OT-ANYONE FROM NASSAU COUNTY, NY WHOSE KIDS RECEIVE ABA THROUGH THE COUNTY-PLEASE, READ

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My 3-year-old son started receiving ABA through Nassau County in September of

2000 and now we want 5 extra hours a week devoted exclusively to speech. The

agency that provides my son's ABA therapists says that they have a person who

can do it and a Speech Language Pathologist who is ready to write the program

and act as consultant. We approached our School District about it, but, they are

resisting giving us the extra hours. I just wanted to see if anyone has any

suggestions on how to deal with this situation and to ask people how many hours

a week they are getting (this is for my information only, I would NEVER use

anyone else's name in bargaining with our school district, etc.) and how many of

the total hours are devoted exclusively to speech. The School District is

saying that my son is making adequate progress and that we are only entitled to

25 hours a week anyway (which does not sound right because we are getting more

than 25 hours a week already)-he is totally nonverbal-he makes sounds, but no

real words, but, I guess they consider that adequate progress. Anything anyone

can suggest would be greatly appreciated-please, email me privately at

vic2171@....

Thank You,

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