1:1 Speech Therapy research

[Guest guest]

Is there any supporting research for 1:1 speech therapy? I also

belong to the childrensapraxia website and one of their links had a

research paper providing a basis for private speech therapy for

children who have apraxia.

I'm trying to get my IEP team to provide private speech therapy

(which I still feel was the orginal intent of his IEP based on their

report of his developmental age) and EYS for my son. So I was

hoping to be able to find articles that state that private 1:1

speech therapy is necessary...here's the link and one clip is pasted

below.

" We recommend therapy as intensively and as often as possible. Five

short sessions (e.g., 30 minutes) a week is better than two 90

minute sessions. Regression will occur if the therapy is

discontinued for a long-time (e.g. over the summer). Most of the

therapy (2-3/week) must be provided individually. If group therapy

is provided, it will not help unless the other children in the group

have the same diagnoses and are at the same level phonologically. "

Velleman, authority and published author on Apraxia, on her

website

http://www.speechville.com/diagnosis-destinations/apraxia/one-on-one-

therapy.html

If anyone has any suggestions or links to help me out, that would be

great!

Thanks!

[Guest guest]

,

How delayed is your child? does he have any language at all? I am

a special ed teacher and my best friend is a speech therapist. I

know that from hearing her, sometimes she actually gets farther with

some children in a small group rather than individually. If the

kids have their peers, it sometimes helps. Just a thought......

Kristi

>

> Is there any supporting research for 1:1 speech therapy? I also

> belong to the childrensapraxia website and one of their links had

a

> research paper providing a basis for private speech therapy for

> children who have apraxia.

>

> I'm trying to get my IEP team to provide private speech therapy

> (which I still feel was the orginal intent of his IEP based on

their

> report of his developmental age) and EYS for my son. So I was

> hoping to be able to find articles that state that private 1:1

> speech therapy is necessary...here's the link and one clip is

pasted

> below.

>

> " We recommend therapy as intensively and as often as possible.

Five

> short sessions (e.g., 30 minutes) a week is better than two 90

> minute sessions. Regression will occur if the therapy is

> discontinued for a long-time (e.g. over the summer). Most of the

> therapy (2-3/week) must be provided individually. If group therapy

> is provided, it will not help unless the other children in the

group

> have the same diagnoses and are at the same level phonologically. "

> Velleman, authority and published author on Apraxia, on

her

> website

>

> http://www.speechville.com/diagnosis-destinations/apraxia/one-on-

one-

> therapy.html

>

> If anyone has any suggestions or links to help me out, that would

be

> great!

> Thanks!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Just out of curiosity- What is the make-up of the children in the small group? How many students? How varied is the skill level? How much time/week? etc...

Thank you!

Re: 1:1 Speech Therapy research

,How delayed is your child? does he have any language at all? I am a special ed teacher and my best friend is a speech therapist. I know that from hearing her, sometimes she actually gets farther with some children in a small group rather than individually. If the kids have their peers, it sometimes helps. Just a thought..... .Kristi>> Is there any supporting research for 1:1 speech therapy? I also > belong to the childrensapraxia website and one of their links had a > research paper providing a basis for private speech therapy for > children who have apraxia.> > I'm trying to get my IEP team to provide private speech therapy > (which I still

feel was the orginal intent of his IEP based on their > report of his developmental age) and EYS for my son. So I was > hoping to be able to find articles that state that private 1:1 > speech therapy is necessary... here's the link and one clip is pasted > below.> > "We recommend therapy as intensively and as often as possible. Five > short sessions (e.g., 30 minutes) a week is better than two 90 > minute sessions. Regression will occur if the therapy is > discontinued for a long-time (e.g. over the summer). Most of the > therapy (2-3/week) must be provided individually. If group therapy > is provided, it will not help unless the other children in the group > have the same diagnoses and are at the same level phonologically. " > Velleman, authority and published author on Apraxia, on her > website > > http://www.speechvi lle.com/diagnosi s-destinations/ apraxia/one- on-one-> therapy.html> > If anyone has any suggestions or links to help me out, that would be > great!> Thanks!> >

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[Guest guest]

It's sad, but after almost 2 1/2 years of private speech therapy

(one year at CHOA with NO improvement and 1 1/2 yr with private with

improvement, but slow)...my son really has no " true " speech. His

expressive language skills are very much like a baby/toddler

learning to speak. he will vocalize, but mostly because he likes

the sound and how it feels. Because his engagement and receptive

language has improved over the past year, he is able to communicate

with us either by signing " more " or " please " and/or pulling us to

whatever he wants and then either pointing or placing our hands to

what he wants.

