Re: intense speech therapy

[Guest guest]

My daughter is almost 3 and goes to speech 5 to 6 times a week. She gets 2

speech therapies a month paid through the state, (She is aging out of the state

program on the 31st when she turns 3)we just received some medicaid so hopefully

they will start picking up at least 1x per week and the rest we pay out of

pocket. We also have been paying for 2 o/t per week and 2 p/t per week but now

medicaid is paying for the 2 o/t so we just added another one which we pay and

medicaid is paying one p/t a week and we pay the rest. We call the

million dollar baby.

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For those of you whose children go to speech therapy 4-5 times a week, are you

paying privately for it? Or is the district providing it?

My 2.5 year old is only getting speech therapy once a week now and I know that's

way too infrequent- she's constantly babbling but saying very few consistent

words.

Thank you,

Nelia

[Guest guest]

Nelia the district only starts providing speech therapy via the IEP once your

child is 3 years old. At your child's age you have Early Intervention via the

state program which in most cases is not more than once or twice a week. There

are however other options such as via insurance, SLP programs through local

universities (which typically is overseen by the PhDs in the department) as well

as Elks or similar programs that sponsor a special needs child to provide

therapy for free or reduced fees. There are also scholarships available to

qualified children to daily programs if they are available in your area. For

example when my son was younger he attended the Summit Speech School for the

hearing impaired in Summit NJ for his preschool years -however that same school

had a birth to 3 daily program that I was not aware of (unfortunately) There's

a huge amount of info in The Late Talker book on how to secure insurance as well

as appropriate placement and therapy via the IEP.

Hope that helps!

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks for your response. My daughter is currently receiving therapy once a

week via the Regional Center. I am looking ahead right now, preparing for the

transition to the school district. I think that the therapy that she has

received once a week has been fine for now, but once she turns 3 I think she

needs more intensive therapy. I am trying to determine how to make that happen,

as her eval currently just says that she is recommended to receive therapy once

a week. I know that the school district will go off of that eval and probably

only want to give her therapy once a week. I am looking for suggestions on how

I can make a more intensive program happen once she's 3.

Thanks again!

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> Nelia the district only starts providing speech therapy via the IEP once your

child is 3 years old. At your child's age you have Early Intervention via the

state program which in most cases is not more than once or twice a week. There

are however other options such as via insurance, SLP programs through local

universities (which typically is overseen by the PhDs in the department) as well

as Elks or similar programs that sponsor a special needs child to provide

therapy for free or reduced fees. There are also scholarships available to

qualified children to daily programs if they are available in your area. For

example when my son was younger he attended the Summit Speech School for the

hearing impaired in Summit NJ for his preschool years -however that same school

had a birth to 3 daily program that I was not aware of (unfortunately) There's

a huge amount of info in The Late Talker book on how to secure insurance as well

as appropriate placement and therapy via the IEP.

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> Hope that helps!

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[Guest guest]

When my son was about 2 1/2 he got 2 hours from the regional center(EI) and we

paid for 4 additional hours weekly for about 6 weeks (6 hours per week total).

That kick started much of his speech and continued even after we went back to 4

hours weekly (2 state paid 2 private pay). Now that my son is with the school

district he gets speech 5 xs weekly and we pay for 2 additional hours and we

have seen wonderful progress. Make sure you get a really comprehensive speech

eval to support the level of speech your child needs when it comes time for you

to transition.

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> For those of you whose children go to speech therapy 4-5 times a week, are you

paying privately for it? Or is the district providing it?

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> My 2.5 year old is only getting speech therapy once a week now and I know

that's way too infrequent- she's constantly babbling but saying very few

consistent words.

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> Thank you,

> Nelia

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[Guest guest]

Wow Tara! That must sure add up. Our insurance will cover PT and OT if we

don't feel that she receives enough through the district. Speech is a different

story though, and insurance won't cover it (which I believe is unfortunately

fairly common).

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> My daughter is almost 3 and goes to speech 5 to 6 times a week. She gets 2

speech therapies a month paid through the state, (She is aging out of the state

program on the 31st when she turns 3)we just received some medicaid so hopefully

they will start picking up at least 1x per week and the rest we pay out of

pocket. We also have been paying for 2 o/t per week and 2 p/t per week but now

medicaid is paying for the 2 o/t so we just added another one which we pay and

medicaid is paying one p/t a week and we pay the rest. We call the

million dollar baby.

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paying privately for it? Or is the district providing it?

