How much individual speech therapy will my daughter really get?

[Guest guest]

How much individual speech therapy will my daughter realistically get

from the school district when she turns 3? From what I have read, it

seems that 4 days (1/2 hour each day) of INDIVIDUAL speech therapy is

what is recommended for kids with Apraxia/Dyspraxia (is that

correct?). I just got off the phone with my daughter's EI (the

Regional Center in CA) coordinator and I am already dreading the IEP

meeting and it won't be until this fall as my daughter turns 3 on

December 1. First off she discouraged me from getting an evaluation

for Apraxia prior to the IEP meeting. She told me a diagnosis

wouldn't matter as they will be basing her therapy on her need not a

diagnosis. She said that their team (that being the school

district's SLP, etc.) are a lot more qualified to make a diagnosis

than anyone I could hire personally. She said that she has never

seen even the most severely speech delayed child get more than 2 days

(1/2 hour each) of speech therapy (and this is based on their

need?)!!! She said for me to expect 4 days of individual speech is

unrealistic and that I should trust them to do the best for my

daughter!!!!

How much individual speech is everyone else getting in the preschool

setting? Is there any way to get 4 days of individual speech? I'm

lucky if my daughter says a single word in one day (most days nothing

but babble)....how can they say that 1 hour of individual speech a

week is enough (and that's only if they consider her severe)??

I'm in Orange County, CA..anyone have any experience here? Thanks.

Jill

Mom to 30 months with Hypotonia and speech delay (possible DSI

and Apraxia/Dyspraxia)