Guest guest Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Jane, We are taking our daughter who is 38 months old for an MRI in April just to make sure there are no other underlying conditions causing the severe Apraxia she has and we are waiting for a referral to a geneticist as well. I want to make sure we check out all avenues and help her in any way possible although the speech therapist said any findings wont change her therapy any. Maybe help her get more days but not any longer sessions. She has been getting speech since she was about 18 months old, two times weekly and now three times weekly since she turned 3. She ages out of our local early intervention this fall and will be in the school systems hands for therapy services then. I dont know why your state of Michigan wouldnt cover services for you. I would get the MRI. Just my opinion, better to be proactive. [sPAM][ ] Please help me + I am re-posting this as I thought I should put it under a new subject. Any help would be so appreciated. Please give me advice...I have a 4 year old with a vocabulary of a few spontaneous words. We have done neurodevelopmental therapy with him for about 14 months. We just added speech therapy for the past 2 weeks, twice weekly. My son saw a physiatrist yesterday and he is kind of pushing me to get an MRI. He says that the state may not pay for apraxia if there is no reason as to why he has it. I initially went to the physiatrist instead of an neurologist so I wouldn't have to get an MRI but would be able to get a DX which would allow me to get help from the state to pay for therapy. My son does have some serious issues. He has severe apraxia, (verbal, oral, and motor), hypotonia, and a small head (this size of a 24 month old) My son is also small for his age and is underweight and has some thyroid issues. I guess the small head size would be my only consideration in getting the MRI as to see if and where the brain is involved. So I guess I have 2 questions. Does anyone know if the state of Michigan's, Childrens Special Needs Services, will pay for therapy with a dx of apraxia, hypotonia, without the MRI results. And secondly, because of my child's head size being small coupled with the fact that my SLP is suspicious that something else is going on besides apraxia, warrant an MRI? I always deal with everything to do with health naturally so I am at a loss as to what to do. I really am skeptical of the system but want to do the best for my son. I hope I made myself understood and I am really hoping that someone on the group can help me to make the right decision. God bless you all for all that you do to help others with special children. Just another note: I want to thank again for your book. If it wasn't for your book, , I would not have realized I need special speech therapy for my son. We have only had him in speech therapy for a couple of weeks and we have seen some hope. Thank you. Jane www.KidsHealthNaturally.com www.HealthyChatter.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 , What are you hoping to rule out? A tumor? Do you know you can rule out seizures, less traumatically, with a sleep-deprived EEG. > > Jane, We are taking our daughter who is 38 months old for an MRI in April just to make sure there are no other underlying conditions causing the severe Apraxia she has and we are waiting for a referral to a geneticist as well. I want to make sure we check out all avenues and help her in any way possible although the speech therapist said any findings wont change her therapy any. Maybe help her get more days but not any longer sessions. She has been getting speech since she was about 18 months old, two times weekly and now three times weekly since she turned 3. She ages out of our local early intervention this fall and will be in the school systems hands for therapy services then. I dont know why your state of Michigan wouldnt cover services for you. I would get the MRI. Just my opinion, better to be proactive. > > [sPAM][ ] Please help me > > > + > > I am re-posting this as I thought I should put it under a new subject. Any help would be so appreciated. > > Please give me advice...I have a 4 year old with a vocabulary of a few spontaneous words. We have done neurodevelopmental therapy with him for about 14 months. We just added speech therapy for the past 2 weeks, twice weekly. > My son saw a physiatrist yesterday and he is kind of pushing me to get an MRI. He says that the state may not pay for apraxia if there is no reason as to why he has it. I initially went to the physiatrist instead of an neurologist so I wouldn't have to get an MRI but would be able to get a DX which would allow me to get help from the state to pay for therapy. My son does have some serious issues. He has severe apraxia, (verbal, oral, and motor), hypotonia, and a small head (this size of a 24 month old) My son is also small for his age and is underweight and has some thyroid issues. > I guess the small head size would be my only consideration in getting the MRI as to see if and where the brain is involved. So I guess I have 2 questions. Does anyone know if the state of Michigan's, Childrens Special Needs Services, will pay for therapy with a dx of apraxia, hypotonia, without the MRI results. And secondly, because of my child's head size being small coupled with the fact that my SLP is suspicious that something else is going on besides apraxia, warrant an MRI? I always deal with everything to do with health naturally so I am at a loss as to what to do. I really am skeptical of the system but want to do the best for my son. > I hope I made myself understood and I am really hoping that someone on the group can help me to make the right decision. > God bless you all for all that you do to help others with special children. > Just another note: > I want to thank again for your book. If it wasn't for your book, , I would not have realized I need special speech therapy for my son. We have only had him in speech therapy for a couple of weeks and we have seen some hope. Thank you. > Jane > www.KidsHealthNaturally.com > www.HealthyChatter.com > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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