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> My 2.5 year old is only getting speech therapy once a week now and I know

that's way too infrequent- she's constantly babbling but saying very few

consistent words.

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[Guest guest]

Did you son start speech when she was 2.5? That is great that the speech made

that much difference. How much speech did he have when he started? Yes, I

think that getting a c omprehensive private evaluation is what I'll have to do,

thanks for that suggestion.

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> > For those of you whose children go to speech therapy 4-5 times a week, are

you paying privately for it? Or is the district providing it?

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> > My 2.5 year old is only getting speech therapy once a week now and I know

that's way too infrequent- she's constantly babbling but saying very few

consistent words.

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> > Thank you,

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[Guest guest]

Nelia,

Are you in Sacramento, because your name looks very familiar to me. If so, I

took my son to CSUS, and there he received two hours per week of additional

therapy. The ish Rite Temple also provides free speech therapy, and that's

on J St. accross from the college. I don't think they offer treatment for

apraxia, but they do offer traditional speech/language therapy. Both have

waiting lists, though. Beyond that, I bought the Kaufman kit and worked with my

son on my own.

If you're not in Sacramento, then you may want to call your local college and

see if they have a speech training clinic as well as the ish Rite, Masons

or some other community service organization. I think our local Masons or Elks

chapter (can't remember which) used to offer literacy services for people with

Dyslexia.

From: taranowakowski@...

Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 01:45:19 +0000

Subject: Re: [ ] intense speech therapy

My daughter is almost 3 and goes to speech 5 to 6 times a week. She gets 2

speech therapies a month paid through the state, (She is aging out of the state

program on the 31st when she turns 3)we just received some medicaid so hopefully

they will start picking up at least 1x per week and the rest we pay out of

pocket. We also have been paying for 2 o/t per week and 2 p/t per week but now

medicaid is paying for the 2 o/t so we just added another one which we pay and

medicaid is paying one p/t a week and we pay the rest. We call the

million dollar baby.

-------------- Original message from " nelianoonsi " <nelia_nunes@...>:

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For those of you whose children go to speech therapy 4-5 times a week, are you

paying privately for it? Or is the district providing it?

My 2.5 year old is only getting speech therapy once a week now and I know that's

way too infrequent- she's constantly babbling but saying very few consistent

words.

Thank you,

Nelia

[Guest guest]

My 7dd gets 4x a week at school. 3I 1G. But she has a dx of Apraxia--which is

difficult to get in the EI world!! Do you have a suspected apraxia dx or is it

not as severe?

My 4yr old had an articulation issue only. NY has a minimum of 2x a week for

preschool children getting speech therapy--so thats what he got. if you have a

dx that might help with the amount per week that cpse provides.he had 2x a week

with artic only---he also had 2x a week in EI.

The school district does a whole new set of evals for the transition and will

not go on what EI has been doing.

Most want to draw their own conclusions and (in my case) didnt even want any

paperwork from EI till their own testing was done. this was for my apraxia dd

and my son.

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[Guest guest]

I forgot where his speech level was at until I watched a home video.  He had 4

words when he started those hours at 2.4 years old to be exact....and those were

unitelligible at best.  He started the intense speech and within a month was

stringing 2-3 words together.  At 3 1/2 he can still be difficult to understand

but will string together up to 9 words and 2-3 sentences to tell a story or

relay an event. It was insanely costly but the best investment.  The private

eval helped us to get from our District the amount of speech needed to keep the

progress moving.  We still have a lot of work to do but we could not be happier.

All my best.

Sylvia Sumidahttp://matthewsumida.blogspot.com/

From: nelianoonsi <nelia_nunes@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: intense speech therapy

Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 7:50 PM

Did you son start speech when she was 2.5? That is great that the speech made

that much difference. How much speech did he have when he started? Yes, I think

that getting a c omprehensive private evaluation is what I'll have to do, thanks

for that suggestion.

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> > For those of you whose children go to speech therapy 4-5 times a week, are

you paying privately for it? Or is the district providing it?

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> > My 2.5 year old is only getting speech therapy once a week now and I know

that's way too infrequent- she's constantly babbling but saying very few

consistent words.

