Early Intervention - 28 months

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Hello,

I'm reading " The Late Talker " and wanted to see if anyone had any

guidance about my son's current IFSP. He was evaluated at 23 months

and scored at 15 months for expressive speech. He scored 22-24

months is all other areas. We live in Ohio and they concluded he is

eligible for Part-C EI services. This includes his service

coordinator coming to our house and an EI specialist up to 4 times a

month. He can go to a speech playgroup consisting of one SLP and

this counts as one of the 4 times a month visits. So basically, we

go to speech playgroup twice a month and his EI person and Service

coordinator come out to our house twice a month. I've asked our EI

specialist if we could see the SLP one-on-one or if they offer any

other services and she said the SLP doesn't do anything but the

playgroup and the daycare at the MRDD. Does this sound right? We

are seeking another eval with Kaufman on May 12. His private

SLP says he has an oral motor disorder, but won't say apraxia because

it is overdiagnosed and he is young. I just want to make sure he is

getting appropriate services through EI and I am supplementing

therapy with one-on-one private therapy twice a week. But after

reading the " Getting the help you need " chapter in the book, it made

me wonder if he should be getting more through our state. I know for

sure if my son has apraxia, which I whole heartedly believe he does

(and also sensory integration dysfuncation)that the services we

receive through EI alone, would not help his speech output! Thanks

for any feedback. The more I reasearch for my son, the more

questions I am finding! Thanks, Jodi (Jack 28 months)