Re: Lost confidence in my SLP

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam, Sounds good to me. If the therapy is going well and your

son responds well that is good. The plus in you teaching her how to

treat him is that she be one of a few therapists that actually know

how to treat apraxia because of all the great information you bring

her. You would have a long term affect on how she treats apraxia

patients.....Just my thoughts. Hope Ian continues to do great.

Crystal in WA

> Man, do I have a story to unload.

>

> Today we saw Ian's new SLP. His original therapist hired another

> person to take some of her caseload. We were asked to transfer.

> Ian has seen 4 times so far.

>

> Last week I gave the Kaufman Praxis Card Set to look at.

When

> she returned it today, she said it looked interesting but that she

> had only 1 thing to say. Then, she proceeded to talk about how

> Autistic kids can have trouble with a system like this since they

> have a hard time " unlearning " certain incorrect pronunciations.

>

> " Ian isn't Autistic, " I told her, " it was ruled out twice last

year

> by a pediatrician and a psychiatrist. "

>

> " And you agree with that? " she said.

>

> " Well, yeah. " I said.

>

> The next 15 minutes was spent talking to her about why Ian isn't

> viewed as Autistic. I talked about Apraxia and CAPD (which he

might

> have) having some of the same characteristics as Autism early on.

> She said she was just learning about all of these disorders and

> didn't have much experience.

>

> Do I run the other way? The amazing thing about this conversation

> was that Ian had been having a great session with her; lots of eye

> contact and interaction with very appropriate play.

>

> Suggestions? I don't feel like I should be teaching 'her' to

treat

> Ian.

>

> Pam

[Guest guest]

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Hi -

I'd get her a copy of the Late Talker book (to keep), and let her

continue working with Ian. Just because she's new doesn't mean she

doesn't have good clinical skills, or the ability to learn.

IMO, a big part of sucessful ST is having a ST that the child has

some rapport with, and will work with. If Ian likes her, and you

know he doesn't respond like this to everyone, I'd let her work with

him and just monitor his progress. You'll know in a short time

whether or not this ST will work out for you.

If I'm wrong here, someone jump in and correct me.

Best Wishes-

In , " noaholiviaian "

<p.haselow@c...> wrote:

> Man, do I have a story to unload.

>

> Today we saw Ian's new SLP. His original therapist hired another

> person to take some of her caseload. We were asked to transfer.

> Ian has seen 4 times so far.

>

> Last week I gave the Kaufman Praxis Card Set to look at.

When

> she returned it today, she said it looked interesting but that she

> had only 1 thing to say. Then, she proceeded to talk about how

> Autistic kids can have trouble with a system like this since they

> have a hard time " unlearning " certain incorrect pronunciations.

>

> " Ian isn't Autistic, " I told her, " it was ruled out twice last

year

> by a pediatrician and a psychiatrist. "

>

> " And you agree with that? " she said.

>

> " Well, yeah. " I said.

>

> The next 15 minutes was spent talking to her about why Ian isn't

> viewed as Autistic. I talked about Apraxia and CAPD (which he

might

> have) having some of the same characteristics as Autism early on.

> She said she was just learning about all of these disorders and

> didn't have much experience.

>

> Do I run the other way? The amazing thing about this conversation

> was that Ian had been having a great session with her; lots of eye

> contact and interaction with very appropriate play.

>

> Suggestions? I don't feel like I should be teaching 'her' to

treat

> Ian.

>

> Pam

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam

In short ......no, you should not be 'teaching' her.....

I'd get back onto the original therapist & bring up (a) obvious incomplete

handover issues between herself & the new slp & ( the new SLP's

inexperience is potentially inappropriate for your Ian.

It's not excusable to have to debate autism/ not autism in your time when

this should have been hashed between the 2 of them previously & you must

insist the original slp sort this out with the new one. I'm assuming your

old slp had no autism issues as far as Ian is concerned? Why has yr new slp

not been brought upto speed.?

The fact that Ian responded well to her is important. It was quite

honorable that she openly admitted she was still learning about all this -

that says alot about a good person, I think. See if you can 'pull them up

by the boot straps' before walking away.

Good Luck

Gin & 6.2 (verb & oral Dysprax + motor + residual dsi + CAPD )

Barnet, UK

[ ] Lost confidence in my SLP

> Man, do I have a story to unload.

>

> Today we saw Ian's new SLP. His original therapist hired another

> person to take some of her caseload. We were asked to transfer.

> Ian has seen 4 times so far.

>

> Last week I gave the Kaufman Praxis Card Set to look at. When

> she returned it today, she said it looked interesting but that she

> had only 1 thing to say. Then, she proceeded to talk about how

> Autistic kids can have trouble with a system like this since they

> have a hard time " unlearning " certain incorrect pronunciations.

>

> " Ian isn't Autistic, " I told her, " it was ruled out twice last year

> by a pediatrician and a psychiatrist. "

>

> " And you agree with that? " she said.

>

> " Well, yeah. " I said.

>

> The next 15 minutes was spent talking to her about why Ian isn't

> viewed as Autistic. I talked about Apraxia and CAPD (which he might

> have) having some of the same characteristics as Autism early on.

> She said she was just learning about all of these disorders and

> didn't have much experience.

>

> Do I run the other way? The amazing thing about this conversation

> was that Ian had been having a great session with her; lots of eye

> contact and interaction with very appropriate play.

>

> Suggestions? I don't feel like I should be teaching 'her' to treat

> Ian.

>

> Pam

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

PERFECT idea, . I'll go order that book today. is

extremely open to information and Ian likes her...

Pam

> ---

> Hi -

> I'd get her a copy of the Late Talker book (to keep), and let her

> continue working with Ian. Just because she's new doesn't mean

she

> doesn't have good clinical skills, or the ability to learn.

> IMO, a big part of sucessful ST is having a ST that the child has

> some rapport with, and will work with. If Ian likes her, and you

> know he doesn't respond like this to everyone, I'd let her work

with

> him and just monitor his progress. You'll know in a short time

> whether or not this ST will work out for you.

>

>

> If I'm wrong here, someone jump in and correct me.

>

> Best Wishes-

>

>