Re: Off-Topic/1:1 speech services

[Guest guest]

I am not really sure what IEP means, but my local school district

offer services to kids until kindergarten. Ethan was able to get one

one one speech therapy in our home once a week for 5 months.

> Hi friends,

>

> Can anyone point me to any kinds of " documentation " I can use for

ammunition

> in obtaining direct speech therapy services for my 3.5 year-old

son?

> (PDD-NOS) has emerging verbal skills due mostly in part to the GFCF

diet.

>

> Current IEP allows only for 1 hr/week of group speech therapy. I

have been

> unhappy with this allotment all along, but now wish to purse 1:1

speech

> services further since is now more " available " for

interacting with a

> therapist.

>

> He will not say too many words spontaneously (he will, however,

communicate

> when he wants/needs something, as in " more cookies " or " more

juice " ).

>

> But I want to take this to the next level. I want him to have more

> spontaneous speech. He will pretty much repeat any words if

prompted. I am

> also concerned about his articulation.

>

> Any suggestions? Thanks much.

> -BJ in polis, MD

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Hi friends,

>

> Can anyone point me to any kinds of " documentation " I can use for

ammunition

> in obtaining direct speech therapy services for my 3.5 year-old

son?

> (PDD-NOS) has emerging verbal skills due mostly in part to the GFCF

diet.

>

> Current IEP allows only for 1 hr/week of group speech therapy. I

have been

> unhappy with this allotment all along, but now wish to purse 1:1

speech

> services further since is now more " available " for

interacting with a

> therapist.

>

> He will not say too many words spontaneously (he will, however,

communicate

> when he wants/needs something, as in " more cookies " or " more

juice " ).

>

> But I want to take this to the next level. I want him to have more

> spontaneous speech. He will pretty much repeat any words if

prompted. I am

> also concerned about his articulation.

>

> Any suggestions? Thanks much.

> -BJ in polis, MD

Hi BJ!

Hope this is nothing you already know. Speech is obtained thru your

dr. prescription, applying then thru a therapy unit near you.

*Sorry*, but did you ask your dr?

He/she should be able to prescribe the therapy. There will be an

assessment to verify what are your child needs and then(you have to

bug them a lot)he will get the prescription for the therapy he needs.

Kind of the way it worked for the school IEP. Also if you are using

Med.Cpn thru DDD or other services, that should pay for your therapy.

I am in WA, so I don't know how it works where you are, but your

devel. peds should be able to point you in the right direction. Or

you can ask FEAT or ASA, to help you with the details, that's what

they are there for!! I do not know how it works with the school. As

you we get 1hr speech 1hr OT per wk at school.

I'll check more out with a friend of mine and let you know; my son

-he's 4.5- just got approved for speech and OT at a therapy unit

here and I am waiting for the start day(when they get an opening)for

Speech.

Good luck. Hope this helped for now. Cristina ('s mom-WA)

[Guest guest]

The previous poster's advice was correct for NY State as well. Have

the developmental ped or psych who diagnosed your child give a

recommendation for # of hours of 1:1 therapy. In our IEP, my son got

12hrs/week Spec Ed and 8hrs/week Speech in our home, plus OT, PT, and

Team Meetings. Those levels are going up in Sept. when my son

transitions to the Preschool program. Sounds to me like you're being

short-changed! (Don't feel too bad - it took me 6+ months to ramp up

to these levels - I'd never dreamed I could get that much until I

started asking around!)

Good Luck!