Re: Speech therapy with public school

[Guest guest]

When my ds was that age he was in a special preschool. He got 3

hours a week of individual therapy. Now that he is in the public

school system (K), he gets 5 hrs a week total, 30 min-group, 30 min-

individual daily.

If they have a lack of therapists in school, you could get him a

private speech therapist for afterschool.

HTH,

Amber

hsm to *8*

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> Hi,

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> For those who have apraxic children in the public school system,

how often is the speech theray and is it in a group or individual

setting?

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> I have a 33 month-old son, whom I believe is apraxic, but no one

would diagnose him.  He will be tested by the school district in

California next month and I've heard that they are only offering

group therapy due to the lack of therapists.  I just wanted to know

how to advocate for him once the IEP rolls around.

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> Thank you so much for your wisdom and input.

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[Guest guest]

My child is in public school district special education preschool class.  He has

speech therapy 30 minutes a day 4 days a week.  It is 1  on 1 but they would not

put that in his iep.  they said some kind of legal matters or whatever. 

However, I hope they did not tell you themselves that they are short on

therapists.  because 1, they are not supose to tell people that, if they do get

it on paper or recording.  and 2, that is not your problem that they are short

on help. you have to step up to the plate and do what is best for  your child. 

It is crazy how much we have to fight for our children. 

Casey R. Heying

 

Remember to Smile, Life isn't that bad is it?

From: daizeemom9 <daizeemom@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: Speech therapy with public school

Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 8:45 AM

When my ds was that age he was in a special preschool. He got 3

hours a week of individual therapy. Now that he is in the public

school system (K), he gets 5 hrs a week total, 30 min-group, 30 min-

individual daily.

If they have a lack of therapists in school, you could get him a

private speech therapist for afterschool.

HTH,

Amber

hsm to *8*

>

> Hi,

>

> For those who have apraxic children in the public school system,

how often is the speech theray and is it in a group or individual

setting?

>

> I have a 33 month-old son, whom I believe is apraxic, but no one

would diagnose him.  He will be tested by the school district in

California next month and I've heard that they are only offering

group therapy due to the lack of therapists.  I just wanted to know

how to advocate for him once the IEP rolls around.

>

> Thank you so much for your wisdom and input.

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[Guest guest]

I live in Central FL. When my son was in a Pre-Kindergarten Disabilities class

his IEP stated he would get 60 minutes a week of group speech therapy. That's

12 minutes a day with 5 other boys. (My son's class had 6 including my son.

Needless to say this did not meet my high standards and I withdrew my son.

We're homeschoolers. I just wanted to bring my son to my local public school

for additional therapy. He goes to a private SLP twice a week for 60 minutes

each individual session. I also work with him daily at home.

>

> Hi,

>

> For those who have apraxic children in the public school system, how often is

the speech theray and is it in a group or individual setting?

>

> I have a 33 month-old son, whom I believe is apraxic, but no one would

diagnose him.  He will be tested by the school district in California next month

and I've heard that they are only offering group therapy due to the lack of

therapists.  I just wanted to know how to advocate for him once the IEP rolls

around.

>

> Thank you so much for your wisdom and input.

>

> .

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[Guest guest]

5x a week individual, but we had to go hrough 2 due process hearings to ge this.

 

 

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From: debjward <debjward@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: Speech therapy with public school

Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 4:57 PM

I live in Central FL. When my son was in a Pre-Kindergarten Disabilities class

his IEP stated he would get 60 minutes a week of group speech therapy. That's 12

minutes a day with 5 other boys. (My son's class had 6 including my son.

Needless to say this did not meet my high standards and I withdrew my son.

We're homeschoolers. I just wanted to bring my son to my local public school for

additional therapy. He goes to a private SLP twice a week for 60 minutes each

individual session. I also work with him daily at home.

>

> Hi,

>

> For those who have apraxic children in the public school system, how often is

the speech theray and is it in a group or individual setting?

>

> I have a 33 month-old son, whom I believe is apraxic, but no one would

diagnose him.  He will be tested by the school district in California next month

and I've heard that they are only offering group therapy due to the lack of

therapists.  I just wanted to know how to advocate for him once the IEP rolls

around.

>

> Thank you so much for your wisdom and input.

>

> .

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[Guest guest]

hi,

 

When my son was and aged of our stae Ei program. The school district put him in

a head start program run by my state. This was my sons preschool placement by

the school district. In the city where where I live this is a common preschool

placement for children with IEPs ages 3 to 5 th birthday. My sons IEp at the

time stated that he have 2 30 minute individual ST sessions. Which they later

changed to 3 20 minute ones. My son would not sit still long enought or stay

focused to work with for very long at a time. So they worked with him for short

periods. But also they increased the amount of days he went to make up for it.

Then when he went to kindergarten he did 2x 30 min sessions and then added 2x 30

min sesions of OT a week. Now at age 10  grade 4 he gets 3x 45 min sessions St

and 2x 45 min OT a week. With special Class pullout time of about 4 hrs a day.

So he is in his mainstream class about 1 hour and half> Plus is in regular

art,music and PE with

his class. he does science with them but it is modified and broken down by his

one on one aide to his level of work. One on one aide is with him about 4 and

half hours a day. Not for the extras or lunch or recess and not for ST and OT. (

Both of them are completely done on one one just ST and OT and my son) . My son

he gets distracted very easy and has to have no one present to concentrate. It

seems to work out well for him. My son has made huge gains and is now being able

to hold conversations with us his family not ones like you and I would but he is

trying hard. Speech is still not clear sometimes. Some words are slurred and

sound mumbled especially if has to stop amd think before he talks. He does

better when he does not have to think much before talking words come out very

clear at times.

