Re: Re: How many hrs. of therapy

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much M. this has help. I will see

if there has been an improvement and base my argument

on that.

maria_renella@...

mom to 4yrs

--- " M. " <khalidsvision@...> wrote:

> Hi ,

>

> In an attempt to find more clarity to your question,

> I sent your

> message on to a good friend and this was her

> response to me. Hope this

> can help.

>

> Mustafa

>

>

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> ,

>

> My thought would be to guide her to build her case.

> Ask her how he

> has progressed with 1/2 hour per week, is he getting

> further ahead or

> lagging further behind? That will give her the

> answers to both of her

> questions, because it will suggest whether or not he

> needs more

> therapy and it will begin to lay the groundwork for

> asserting that to

> the school. In particular, if she looks at his

> percentile scores on

> similar testing, comparing the scores over time, she

> can chart whether

> he's getting his needs met adequately. For example,

> if he was in the

> lower 20% when he was 3, and is now up to 40%, he's

> doing pretty well.

> But if he was in the lower 20% at 3 and has now

> increased to only the

> lower 25%, I would push for more speech therapy,

> knowing that he'll be

> starting kindergarten soon enough (and we want our

> kids to be talking

> pretty well by then, if possible). The aim is to get

> to a solid 50%

> range, where a child is at least " average " at

> speech/language,

> compared to peers.

>

> The school can also look at other factors, like the

> degree of

> frustration he is showing due to his inability to

> communicate (school

> would look at these types of factors in order to

> rationalize increased

> therapy).

>

> The private SLP's recommendation for increased

> therapy (ie written

> recommendation) would also be helpful in documenting

> need for more

> therapy.

>

>

> > Hi

> >

> > I have a 4yr who has speech delay and his IEP

> meeting

> > is coming up, he gets 1/2 a hour of speech therapy

> a

> > week in school and a hour from the pediatric place

> at

> > our cost. I believe he should get 3 hrs a week

> but I

> > know they are going to fight with me. How much

> > therapy

> > on a average should a child with speech delay

> receive?

> > And how should fight back with his school to

> increase

> > his therapy?

> >

> >

> > maria_renella@y...

> > mom to 4yrs

> >

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