Guest guest Posted January 29, 2002 Report Share Posted January 29, 2002 , Great post! Karla, in answer to your question about apraxic kids needing special ed. refer to 's post.......it is a confusing world of labels and treatments out there! The thing is, in our country (USA) the people who PAY change when the child turns three......why they chose this, in my opinion, ridiculous cut off age is beyond me, but the fact remains that when a child turns three, unless you can get an insurance or private pay for treatment, the DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION is responsible for therapy/educational type activities. So, let's just say from age 3 to 5 your child still needed pretty intensive speech therapy and you can't afford out of pocket and you are in a big fight with the ins. co. then your kid would be in Special Education through your public school to get the therapy and we all hope that by age five they don't need it anymore, right? Then they will not need special education. That is exactly what I was hoping and praying for but right now my child is 6 1/2 and still in the " special education " department at school. Oh well, it is all part of the journey, and I am trying to look at it as an opportunity, rather than a bad thing. Carol (mom to Micah and CJ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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