Options for 3yr olds.

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I know it seems far off but the five months goes fast. I would guess he has a

Fall birthday? Here in NY--the option is to get out of EI early and start school

in September in a special needs school. Or with the Fall bdays- NY EI will

provide services until December. than they can transition in January to

preschool.

My year my daughter aged out of EI (she's 7 now) she turned 3 in July. I had

enough of EI in my house and just wanted them OUT! we had 6-7 therapists a week

at that point.with her summer birthday- she was only eligible to stay in EI till

August of that summer. She was also very ready for a change and the new

challenges with new/different therapist in a special needs preschool. I ended EI

in May of that year and gave her a month off! She started ESY in the special

needs preschool two weeks before she turned 3! But that is what she needed. She

needed and got every service they offered--OT PT ST in school..so she needed the

full day and I needed a break!

I also have two sons who only required speech in EI. NY will not offer special

needs preschool to a 3yr old with only one service. So- my only option was to

send them both to typical preschool and bring them after their half-day to

speech therapy at a special needs preschool after the schools regular school day

was done. They both caught up to their age level after only a 4-6 mos of ST and

were discharged. They are now 10 and 4 yrs old. My apraxia daughter is now 7yrs.

Those were my options for my 3yr olds who only needed speech.

-- In , " BodegaLee " <bodegalee@...> wrote:

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> Hi Everyone

> well I'd forgotten how quickly the IFSP transitional meeting comes up (6

months prior to the 3rd bday - at least here). While I understand the need for

everyone to get things in place so there's an appropriate place/services for the

child at age 3, so much can change. My son is not quite 30 months and has been

participating in ST since shortly after his 2nd bday. At this point, it's hard

to tell where he might be in another 5 months as he's making progress (slow, but

sure).