Ready to pull placement..need suggestions-clarity!

October 26, 2005

We started in September a new school that is VB driven with an

outside consultant that comes in to suggest. My son is having a

rapid decline in speech approxs, manding, and an increase in

behavior. (The consultant has not " seen my son yet " so his goals

are driven by the school). They explained

in a recent meeting " he makes little to no attempt to

communicate " .(What happened to nonverbal attempts too?)

He has apraxia/dyspraxia and is an older child (in the 2 digits:))

who recently acquired speech. Prior to them telling me this, I

assumed they just were not understanding or recognizing his approxs

so I encouraged them to really get to know him. Well, they assessed

him and his ABLLS from his private therapist and myself looks very

different then theirs. " Credit " given again that they just didn't

know hime yet.?! Well, I received some data that they have begun to

run in ITT-I have a question is H-2 run in ITT then NET and if so

how the heck is a child going to " fillin " if he is not engaging in

the activity and finds sitting across from the instructor at a table

totally non motivating?

How does someone bridge the ABlls with a child who has Apraxia and

probably will not speak completely clear. I believe teaching the

sign with approx is totally viable and he will signwith some

requests and approximate spontaneously. They are currently working

on him labeling his R+ objects yet they marked them in his Ablls as

the recognized ones? I am totally confused! Suggestions -ideas- I

am losing that beautiful voice that I waited soooo long to hear! I

am a parent and I just feel this edge of tension building that they

are starting to resent my ?'s and general suggestions of what we

found that works at home. I am financially stretched so thin (like

most parents) but I am wondering if I should consider bringing in a

consultant ( it has been 7 weeks and their consultant has not had

access yet?) or would that shut them down further?

If you would like to privately respond please feel free !THANKS

ahead for any & all responses!

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