Parent/Teacher meeting with the school SLP?

October 30, 2010

Last post of the day....I promise. My son starts PPCD next week. Thanks to the

recommendations from many here on this list, our ARD went well, and although

long (5 hours), it looks like they'll be meeting all of 's basic needs.

We lost a lot of time b/c of the SLP, who was arguing for group vs. individual

therapy (which was completely inappropriate), making sure to not " over " promise

the amount of minutes per 6 weeks (in other words, trying to " under " promise),

and who had prepared completely inappropriate IEP goals. Anyway, because it had

already gone on SO long, we ended up hammering out some VERY basic speech IEP

goals that will surely not last for more than the first 6 weeks of school. I'm

not sure what the SLP was thinking. It was my first ARD sitting on this side of

the table (I'm a teacher), but this was not her first rodeo. Anyway, what I'm

wondering is this. Have any of you ever called parent/teacher conferences with

the SLP that works with your child? Can we hammer out new IEP goals during a p/t

conference and then call a short ARD, or do we have to call the ARD first and

then discuss the IEP goals in a group? Seems as though we could save a bunch of

people some time by working on goals first together (the SLP and I) instead of

making the entire ARD committee sit through the discussion from beginning to

end.

Also, I kind of like the idea of setting short term goals and then updating them

every couple of months. My son is pre-verbal, and I'd imagine that we'll be

making progress, so it seems silly to make year long goals. Is planning this way

completely unacceptable, or just unorthodox? I'm learned a lot, listening to the

many horror stories of the women in this group. I know that holding the district

accountable is going to be huge, and that seems like a more easily attainable

goal if we review things a few times per year. I figure that as long as I keep

things short and sweet, I shouldn't face too much resistance. We'll see. Anyway,

if anyone has had any experience (especially positive) with parent teacher

meetings directly with the SLP on campus, I'd love to hear about it.

Thanks!

Serena

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