Guest Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 We have a 2 yr old Chinese child who we have developmental concerns about, he has virtually no speech and other concerns. We are finding it very difficult to discuss his needs with his parents as they have virtually no English. Does anyone know off any apps or source of help apart from google translate which is not very efficient! We use a notebook which they then get a friend to translate but the answers we get back are too muddled for us to understand. Any ideas would be helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Can the PLA not help you at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Have you asked for help from your LA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fimbo Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Do you have a local children's centre who may be able to help, also your LA should be able to offer some assistance ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondie Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 can the person who reads/translate your notes not come into the setting so they can translate both sides of the conversation as it happens and ask any questions? x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 We had a family who spoke Mandarin a couple of years ago. The child also had developmental delay, SALT helped and our local METAS office proved to be very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 who are metas? We had a family who spoke Mandarin a couple of years ago. The child also had developmental delay, SALT helped and our local METAS office proved to be very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starsdance Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Metas : Minority Ethnic and Traveller Achievement ServiceIn our LA we have a resource centre that we can borrow resources from if we have a child from any of these sectors. You can also borrow the resources to teach your children about different cultures and such like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Metas : Minority Ethnic and Traveller Achievement ServiceIn our LA we have a resource centre that we can borrow resources from if we have a child from any of these sectors. You can also borrow the resources to teach your children about different cultures and such like. ah these appear to be separate around here...maybe because we have a high traveller community??? and a high ethnic community!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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