Anyone from St. Louis area? Questions..

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Hi, I was wanting to see if there is anyone on here from the St. Louis area? It

is possible that we might be moving there (we currently live in Kansas). I am

just wanting to see how things run there in regards to our kids who need speech

therapy. I have two boys, one with apraxia and is in preschool thru the school

district here and one with suspected apraxia who is 2 1/2. If anyone can help

me out on these questions I have, I would really appreciate it!

 

1.  Is there a state early intervention program for kids under the age of 3?

2.  Is there a preschool program for kids who qualify? Have your kids with

Apraxia or speech delays qualified for these programs? And what is your

experience with school speech therapists? How often is the preschool and for

hour many hours a day? If my son is in school thru the school district here,

would he just be transfered into one there or would he have to get evaulated

again?

3.  Are there other speech related preschools?

4.  Where are the best places to go for speech therapy and any SLP's you would

recommend? What is the typical cost for a therapy session and is financial aid

typically available?

5.  Is there any state laws that help in regards to insurance coverage for

speech therapy?

 

I would really appreciate any helpful information that you have! I am not

wanting to move and change everything that is working so well right now but we

may have too.

Hope to hear from someone soon and thanks so much!!

Tina

 

From: sandy lehmann <mommie2chris@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: so frustrated! Nutriveda... need help!

Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 1:01 PM

 

also frustrated here. but am making some progress in getting NV into my son.  I

have now, very very slowly been swapping hot chocolate mix for the NV.  i

started really slow, only adding a small amount in hot(warm)chocolate.  For the

last 2 days i've been putting only 1 tsp hot choc. mix in the cup with hot

water, add lots of milk so it's warm, then added the nutriveda.  I was having

problems because it didn't mix very well. Well, yesterday i went to Ikea and

they sell these mini drink mixers.  they are probably for mixing drinks with

alcohol, but works amazing with the nutriveda and it only cost 9 dollars!  He

seems fine with the drink now, comparing that to not drinking it at all

before.  I am still having trouble getting him to drink water during the day. 

My son seems to be part camel, so doesn't like to drink anything. That's where

my frustration is coming in now.  Tried talking to him about it, tried

rewarding him for drinking

water......nothing.  I haven't been noticing any difference from just doing the

fish oils to doing the NV.  I'm getting depressed about it.  Teachers have

noticed nothing either (i never told them about it)

So, long story. just start with regular chocolate milk with a teaspoon or less

and SLOWLY build from there.

hth

sandy