After reading our S/T goals in the IEP...they are definitely more

geared towards socialization-type goals. We really do not

have " true " speech goals (ie: learn certain words or sounds) because

he really wasn't vocalizing at that point in the IEP process and we

were also told that the SLP was still going to work on those types

of goals even though it wasn't in the IEP. (my bad for actually

trusting someone...but that's another matter)

I guess my big concern is that with all this " group " therapy

happening, no therapy " notes " are being generated to his file and

all I've been told is that there is " chicken scratch " style notes.

So, how is the SLP supposed to remember what my son is doing and

what he should be doing when all she is doing is working 1/2 hour

with 4 kids at once?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not opposed to group therapy - it does make

sense when you are trying to work on goals like greetings/good-byes,

shaking hands, making eye contact with peers....but that shouldn't

be all they are doing for him when he has virtually no expressive

language/words yet.

> >

> > Is there any supporting research for 1:1 speech therapy? I also

> > belong to the childrensapraxia website and one of their links

had

> a

> > research paper providing a basis for private speech therapy for

> > children who have apraxia.

> >

> > I'm trying to get my IEP team to provide private speech therapy

> > (which I still feel was the orginal intent of his IEP based on

> their

> > report of his developmental age) and EYS for my son. So I was

> > hoping to be able to find articles that state that private 1:1

> > speech therapy is necessary...here's the link and one clip is

> pasted

> > below.

> >

> > " We recommend therapy as intensively and as often as possible.

> Five

> > short sessions (e.g., 30 minutes) a week is better than two 90

> > minute sessions. Regression will occur if the therapy is

> > discontinued for a long-time (e.g. over the summer). Most of the

> > therapy (2-3/week) must be provided individually. If group

therapy

> > is provided, it will not help unless the other children in the

> group

> > have the same diagnoses and are at the same level

phonologically. "

> > Velleman, authority and published author on Apraxia, on

> her

> > website

> >

> > http://www.speechville.com/diagnosis-destinations/apraxia/one-on-

> one-

> > therapy.html

> >

> > If anyone has any suggestions or links to help me out, that

would

> be

> > great!

> > Thanks!

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

This doesn’t answer your original

question and is more of a side thought on a different approach. Since

your son has some success with sign language, you might want to take a look at

this research:

http://www.drcarbone.net/pdf/References2%20R.pdf

http://www.apraxia-kids.org/site/c.chKMI0PIIsE/b.736597/apps/s/content.asp?ct=3447363

Joy

From: autism-georgia [mailto:autism-georgia ] On Behalf Of megan.mcnerney

Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 11:55

PM

To: autism-georgia

Subject: Re: 1:1

Speech Therapy research

It's sad, but after almost 2 1/2 years of private

speech therapy

(one year at CHOA with NO improvement and 1 1/2 yr with private with

improvement, but slow)...my son really has no " true " speech. His

expressive language skills are very much like a baby/toddler

learning to speak. he will vocalize, but mostly because he likes

the sound and how it feels. Because his engagement and receptive

language has improved over the past year, he is able to communicate

with us either by signing " more " or " please " and/or pulling

us to

whatever he wants and then either pointing or placing our hands to

what he wants.

After reading our S/T goals in the IEP...they are definitely more

geared towards socialization-type goals. We really do not

have " true " speech goals (ie: learn certain words or sounds) because

he really wasn't vocalizing at that point in the IEP process and we

were also told that the SLP was still going to work on those types

of goals even though it wasn't in the IEP. (my bad for actually

trusting someone...but that's another matter)

I guess my big concern is that with all this " group " therapy

happening, no therapy " notes " are being generated to his file and

all I've been told is that there is " chicken scratch " style notes.

