Re: help with iep meeting/aging out of IE (essex county...

[Guest guest]

Aliza

First question I have for you is do you have a medical card for your child?

We have both for our sons and what our major insurance does not pay the

medical card covers. Forget the neurologist for now. Go to where ever you had

the testing done by a speech pathologist and tell them that you need

something written for this IEP, with their diagnoses. Make sure you have their

recommendations in it, very important.

Have the Early Intervention people done any testing, if so what did they

say. You have the right to request, small group and one on one. How may

hours are they offering you a week?

Does your child have any other services, they should have an input in all

of this. Do you have a case manager.

There is a great web site _http://wrightslaw.com/_ (http://wrightslaw.com/)

they are a wealth ofknowledge and will give you many ideas on writing

your sons IEP.

Harriet

In a message dated 2/24/2010 5:33:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

aliza3000@... writes:

Hi all,

My son will soon be 2 1/2 and has been getting some (albeit very spotty)

services from EI since January. I send him to private speech 2 times a week

and he gets one speech form EI. Both therapists feel that he has apraxia

(one VERY strongly). I had taken him to a developmental pediatrician back in

September, who I was very dissapointed with. He did not mention anything

about apraxia and diagnosed him with DLD (delayed language disorder). I'm not

sure what that is exactly. I guess my question is, knowing that this IEP

meeing is around the corner, what advice would you all give me as to what

info I need to be armed with. Should i take him for another evaluation from a

neurologist before the meeting to have an official diagnosis or would a

diagnosis from a speech pathologist suffice? I was speaking to my OT and

asking her what she knew about the process and she told me that they usually do

speech therapy in groups in class. If my son has apraxia, that's not going

to help him. I just want to make sure that I am prepared and ready to ask

for what my son needs. Any advice would be much appreciated. And, if you

yourself have exprienced the essex county IEP stuff first hand (specifically

Montclair), I'd LOVE to hear from you!

Also, if you have a good nuerologist to take him to in the area that might

accept insurance, let me know. Don't know if I want to spend the money on

dr. agin unless you all feel it to be totally priceless/worth it. Otherwise

I could spend it on his therapies. Money is tight these days....

Thanks so much,

Aliza

[Guest guest]

Just wanting to know if anyone could tellme what a medical card is and if you

can obtain one in all states or only certain states? Do you know if there is an

income requirement?  i have two boys who are both in speech therapy and

insurance does not cover it so any help/tips would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks!

From: HWillia127@... <HWillia127@...>

Subject: Re: [ ] help with iep meeting/aging out of IE (essex

county...

Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 6:32 PM

 

Aliza

First question I have for you is do you have a medical card for your child?

We have both for our sons and what our major insurance does not pay the

medical card covers. Forget the neurologist for now. Go to where ever you had

the testing done by a speech pathologist and tell them that you need

something written for this IEP, with their diagnoses. Make sure you have their

recommendations in it, very important.

Have the Early Intervention people done any testing, if so what did they

say. You have the right to request, small group and one on one. How may

hours are they offering you a week?

Does your child have any other services, they should have an input in all

of this. Do you have a case manager.

There is a great web site _http://wrightslaw. com/_ (http://wrightslaw. com/)

they are a wealth ofknowledge and will give you many ideas on writing

your sons IEP.

Harriet

In a message dated 2/24/2010 5:33:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

aliza3000 (DOT) com writes:

Hi all,

My son will soon be 2 1/2 and has been getting some (albeit very spotty)

services from EI since January. I send him to private speech 2 times a week

and he gets one speech form EI. Both therapists feel that he has apraxia

(one VERY strongly). I had taken him to a developmental pediatrician back in

September, who I was very dissapointed with. He did not mention anything

about apraxia and diagnosed him with DLD (delayed language disorder). I'm not

sure what that is exactly. I guess my question is, knowing that this IEP

meeing is around the corner, what advice would you all give me as to what

info I need to be armed with. Should i take him for another evaluation from a

neurologist before the meeting to have an official diagnosis or would a

diagnosis from a speech pathologist suffice? I was speaking to my OT and

asking her what she knew about the process and she told me that they usually do

speech therapy in groups in class. If my son has apraxia, that's not going

to help him. I just want to make sure that I am prepared and ready to ask

for what my son needs. Any advice would be much appreciated. And, if you

yourself have exprienced the essex county IEP stuff first hand (specifically

Montclair), I'd LOVE to hear from you!

Also, if you have a good nuerologist to take him to in the area that might

accept insurance, let me know. Don't know if I want to spend the money on

dr. agin unless you all feel it to be totally priceless/worth it. Otherwise

I could spend it on his therapies. Money is tight these days....

Thanks so much,

Aliza

[Guest guest]

Hi Harriet,

Thank you so much for your great reply! What is a medical card? How do I find

out about it? Is it through the state?

I can get a dianosis from his speech therapist I'm sure of apraxia. I haven't

actually had the meeting yet. I just want to be prepared for when it happens.

They should be starting the process for my son within a couple of weeks. So, if

I have to start gathering I want to start thinking about it now!

What else should I come armed with besides dianosis and recommendation from

speech therapist? I've read posting before about articles that were good to

bring, not sure where to get them. I will take a look at the website you sent

and try to gather ideas from there.

Has anybody here had any direct experience with essex county, particulary

Montclair, NJ?

Thanks so much,

Aliza

>

> Aliza

>

> First question I have for you is do you have a medical card for your child?

> We have both for our sons and what our major insurance does not pay the

> medical card covers. Forget the neurologist for now. Go to where ever you had

> the testing done by a speech pathologist and tell them that you need

> something written for this IEP, with their diagnoses. Make sure you have

their

> recommendations in it, very important.

>

> Have the Early Intervention people done any testing, if so what did they

> say. You have the right to request, small group and one on one. How may

> hours are they offering you a week?

>

> Does your child have any other services, they should have an input in all

> of this. Do you have a case manager.

>

> There is a great web site _http://wrightslaw.com/_ (http://wrightslaw.com/)

> they are a wealth ofknowledge and will give you many ideas on writing

> your sons IEP.

>

> Harriet

>

>

> In a message dated 2/24/2010 5:33:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> aliza3000@... writes:

>

>

>

>

> Hi all,

>

> My son will soon be 2 1/2 and has been getting some (albeit very spotty)

> services from EI since January. I send him to private speech 2 times a week

> and he gets one speech form EI. Both therapists feel that he has apraxia

> (one VERY strongly). I had taken him to a developmental pediatrician back in

> September, who I was very dissapointed with. He did not mention anything

> about apraxia and diagnosed him with DLD (delayed language disorder). I'm not

> sure what that is exactly. I guess my question is, knowing that this IEP

> meeing is around the corner, what advice would you all give me as to what

> info I need to be armed with. Should i take him for another evaluation from a

> neurologist before the meeting to have an official diagnosis or would a

> diagnosis from a speech pathologist suffice? I was speaking to my OT and

> asking her what she knew about the process and she told me that they usually

do

> speech therapy in groups in class. If my son has apraxia, that's not going

> to help him. I just want to make sure that I am prepared and ready to ask

> for what my son needs. Any advice would be much appreciated. And, if you

> yourself have exprienced the essex county IEP stuff first hand (specifically

> Montclair), I'd LOVE to hear from you!

>

> Also, if you have a good nuerologist to take him to in the area that might

> accept insurance, let me know. Don't know if I want to spend the money on

> dr. agin unless you all feel it to be totally priceless/worth it. Otherwise

> I could spend it on his therapies. Money is tight these days....

>

> Thanks so much,

>

> Aliza

>

>

>

>

>

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