Re: Re: IMPORTANT- REQUESTING INFO FROM ALL OF YOU

January 29, 2010

Hi Kim

I live in Wexford PA, which is about a 30 minute drive north of Pittsburgh.

I am thinking that I may have some problems during my upcoming IEP. I am

hearing that the School does not support indiv. therapy for Apraxia within

the Pre K School setting.... this has me very concerned. The most

appropriate form of therapy for Apraxia is Indiv. therapy..... our kids do not

respond well to, and may even regress with Group Therapy. I will let you know

what happens during my IEP Meeting this Tuesday.

Advice for you- if you have not received an outside formal Speech Eval on

your child-- make an appointment to have one done ASAP. I made my

appointment with Hammer from Children's Hosp. of Pgh.

Your EI Coordinator will soon be calling you to schedule " A Transition

Meeting " ..... where you will informally meet with people from the School.

They will tell you that they will be sending School Personnel to evaluate your

child. They then, will complete an " Evaluation Report " . It would be

helpful if you had an outside report that describes the degree of your child's

Apraxia. You can insist that they add this to their report. In my case,

the School decided to NOT send a Speech Therapist to evaluate my Son-- they

used the report that I had obtained from Hammer. If anything, an

" outside report " will be " added ammunition " to show to the School- to support

the services that your child will need.

Purchase the Book " The Late Talker " asap.... here is an Amazon link to

it...

This book is like " the Bible " for parents with Apraxic kids!

During your Transition Meeting, they will give you info on how you can

arrange to tour the PK School that your child will attend. Try to make this

appt. ASAP- they may have limited dates.... and you want to have enough time

to develop a list of questions to ask about the school that your child will

be going to.

In our case, our Transition Meeting was in November- (3 months before my

Sons 3rd BD). We made an appointment to see the School during late Nov.,

but had to cancel it because our older " typical child " was admitted to the

Hospital for a severe sinus infection. The School had no class observation

dates from December to late Jan. We had no choice but to wait to see the

school until less than one week prior to our IEP Meeting. I have many

questions about the school- all of which I must ask during the IEP Meeting... I

feel it would be better to have them answered earlier!

I will be here to help you in any way that I can

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