Guest guest Posted February 9, 2002 Report Share Posted February 9, 2002 Two different SLP's diagnosed my son with apraxia (got a second opinion) with both I never mentioned apraxia until they did after his evaluation. As far as your school, I'm not sure about your state. But the OT in particular at Sam's school had a reputaton of not showing up. I keep tabs on her! and have caught her on several occasion not living up to the amount of time she is supposed to be with my son. I use a calender, just the one particular page for the month, put it in his backpack and ask the OT and SLP to either put a smiley face (to show a cooperative sesssion) or a sad face. If it is balnk on the days he should get therapy I CALL and get some great excuses, but they seem to always find the time to make the session up. I came up with this system because I found out the OT wouldn't see him for weeks at a time. Legally the child has to receive whatever is in their IEP. The problem is the OT and SLP are very independent with no one watching over thier shoulder, they go from school to school. I got this advise from Sam's SLP last year who informed me off the record that the OT wasn't pulling him as often as she was supposed to. The calender is a very easy quick thing for them to do and if they are seeing your child they won't mind the extra 3 seconds it takes! I approached it as I wanted to know how cooperative he was in his sessions and that I was implementing a reward system at home. So far it has worked. - In @y..., " sillybear65 " <sillybear65@h...> wrote: > I was just wondering who gave your children the diagnosis of > Apraxia? I am desperately seeking getting that diagnosis for my > daughter who is presently diagnosed with Devlopmental Delay. > I also would like to ask if there are any state rules concerning how > much ST your child actually recieves. Where my daughter would be > attending school it is not uncommon for the ST to be, " in a > meeting, " " out of the building, " or " testing. " Speech is often times > cancelled. In a neighboring school district it is a rule that when > speech is scheduled, it will be given. Testing, and meetings will be > done on your time. My daughter has a private therapist, thank God, > but I want to start a support group and I know that this will be one > of the issues that will come up. > One last question. I am currently working on creating a folder of > information for parents who don't have access to the internet or who > are low income for the Speech Dept. where my daughter goes. Does > anyone know of any great sites on Apraxia or perhaps laws or > something like that that I may go to and get some information. > Thank you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2002 Report Share Posted February 9, 2002 This is a great idea!! I will remember to bring it up when the question arises. I will definitely have to look up the laws concerning this in my state. It is just sad, they are hurting the kids so much and it seems as if they don't care. My daughter is severely apraxic and I thank God, I am able to provide a private ST for her, because she would probably make very little progress if I had to rely on this school system. Thank you!!! > I am currently working on creating a folder of > > information for parents who don't have access to the internet or >who > > are low income for the Speech Dept. where my daughter goes. Does > > anyone know of any great sites on Apraxia or perhaps laws or > > something like that that I may go to and get some information. > > Thank you, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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