Re: Re: Please help child in Virginia!!!!

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Hi Gwen,

Schools do not diagnose apraxia since it is not a federal educational

handicapping condition. Most likely he would be labeled as " speech-language

impaired " . It sounds like they are saying that he would qualify for " speech

only " therapy sessions. In my opinion he may qualify for the preschool program

since he has difficulty with speech and expressive language (vocab, grammar,

pragmatics) as well. It sounds like they aren't taking this into account-only

looking at his speech sounds.

I agree with . You need a private evaluation by an SLP who is trained in

PROMPT, Beckman, Kaufman, & Talk Tools oral placement exercises.

My SLPs are trained in those skills. We are about 4 hrs away but would love to

evaluate him if you would like. Just call my office on Mon.

Warmest wishes,

Barbara A , M.S.,CCC-SLP

President,

Help Me Speak, LLC

www.helpmespeak.com

2500 Wallington Way

Suite 103

Marriottsville, MD 21104

410-442-9791

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On Oct 17, 2010, at 7:35 AM, " Truth " <gwen2jason@...> wrote:

> So the school won't give a diagnoses? From what they are saying so far, it

sounds like he will qualify for one-on-one therapy a few times a week, but not

the pre-school program. We have only had cheap short-term insurance due to a job

change for the last 6 mo, so that is the reason that I went with the school

system. Our regular insurance starts in Nov. and will try to get him in with a

speech therapist then.

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> I'd love to know the names of good therapists and physicians to evaluate him.

We live in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Virginia Beach to be exact, but

we are close to Norfolk and Chesapeake as well. I feel like I'm going in blind

as far as picking a therapist.

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> As for starting school, I wouldn't have started him at 5 anyway. We homeschool

and even my " normal " 7yo dd is technically a year behind because I opted her out

of kindergarten at 5 (while actually doing kindergarten at home). I plan to go

at his own pace

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> I read your book when my son was around 2 and again about a year ago, but I

was in serious denial at that point and need to go check it back out and read it

again.

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> I'll let everyone know if a heaping scoop will produce any changes soon.

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> Gwen

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> > Oh girl we'll get you up to speed here!!! Yes you want the school to be

involved but no...they are not the ones you go to for the evaluation -please

don't leave it up to them alone! Clearly from what you wrote your child should

have been getting occupational therapy OT already. Funny thing about our kids is

that they do seem " normal " until they start getting older and not able to keep

up. Cognitive and receptive ability does not necessarily have anything to do

with diagnosis. In fact your child can be have a genius IQ and have impaired

speech. One has nothing to do with another and your child still needs a

diagnosis. That's why I didn't say developmental delay because the older they

get the less likely it's developmental. And the thing is the older they are when

you seek appropriate diagnosis and therapy the less time you have to get them up

to speed by kindergarten. Please consider not starting kindergarten until your

child is 6 years old -you have time and I have articles on that. So yes your

child does have something other than speech -speech impairment and some type of

gross motor issue -that's two things. And none of us are skilled to know our

kids have " nothing else " wrong. I can share first emails I sent to grouplists

about Tanner -completely normal except he couldn't talk. Ended up Tanner had

oral and verbal apraxia, hypotonia, motor planning deficits in the body and

sensory issues to name a few. Due to early intervention which it's not too late

for your babe to start- my son appears " normal " and has been mainstreamed and a

good student with an active social life since kindergarten.

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> > About NV -I was looking for any improvements over what he already did..and

in regards to elimination was looking to see if his bowel movements have more of

a foul odor to them than normal -any increase in amount or times of day because

those would be signs of the natural detox from the casein free whey isolate. And

yes let us know if you go to heaping scoops if you notice any changes -if you

don't I'd stop it for a month or so...and I wouldn't start again until you find

a private SLP to work with for your son. It appears there are a few times now

where the professionals are able to notice the surges more than the parents as

odd as that sounds. And then again on the other hand it's possible you have one

of the only children NV isn't working for -but I wouldn't give up yet as the

success rate is that high.

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> > But again main thing is we need to get you a diagnosis -and the school is

not going to do that. Without an outside evaluation your child will probably be

offered 2 or 3 times a week of group speech therapy -and that's probably what he

has now right? Depending upon your child's severity and diagnosis one on one

therapy may be appropriate.

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> > Have you read The Late Talker book that I co authored? You need someone to

help you look over the IEP goals set by the school to tell you if they are

appropriate for your child.

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> > Let us know what state or country you are in and we can see if as a group we

can offer suggestions of good private SLPs and for sure I'd take him for a

neuromedical exam as well with a pediatric neurologist or developmental

pediatrician to confirm or rule out any soft signs that the average parent

doesn't always notice -especially when young. The younger they are when they get

diagnosed and therapy -the better

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