How much?

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Hi All,

Nicky was 3 in September and is now in a special ed preschool class

at a nearby elementary school. I'm very happy with the class so far

but his teacher is pushing for more days. Right now he is going 3

days per week, 8:30 to 1. The teacher is afraid that he's not going

to meet his goals with only 3 days. He gets 1 hour of speech and 30

minutes each of PT & OT per week. One thing that concerns me is the

teacher says he will not talk a lot when he is in class. The ST says

she gets him to talk alot in the one on one setting of ST. I think

part of it is just that there is more going on in the class and he'd

rather watch that than talk. The other issue is his walking, when he

started school we had a private PT as well as the school but the

private PT's DH has medical problems so now she isn't working. I

guess I need to find another private PT and use the medicaid waiver

(at least while we still have it since GA is cutting them). But, I'm

not entirely convinced that more PT is going to help Nicky walk any

faster. He really does them when he is ready and he doesn't have any

bad habits at the moment.

Any input or suggestions is appreciated.

Anne