Re: bilingual speech therapy

[Guest guest]

,

Contact your regional Easter Seals organization for potential referral

sources. Also, Support for Families of Children with Disabilities, a

Mission-District based support/resource organization serving Spanish

speaking and English speaking families in San Francisco, may be able to help

you with bilingual speech therapist referrals, and assessment tool

references. They have links with a number of academic health centers in SF.

Their email is sfcdmiss@... . Their telephone # is (415) 282-1226.

I hope this helps.

Oliva

nancy@...

----- Original Message -----

From: mary e bell <marybell@...>

< >

Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:43 AM

Subject: [ ] bilingual speech therapy

> Hello, everyone. I am hoping that someone out there would have some

> advice for us. We are working with a 4 year old Mexican child who has

> severe speech delays. She has been enrolled in her school district's

> special education program for two years and receives weekly speech

> therapy (in English). I am in the process of arranging a second opinion

> through a private speech and hearing center but they are trying to give

> me the run-around that because of the language barrier, any evaluation

> that they would do would probably not be accurate.

>

> I told them that the family has health insurance and we would be willing

> to assist them in traveling if necessary to find a bilingual speech

> therapist, at least for an evaluation.

>

> The family lives in southwest Virginia so we could travel to Tennessee,

> Charlottesville (VA) or anywhere within a reasonable distance.

>

> My questions are:

> 1) is anyone familiar with a bilingual evaluation instrument that we

> could recommend to the local therapist?

> 2) does anyone know of any studies or info about providing speech

> therapy in a language other than your primary language?

> 3) does anyone know of a bilingual speech therapist in the southeast US

> or someone that we could have consult via telephone with the local

> therapist?

>

> Thank you in advance for any advice.

>

> Bell Boltwood, RN email: marybell@...

> Program Coordinator web site: home.naxs.com/mhn

> Migrant Health Network

> Phone: 276-944-4455

> Fax: 276-944-3657

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[Guest guest]

--thank you so much for your information. I am going to call the

center in San Francisco to see what resources they might have. What

would we do without our listserve???

On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:43:14 -0800 " M.Lyon/NOliva " <mlyon@...>

writes:

> ,

>

> Contact your regional Easter Seals organization for potential

> referral

> sources. Also, Support for Families of Children with Disabilities,

> a

> Mission-District based support/resource organization serving

> Spanish

> speaking and English speaking families in San Francisco, may be able

> to help

> you with bilingual speech therapist referrals, and assessment tool

> references. They have links with a number of academic health centers

> in SF.

>

> Their email is sfcdmiss@... . Their telephone # is (415)

> 282-1226.

>

> I hope this helps.

>

> Oliva

> nancy@...

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: mary e bell <marybell@...>

> < >

> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:43 AM

> Subject: [ ] bilingual speech therapy

>

>

> > Hello, everyone. I am hoping that someone out there would have

> some

> > advice for us. We are working with a 4 year old Mexican child who

> has

> > severe speech delays. She has been enrolled in her school

> district's

> > special education program for two years and receives weekly

> speech

> > therapy (in English). I am in the process of arranging a second

> opinion

> > through a private speech and hearing center but they are trying to

> give

> > me the run-around that because of the language barrier, any

> evaluation

> > that they would do would probably not be accurate.

> >

> > I told them that the family has health insurance and we would be

> willing

> > to assist them in traveling if necessary to find a bilingual

> speech

> > therapist, at least for an evaluation.

> >

> > The family lives in southwest Virginia so we could travel to

> Tennessee,

> > Charlottesville (VA) or anywhere within a reasonable distance.

> >

> > My questions are:

> > 1) is anyone familiar with a bilingual evaluation instrument that

> we

> > could recommend to the local therapist?

> > 2) does anyone know of any studies or info about providing

> speech

> > therapy in a language other than your primary language?

> > 3) does anyone know of a bilingual speech therapist in the

> southeast US

> > or someone that we could have consult via telephone with the

> local

> > therapist?

> >

> > Thank you in advance for any advice.

> >

> > Bell Boltwood, RN email: marybell@...

> > Program Coordinator web site: home.naxs.com/mhn

> > Migrant Health Network

> > Phone: 276-944-4455

> > Fax: 276-944-3657

> > ________________________________________________________________

> > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!

> > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!

> > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit:

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[Guest guest]

----- Original Message -----

From: mary e bell <marybell@...>

< >

Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:30 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] bilingual speech therapy

> --thank you so much for your information. I am going to call the

> center in San Francisco to see what resources they might have. What

> would we do without our listserve???

>

> On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:43:14 -0800 " M.Lyon/NOliva " <mlyon@...>

> writes:

> > ,

> >

> > Contact your regional Easter Seals organization for potential

> > referral

> > sources. Also, Support for Families of Children with Disabilities,

> > a

> > Mission-District based support/resource organization serving

> > Spanish

> > speaking and English speaking families in San Francisco, may be able

> > to help

> > you with bilingual speech therapist referrals, and assessment tool

> > references. They have links with a number of academic health centers

> > in SF.

> >

> > Their email is sfcdmiss@... . Their telephone # is (415)

> > 282-1226.

> >

> > I hope this helps.

> >

> > Oliva

> > nancy@...

> >

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: mary e bell <marybell@...>

> > < >

> > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:43 AM

> > Subject: [ ] bilingual speech therapy

> >

> >

> > > Hello, everyone. I am hoping that someone out there would have

> > some

> > > advice for us. We are working with a 4 year old Mexican child who

> > has

> > > severe speech delays. She has been enrolled in her school

> > district's

> > > special education program for two years and receives weekly

> > speech

> > > therapy (in English). I am in the process of arranging a second

> > opinion

> > > through a private speech and hearing center but they are trying to

> > give

> > > me the run-around that because of the language barrier, any

> > evaluation

> > > that they would do would probably not be accurate.

> > >

> > > I told them that the family has health insurance and we would be

> > willing

> > > to assist them in traveling if necessary to find a bilingual

> > speech

> > > therapist, at least for an evaluation.

> > >

> > > The family lives in southwest Virginia so we could travel to

> > Tennessee,

> > > Charlottesville (VA) or anywhere within a reasonable distance.

> > >

> > > My questions are:

> > > 1) is anyone familiar with a bilingual evaluation instrument that

> > we

> > > could recommend to the local therapist?

> > > 2) does anyone know of any studies or info about providing

> > speech

> > > therapy in a language other than your primary language?

> > > 3) does anyone know of a bilingual speech therapist in the

> > southeast US

> > > or someone that we could have consult via telephone with the

> > local

> > > therapist?

> > >

> > > Thank you in advance for any advice.

> > >

> > > Bell Boltwood, RN email: marybell@...

> > > Program Coordinator web site: home.naxs.com/mhn

> > > Migrant Health Network

> > > Phone: 276-944-4455

> > > Fax: 276-944-3657

> > > ________________________________________________________________

> > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!

> > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!

> > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit:

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[Guest guest]

Bell,

I'm forwarding your request to my daughter, who is a practicing speech pathologist in the land school system. She may know of someone who could help you. In the meantime, if I were you, I'd contact some of the departments of speech pathology at universities around the country. My daughter did her graduate work at Northeastern University in Boston. Their program in

speech pathology is very well respected, and I would guess that their faculty could point you in the right direction. I'm sorry that I don't have a phone number on hand to send you, but, it shouldn't be hard to find it. Good luck.

Narda Tolentino - Oregon