Feeling something not right at the school

[Guest guest]

How can I know about the schedule of speech of my daughter?

Iam allowed to see her in school, and following her schedule with the missing

dates with the teacher?

my daughter is a pre-schoolr kid her IEP says 1-1 therapy , but when she returns

back from the school, she tries to explain me 2 boys, 1 girl, one more girl, we

are 4 speech.

and I know because all the kids she spoke about I know they have IEP.

How can  I ask them for the right services they wrote on the IEP,

Also I have the right to be informed for the missing classes of speech by the

teacher of the class, or the speech teacher?

My IEP after 10 days , and the school should improve the services, not do it

less.

Caroline writing from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

[Guest guest]

Can you call the therapist or drop by before or after school? I would tell

her that your daughter told her that there were other kids in speech and you

want to make sure she is getting one-on-one therapy instead of group

therapy. Maybe you can have your daughter draw a picture of what her speech

room looks like and all the people in there when she goes to speech.

Amy

www.HelpMyChildTalk.com

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:23 AM, caroline yassa <c_yassa@...> wrote:

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>

> How can I know about the schedule of speech of my daughter?

> Iam allowed to see her in school, and following her schedule with the

> missing dates with the teacher?

> my daughter is a pre-schoolr kid her IEP says 1-1 therapy , but when she

> returns back from the school, she tries to explain me 2 boys, 1 girl, one

> more girl, we are 4 speech.

>

> and I know because all the kids she spoke about I know they have IEP.

> How can I ask them for the right services they wrote on the IEP,

> Also I have the right to be informed for the missing classes of speech by

> the teacher of the class, or the speech teacher?

>

> My IEP after 10 days , and the school should improve the services, not do

> it less.

>

> Caroline writing from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ok, this is a good soultion, but Iam allowed to enter the speech time in anytime

in the school if I took the schedule, also my question issomeone said to me I

have to take an appointment before, so in this case she will arrange herself

with the teacher of the class again, as she took speech 8:30, 10:00 oclock , and

school time is starting from 8:30am to 11:30am.

Also I have the right to ask who are in the speech and the names by the law or

not????

Thank you for your help before my IEP,

CAROLINE writing from LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA

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From: Amy Bowen <aeimmie@...>

Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:04:44 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Feeling something not right at the school

Can you call the therapist or drop by before or after school? I would tell

her that your daughter told her that there were other kids in speech and you

want to make sure she is getting one-on-one therapy instead of group

therapy. Maybe you can have your daughter draw a picture of what her speech

room looks like and all the people in there when she goes to speech.

Amy

www.HelpMyChildTalk .com

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:23 AM, caroline yassa <c_yassa (DOT) com> wrote:

>

>

> How can I know about the schedule of speech of my daughter?

> Iam allowed to see her in school, and following her schedule with the

> missing dates with the teacher?

> my daughter is a pre-schoolr kid her IEP says 1-1 therapy , but when she

> returns back from the school, she tries to explain me 2 boys, 1 girl, one

> more girl, we are 4 speech.

>

> and I know because all the kids she spoke about I know they have IEP.

> How can I ask them for the right services they wrote on the IEP,

> Also I have the right to be informed for the missing classes of speech by

> the teacher of the class, or the speech teacher?

>

> My IEP after 10 days , and the school should improve the services, not do

> it less.

>

> Caroline writing from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

>

>

[Guest guest]

this was four years ago...but my daughters special needs preschool had an open

door policy needed!! I did not need an appt to come visit or sit in on any one

of her school therapies! I could show up at the door- view the classroom- which

had one-way mirrors and I had the schedule for her weekly therapies- so I could

visit whenever I wanted!!!

As far as other kids- you cannot and the school will not give you information

about or discuss other peoples children who may be in her groups--these are

based on HIPA laws!!I would not want them discussing mine with any other parents

either.

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> >

> > How can I know about the schedule of speech of my daughter?

> > Iam allowed to see her in school, and following her schedule with the

> > missing dates with the teacher?

> > my daughter is a pre-schoolr kid her IEP says 1-1 therapy , but when she

> > returns back from the school, she tries to explain me 2 boys, 1 girl, one

> > more girl, we are 4 speech.

