me to gain more insight regarding Mathieu’s speech challenges. At the end of the consultation, she diagnosed him with autism spectrum disorder, but she also said treatment could help Mathieu achieve his developmental goals. Our interaction with Rosin bolstered our confidence in her to help Mathieu, but he’d have to travel to Florida for intensive treatment. We quickly made preparations to travel to Florida. Although we knew no one, we took the brave step to arrange accommodations with...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Autism Spectrum Disorder Early Intervention Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs