Please help child in Virginia!!!!

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The IEP will typically state the diagnosis if the parent supplies it to them.

Schools will not diagnose -they will tell you if there is a receptive or

expressive delay etc. and let you know if your child qualifies for services

through the IEP. Children are entitled by Federal law to a Free and Appropriate

Public Education in the Least Restrictive Environment and this starts with the

preschool program... from what you are saying your child does not qualify. Many

children in our group have expressive delays -but that doesn't mean receptive

delays and yet without advocacy and appropriate testing the word " receptive "

delay frequently will be added to the IEP too. This again is why an outside

evaluation is highly recommended.

So please explain if you can- you have a 4 year old -the school says he's not

qualified for the preschool program, you plan to homeschool -but this same child

who right now doesn't qualify for any preschool program will qualify ____

(when?) for one on one a few times a week....when he's school age? Or do you

mean he will qualify for speech therapy alone just not the rest of the program?

But if he's not qualified for the preschool program which for SURE you need to

check them at the door on with an outside evaluation...the question to them from

me is then why would he qualify for one on one services a few days a week at

some point? That makes no sense! Either he's not qualified or he is qualified!

And how can he be not qualified for any preschool services at all and not only

qualified for services but one on one therapy a few times a week once school age

which is what we all advocate for?! It is very uncommon from what I have seen

for any school to offer one on one therapy a " few " days a week without some

advocacy -and in many cases we have to advocate our booties off for that. So

yes again please do explain if you can.

Here is a severity intervention matrix guide used by the schools to determine

how much therapy a week is needed based on severity.

http://www.cherab.org/information/speechlanguage/therapymatrix.html

http://www.cherabfoundation.org/2007/speech-therapy-matrix/

I changed the subject in hopes that others from Virginia jump in...but if nobody

else is close we have an SLP who is HIGHLY qualified about all type of speech

issues in land- Barbara of Help Me Speak http://www.helpmespeak.com/

I checked for you and it is a distance -about 4 hours away!!

Here are a few support contacts I found- please check them out and perhaps one

of them can help suggest someone?

Hampton Roads SE VA Apraxia Support Group

Phone: (757) 617-3013

Contact: nah Uroskie

E-Mail: tsuroskie@...

Support Contacts*:

Contact: Lavonne Rolincik

Fairfax/Centreville, Virginia

(Northern Virginia)

E-Mail: mrolincik@...

Phone: (703) 988-0930

Contact: Rooker

Norfolk, Virginia

E-Mail: fortherookers@...

I'm hoping others can jump in as well. Don't worry we'll find you help! And

don't worry about being in denial before -you are here now and that's all that

matters -it's for sure not too late at all to see if he qualifies for the

preschool program...and no offense to the teachers from what I write here about

not trusting the school alone in situations like this...but the Cherab VP is

Cheryl http://cherab.org/about/cheryl.html

http://www.cherabfoundation.org/about/advisoryboard/cheryl-bennett-johnson-m-a-s\

lseducational-consultant/ who is a therapist and award winning teacher from

NJ...and she'll give you the same advice herself! I wonder if early

intervention or special needs is addressed in Waiting for Superman

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