> >

> > and I know because all the kids she spoke about I know they have IEP.

> > How can I ask them for the right services they wrote on the IEP,

> > Also I have the right to be informed for the missing classes of speech by

> > the teacher of the class, or the speech teacher?

> >

> > My IEP after 10 days , and the school should improve the services, not do

> > it less.

> >

> > Caroline writing from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Have you checked out the 's Law books or website? There is tons of

information over there about your rights, your child's rights and how the

schools " should " be following the law.

To clear things up for me, since my son is non-verbal and can't tell me about

his day, I ask that the teacher and therapist fill in a daily log/form to

include exactly what was done in therapy. The info they send is okay, I really

want more to know exactly how Ronan worked on his goals, how much time was truly

" on " for both he and the therapist among other of my need-to-know info.

Things may be different in your district (I hope since I'm not happy where we

are in NC), but I heard from a parent last year that the '30 minutes' of speech

can be 30 minutes of prep time for the next session, filling out the paperwork

for the previous session, or 30 minutes of time spent on your child's goals even

without actually working WITH the child.

My advice, ask for a log to be filled out and make it so that the therapist can

feel like she/he is king of the speech mountain and you NEED them to help you.

Keep the log simple since it will be another thing to do (check boxes to state

where they worked with your child, how long was the child on-task vs. how much

time the session was, a quick summary of what method is being used or what

activities they did in case you can carry over that game or skill at home, and

who else might have been at the session. Make it short and sweet, but oh so

grateful that you have this information.

I hope you get the answers.

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> >

> > How can I know about the schedule of speech of my daughter?

> > Iam allowed to see her in school, and following her schedule with the

> > missing dates with the teacher?

> > my daughter is a pre-schoolr kid her IEP says 1-1 therapy , but when she

> > returns back from the school, she tries to explain me 2 boys, 1 girl, one

> > more girl, we are 4 speech.

> >

> > and I know because all the kids she spoke about I know they have IEP.

> > How can I ask them for the right services they wrote on the IEP,

> > Also I have the right to be informed for the missing classes of speech by

> > the teacher of the class, or the speech teacher?

> >

> > My IEP after 10 days , and the school should improve the services, not do

> > it less.

> >

> > Caroline writing from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Caroline, I think it's in your right to ask if she's getting speech

individually or in a small group, but I do not think they will give you the

names of the children in the small group, that would violate privacy laws. It's

difficult knowing when/if our kids are actually getting the therapy they are

supposed to get per their IEP b/c our kids usually can't tell us. If your

relationship w/ your teachre is a good one they will typically tell you when/if

the therapy is happening. You shouldn't have to " make an appt " to visit your

child's school, now maybe the SLP, b/c she's probably has a large caseload and

is very busy, but just to pop in your child's class, no appt should be needed.

Good luck.

Bonnie

[Guest guest]

I would talk with your child's therapist. I wouldn't have had a problem

with a parent sitting in an individual therapy session at all. Group

therapy would be a different story. I think you have a right to ask how

many kids are in your child's session and how therapy is done, but the names

and goals of any children in a group should not be shared.

I wouldn't just drop by if you want to observe a session. I would talk to

the therapist and set up a time. In my experience with preschools the kids

are not always seen at the same time everyday. For example child A may be

first one day and child C may be first another day. It usually depended on

what the children were doing and who was the least interrupted in their

activities.

Amy

www.HelpMyChildTalk.com

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> >

> > >

> > >

> > > How can I know about the schedule of speech of my daughter?

> > > Iam allowed to see her in school, and following her schedule with the

> > > missing dates with the teacher?

> > > my daughter is a pre-schoolr kid her IEP says 1-1 therapy , but when

> she

> > > returns back from the school, she tries to explain me 2 boys, 1 girl,

> one

> > > more girl, we are 4 speech.

> > >

> > > and I know because all the kids she spoke about I know they have IEP.

> > > How can I ask them for the right services they wrote on the IEP,

> > > Also I have the right to be informed for the missing classes of speech

> by

> > > the teacher of the class, or the speech teacher?

> > >

> > > My IEP after 10 days , and the school should improve the services, not

> do

> > > it less.

> > >

> > > Caroline writing from LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

> > >

> > >