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> > Thank you,

> > Nelia

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[Guest guest]

My son started at 2x per week (45 min) at the age of 2.2. We bumped it up to 4x

per week after I received his report from the neurologist. That was around

2.3-2.4. We also added 2x per week at an EI class program that sept. At 2

years old he had no words and about 2 sounds. Once we added the extra 2x per

week, we saw a huge jump. He also drooled a lot (still does a little) and the

increase helped with that too. Hope this helps!

erin

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Did the neurologist recommend more speech? I am just wondering if that's

something that my daughter's neuro can recommend. That is great that you saw a

big jump after adding the additional therapy!! I am really realizing that once

a week of speech isn't doing it for my daughter!

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> My son started at 2x per week (45 min) at the age of 2.2. We bumped it up to

4x per week after I received his report from the neurologist. That was around

2.3-2.4. We also added 2x per week at an EI class program that sept. At 2

years old he had no words and about 2 sounds. Once we added the extra 2x per

week, we saw a huge jump. He also drooled a lot (still does a little) and the

increase helped with that too. Hope this helps!

> erin

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Yes, I in in Folsom. I remember you- we spoke a few months back on the phone

and you were very helpful! I did already place on the wait list at

SCUS. I looked into the ish Rite Temple but it seems they take children

with language delays only (and not if they have other delays), so that won't

work for us. Thanks for your suggestions!

Nelia

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> Are you in Sacramento, because your name looks very familiar to me. If so, I

took my son to CSUS, and there he received two hours per week of additional

therapy. The ish Rite Temple also provides free speech therapy, and that's

on J St. accross from the college. I don't think they offer treatment for

apraxia, but they do offer traditional speech/language therapy. Both have

waiting lists, though. Beyond that, I bought the Kaufman kit and worked with my

son on my own.

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> If you're not in Sacramento, then you may want to call your local college and

see if they have a speech training clinic as well as the ish Rite, Masons

or some other community service organization. I think our local Masons or Elks

chapter (can't remember which) used to offer literacy services for people with

Dyslexia.

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> From: taranowakowski@...

> Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 01:45:19 +0000

> Subject: Re: [ ] intense speech therapy

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> My daughter is almost 3 and goes to speech 5 to 6 times a week. She gets 2

speech therapies a month paid through the state, (She is aging out of the state

program on the 31st when she turns 3)we just received some medicaid so hopefully

they will start picking up at least 1x per week and the rest we pay out of

pocket. We also have been paying for 2 o/t per week and 2 p/t per week but now

medicaid is paying for the 2 o/t so we just added another one which we pay and

medicaid is paying one p/t a week and we pay the rest. We call the

million dollar baby.

> -------------- Original message from " nelianoonsi " <nelia_nunes@...>:

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> For those of you whose children go to speech therapy 4-5 times a week, are you

paying privately for it? Or is the district providing it?

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> My 2.5 year old is only getting speech therapy once a week now and I know

that's way too infrequent- she's constantly babbling but saying very few

consistent words.

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> Thank you,

> Nelia

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[Guest guest]

My daughter has a dyspraxia diagnosis. We were told it's too early to determine

if she has true apraxia. It's obvious that she has severe motor planning issues

that effect her globally, including her mouth . However, I am not sure that she

has " true " apraxia. She has many many sounds and is pretty vocal, but it's all

gibberish.

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That's wonderful. I love hearing stories like these. :-)

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[Guest guest]

Nelia,

Actually the neurologist recommended what the speech therapsit recommended. He

asked for me to fax the SLP's letter saying what she thought he needed. The

nuero then wrote that based on the speech report, my son needed the increase to

4x a week. He also wrote that children with motor planning issues such as

apraxia need intensive therapy for a prolonged period of time. I also had him

tested privately by Dr. Agin in Manhattan and a developmental ped. I wanted all

my dr.'s to be on the same page so that when it came time for the district to

transition him, we got the services we needed. So far, my plan has worked

pretty well. I hope that this info helps you- good luck!

erin

[Guest guest]

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That's wonderful, good for you for being so proactive! My daughter does not

have an apraxia diagnosis, but she has one of dyspraxia, so I think that might

work. We see the neuro next month so I'll talk to her about it. Thanks again!

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> Nelia,

> Actually the neurologist recommended what the speech therapsit recommended.

He asked for me to fax the SLP's letter saying what she thought he needed. The

nuero then wrote that based on the speech report, my son needed the increase to

4x a week. He also wrote that children with motor planning issues such as

apraxia need intensive therapy for a prolonged period of time. I also had him

tested privately by Dr. Agin in Manhattan and a developmental ped. I wanted all

my dr.'s to be on the same page so that when it came time for the district to

transition him, we got the services we needed. So far, my plan has worked

pretty well. I hope that this info helps you- good luck!

> erin

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