So, how is the SLP supposed to remember what my son is doing and

what he should be doing when all she is doing is working 1/2 hour

with 4 kids at once?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not opposed to group therapy - it does make

sense when you are trying to work on goals like greetings/good-byes,

shaking hands, making eye contact with peers....but that shouldn't

be all they are doing for him when he has virtually no expressive

language/words yet.

> >

> > Is there any supporting research for 1:1 speech therapy? I also

> > belong to the childrensapraxia website and one of their links

had

> a

> > research paper providing a basis for private speech therapy for

> > children who have apraxia.

> >

> > I'm trying to get my IEP team to provide private speech therapy

> > (which I still feel was the orginal intent of his IEP based on

> their

> > report of his developmental age) and EYS for my son. So I was

> > hoping to be able to find articles that state that private 1:1

> > speech therapy is necessary...here's the link and one clip is

> pasted

> > below.

> >

> > " We recommend therapy as intensively and as often as possible.

> Five

> > short sessions (e.g., 30 minutes) a week is better than two 90

> > minute sessions. Regression will occur if the therapy is

> > discontinued for a long-time (e.g. over the summer). Most of the

> > therapy (2-3/week) must be provided individually. If group

therapy

> > is provided, it will not help unless the other children in the

> group

> > have the same diagnoses and are at the same level

phonologically. "

> > Velleman, authority and published author on Apraxia, on

> her

> > website

> >

> > http://www.speechville.com/diagnosis-destinations/apraxia/one-on-

> one-

> > therapy.html

> >

> > If anyone has any suggestions or links to help me out, that

would

> be

> > great!

> > Thanks!

> >

> >

>

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[Guest guest]

You don't say how old your son is. I see on the zoo post you refer to a 3-year-old, so I don't know if you are referring to the same child. What I can say in encouragement is this, if it is your 3-year-old you are referring to, my son did not say his first word until he was 4 years old--that was after a year of speech therapy in the school -- mostly group, of course, since it was in the preschool program -- and almost a year of private speech therapy through Babies Can't Wait and Children's Healthcare. He falls in the mild to moderate area of the spectrum, as well. But, when he finally started spitting out those words, we went from one word to a page full, triple column, in 2 weeks. It just finally clicked over Christmas break that year for some reason. Even his pediatrician had her doubts that we would get meaningful speech because it still took him another year or so before he would really put more than 1- to 2-word sentences together after he started giving us words, but now, at 9, you can't hush him up. No, it's not always appropriate to the situation at hand, it's still quite repetitive and he perseverates on things, such as if he doesn't want to go to the store he will tell you many, many times that he doesn't want to, but he definitely is able to communicate his wants, needs, and is beginning to be able to carry a back and forth conversation.

To: autism-georgia From: meganmcnerney@...Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:55:22 +0000Subject: Re: 1:1 Speech Therapy research

