Re: Resuming speech in fall

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In a message dated 5/3/00 2:30:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bartnick@...

writes:

<< During that time, he is not available to meet with Zach for

speech. Is it reasonable to expect speech to start within a few weeks

of school starting? This SLP will also have the same conflict in the

spring, I want to make sure that Zach's IEP is specific enough to avoid

conflicts next year. As always, thanks for all of your wonderful advice

and support. >>

I don't really know how they do things in your district. That sounds very odd

to me. As soon as school starts for she sees her SLP and her TOD. In

fact she will be receiving services during the summer; summer school. It's

the same class SLI (speech/language impaired) - three days a week but it's

over at 1:30 instead of 3:30. Screenings here are usually done before the

school year starts or they are simply done during hours other than school

hours so that the SLP can attend to her regular class. Maybe they just need

to change how they do things in your school district.

Suzette

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>Hi everyone! I have a question about when Zach should start meeting

>with his SLP again in the fall. We only have one SLP, and he apparently

>is also responsible for all of the hearing screening in our district

>when school starts in the fall. This usually takes at least 4-6

>weeks. During that time, he is not available to meet with Zach for

>speech. Is it reasonable to expect speech to start within a few weeks

>of school starting? This SLP will also have the same conflict in the

>spring, I want to make sure that Zach's IEP is specific enough to avoid

>conflicts next year. As always, thanks for all of your wonderful advice

>and support.

I have 8 minutes before I must leave to give a final exam, so if this

doesn't cover your concerns, ask again.

Make sure that future IEP state that the IEP, in general, is effective

from the first day of the academic year to the last day of the academic

year. One is also required to list the duration and location of

related services, of which SLP services is one. Make sure the IEP

reflects duration as beginning the first day of the academic year until

the last day of the academic year.

What does the current one say? If there is no specific duration on the

related services, then they would fall under the general duration. If

that is the entire academic year, you may file a complaint for failure

to provide required services, and request compensatory ed. See the

sample letter I developed, at Kay's website,

http://www.listen-up.org/rights/samp-letr-1.htm. If you can't get

there from the direct link, go to http://www.listen-up.org/, then to

resources, then to Your Rights, then to Sample Letters, and finally to

the first one, " IEP Violation. "

Celeste