RE: FW: Prompt therapy

[Guest guest]

Just remember that if the district spends $10,000 to train a person to use this

method, that money has to come from somewhere and something else that your child

benefits from might be cut. I'm not saying don't ask, but realize there may be

a little " tit for tat. " For instance, that $10,000 might come from the budget

that pays for instructional assistants in the classroom, thus causing staff to

be cut. The staff that gets cut just might be the

instructional assistant who works with your child, or the bus monitor on his

bus. Money is tight everywhere right now and school systems aren't increasing

their budgets; they are decreasing them to save money so they can still operate.

There is only so much money in the budget for professional development and it's

usually a lot less than $10,000 per year. If this course is a college course, I

don't think there is a school district out there that will pay for a teacher to

take it. Think about this. Teachers are required by law to get their master's

degrees, but are given no monetary assistance toward doing so. They just lose

their teaching certificates -- an their jobs -- if they don't get the degree.

If a district does not pay for any teacher to get a masters degrees -- which is

required by law -- it is highly unlikely that they will pay $10,000 for one

staff member to take one course.

Plus, remember this, the law is very clear about the fact that parents cannot

dictate programming. That means you can ask for a certain program to be used

with your child, but if the district is using a different program they do not

have to change to the one you request. They might choose to change if they see

enough research proving the program more effective than what they already use,

but they do not have to change.

Just food for thought. I wish you luck.

A.

Special Educator

Simon Kenton HS

11132 Madison Pk.

Independence, KY 41051

(859)960-0348

cynthia.jones@...

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From: MosaicDS on behalf of Green

Sent: Sat 8/9/2008 1:02 AM

To: MosaicDS

Subject: FW: Prompt therapy

From: Green [mailto:lrgreen@... <mailto:lrgreen%40verizon.net> ]

Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 12:34 AM

To: imdsapresident@... <mailto:imdsapresident%40imdsa.com>

Subject: Prompt therapy

Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if any of you have a child that has been diagnosed with

apraxia. If so is your child's speech therapist using prompt therapy? The

reason why I ask is I found out that this is completely different than

typical speech therapy, and most early intervention's and schools do not use

it. The reason why it is very expensive for the ST to take this course &

to be certified, and most counties and schools will not pay for this

training. My son's therapist in the past and recent said they just learn a

small piece of the tip of the ice berg of it. I am currently pushing for my

school district to pay for this.

The cost where I live is $10,000. For this course. Our school district's

last year budget was @ $108million. So I think they can fit this in

somehow!