It's sad, but after almost 2 1/2 years of private speech therapy (one year at CHOA with NO improvement and 1 1/2 yr with private with improvement, but slow)...my son really has no "true" speech. His expressive language skills are very much like a baby/toddler learning to speak. he will vocalize, but mostly because he likes the sound and how it feels. Because his engagement and receptive language has improved over the past year, he is able to communicate with us either by signing "more" or "please" and/or pulling us to whatever he wants and then either pointing or placing our hands to what he wants.After reading our S/T goals in the IEP...they are definitely more geared towards socialization-type goals. We really do not have "true" speech goals (ie: learn certain words or sounds) because he really wasn't vocalizing at that point in the IEP process and we were also told that the SLP was still going to work on those types of goals even though it wasn't in the IEP. (my bad for actually trusting someone...but that's another matter)I guess my big concern is that with all this "group" therapy happening, no therapy "notes" are being generated to his file and all I've been told is that there is "chicken scratch" style notes. So, how is the SLP supposed to remember what my son is doing and what he should be doing when all she is doing is working 1/2 hour with 4 kids at once? Don't get me wrong, I'm not opposed to group therapy - it does make sense when you are trying to work on goals like greetings/good-byes, shaking hands, making eye contact with peers....but that shouldn't be all they are doing for him when he has virtually no expressive language/words yet. > >> > Is there any supporting research for 1:1 speech therapy? I also > > belong to the childrensapraxia website and one of their links had > a > > research paper providing a basis for private speech therapy for > > children who have apraxia.> > > > I'm trying to get my IEP team to provide private speech therapy > > (which I still feel was the orginal intent of his IEP based on > their > > report of his developmental age) and EYS for my son. So I was > > hoping to be able to find articles that state that private 1:1 > > speech therapy is necessary...here's the link and one clip is > pasted > > below.> > > > "We recommend therapy as intensively and as often as possible. > Five > > short sessions (e.g., 30 minutes) a week is better than two 90 > > minute sessions. Regression will occur if the therapy is > > discontinued for a long-time (e.g. over the summer). Most of the > > therapy (2-3/week) must be provided individually. If group therapy > > is provided, it will not help unless the other children in the > group > > have the same diagnoses and are at the same level phonologically." > > Velleman, authority and published author on Apraxia, on > her > > website > > > > http://www.speechville.com/diagnosis-destinations/apraxia/one-on-> one-> > therapy.html> > > > If anyone has any suggestions or links to help me out, that would > be > > great!> > Thanks!> > > >> Pack up or back up–use SkyDrive to transfer files or keep extra copies. Learn how.

[Guest guest]

Our speech therapist usually comes into my classroom during circle

time, and small group time, as well as play time. We have 6

children in the class at one time, and she usually works (plays)

with 2-3 kids at a time, either during their small group table time

or just during play time. It really works well for us because the

kids are 3 and 4 years old and respond much better to " therapy "

while playing. Most of my kids she would not be able to get

anything out of if she pulled them out of their comfort zone. i

have kids ranging from aspbergers syndrome/high functioning autism

to non-verbal autism, CP, and just global developmental delays.---

In autism-georgia , Deborah Cureton

wrote:

>

> Just out of curiosity- What is the make-up of the children in the

small group? How many students? How varied is the skill level? How

much time/week? etc...

>

>

> Thank you!

>

>

> Re: 1:1 Speech Therapy research

>

> ,

> How delayed is your child? does he have any language at all? I am

> a special ed teacher and my best friend is a speech therapist. I

> know that from hearing her, sometimes she actually gets farther

with

> some children in a small group rather than individually. If the

> kids have their peers, it sometimes helps. Just a thought..... .

> Kristi

> >

> > Is there any supporting research for 1:1 speech therapy? I also

> > belong to the childrensapraxia website and one of their links

had

> a

> > research paper providing a basis for private speech therapy for

> > children who have apraxia.

> >

> > I'm trying to get my IEP team to provide private speech therapy

> > (which I still feel was the orginal intent of his IEP based on

> their

> > report of his developmental age) and EYS for my son. So I was

> > hoping to be able to find articles that state that private 1:1

> > speech therapy is necessary... here's the link and one clip is

> pasted

> > below.

> >

> > " We recommend therapy as intensively and as often as possible.

> Five

> > short sessions (e.g., 30 minutes) a week is better than two 90

> > minute sessions. Regression will occur if the therapy is

> > discontinued for a long-time (e.g. over the summer). Most of the

> > therapy (2-3/week) must be provided individually. If group

therapy

> > is provided, it will not help unless the other children in the

> group

> > have the same diagnoses and are at the same level

phonologically. "

> > Velleman, authority and published author on Apraxia, on

> her

> > website

> >

> > http://www.speechvi lle.com/diagnosi s-destinations/ apraxia/one-

on-

> one-

> > therapy.html

> >

> > If anyone has any suggestions or links to help me out, that

would

> be

> > great!

> > Thanks!

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

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