 

Good Luck.

 

Jeanne

NH

From: daizeemom9 <daizeemommail (DOT) com>

Subject: [childrensapraxiane t] Re: Speech therapy with public school

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Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 8:45 AM

When my ds was that age he was in a special preschool. He got 3

hours a week of individual therapy. Now that he is in the public

school system (K), he gets 5 hrs a week total, 30 min-group, 30 min-

individual daily.

If they have a lack of therapists in school, you could get him a

private speech therapist for afterschool.

HTH,

Amber

hsm to *8*

>

> Hi,

>

> For those who have apraxic children in the public school system,

how often is the speech theray and is it in a group or individual

setting?

>

> I have a 33 month-old son, whom I believe is apraxic, but no one

would diagnose him.  He will be tested by the school district in

California next month and I've heard that they are only offering

group therapy due to the lack of therapists.  I just wanted to know

how to advocate for him once the IEP rolls around.

>

> Thank you so much for your wisdom and input.

>

> .

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[Guest guest]

Hi, you can definitely request 1-on-1 therapy to be written down in

your next(?) IEP. Insist on it while you are at an IEP meeting! We got

it without having a lawyer with us. Our son gets 3 times a week 45

minutes. Good luck.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

The school is able to do individual therapy. They like to do group

because, it's easier for them.

We were able to get individual speech for my daughter (apraxia)when

she was in preschool for both years. Now she's in Kindergarten and

we have agreed to the group therapy because at this point, it is

working well.

Do you know other parents that have already dealt with your local

school system?

One question that always gets them when they say no, is to ask " Where

does it state that in writing that you are not able to provide

individual therapy?

Also, make a list of what you want and what you're willing to

compromise on. We were pretty adamant that my daughter get the

individual therapy, she also got OT individual 2x week, and PT, 1x a

week. We were willing to accept what they were offering in those two

areas as long as we got the individual therapy.

check out the wrightslaw.com site for some info.

Good luck.....

>

> Hi,

>

> For those who have apraxic children in the public school system,

how often is the speech theray and is it in a group or individual

setting?

>

> I have a 33 month-old son, whom I believe is apraxic, but no one

would diagnose him.  He will be tested by the school district in

California next month and I've heard that they are only offering

group therapy due to the lack of therapists.  I just wanted to know

how to advocate for him once the IEP rolls around.

>

> Thank you so much for your wisdom and input.

>

> .

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[Guest guest]

Sharon, (and , further down the post)

How long did the due process take? I withdrew my son from public

school due to chronic lung illness on the advice of a physician and I

now homeschool him. He has an IEP that the new school system refuses

to implement and they are refusing to give him an

evaluation/treatment in the home per his doctor's orders. We have a

Pro Bono attorney and are in due process and we have agreed to come

in for only the evaluations, but they have to clean the room per

health dept standards regarding protocol to prevent disease

transmission. Needless to say, they are stalling, they have called

the attorney about implementing the protocol, and they still have

failed to give us an IEP meeting or evaluation (with letter denoting

protocol has been followed) despite 6 months of repeated requests.

There is only a few months of school left and he has been a whole

school year without therapy. The school's position is that they do

not have any therapists to go to the home, but that is just too bad

because IDEA (the law) says differently and they will have to hire

therapists for his speech and occupational needs. (or in the end, pay

up in court for us to do it ourselves until he is 21) This " due

process " really has gone on way too long and it looks as if there

will be a court proceeding (at least in my eyes).

And ,

It took FIVE years, my diligence, a lot of research and papers

printed from the INTERNET (taking them into the doctor to plea my

case), in order to get my son diagnosed. I then found out that

doctors are reluctant to diagnose Apraxia until the age of five.

IMHO, regular pediatricians with no additional training, are just

plain ignorant to specialty problems such as this (and other things)

and therefore cannot make an adequate diagnosis. I have had to find

out the information MYSELF on most of my son's issues and PROVIDE

that information to doctors in order to get proper referrals for a

correct diagnosis.

As a nurse, a mom of an apraxic son, and a very good resercher, I can

offer this much information for you to consider about your son>>>

Apraxia is a form of brain damage that affects the motor planning in

the brain. Apraxia can affect an individual in many ways, one of

which is speech. When you notice that your child is clearly

unintelligible in speech (which means that by the age of 3 to 4 years

old, 80% of what your child says cannot be understood by you or

others,thus making his speech unintelligible), then a possible

apraxia diagnosis is warranted. I can tell you from what I have

learned that " lack of oxygen at birth " is a primary cause of this

condition. Nuchal cords (cord wrapped around the baby's neck inutero)

can be a precursor to lack of oxygen. Other things like failure of

the child to breathe adequately after delivery is another way.

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> > Hi,

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> > For those who have apraxic children in the public school system,

how often is the speech theray and is it in a group or individual

setting?

> >

> > I have a 33 month-old son, whom I believe is apraxic, but no one

would diagnose him.  He will be tested by the school district in

California next month and I've heard that they are only offering

group therapy due to the lack of therapists.  I just wanted to know

how to advocate for him once the IEP rolls around.

> >

> > Thank you so much for your wisdom and input.

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