Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 In a message dated 11/26/2004 3:11:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, tndarcher@... writes: <<I was just curious on average how far everyone drives for their childrens therapies. We are thinking of taking Ian to the Weingarten school in Redwood City, which is about an hour away. It will be totally worth it, but I was just wondering what everyone else does.>> We are in our third year of driving 50 miles each way (that's about an hour drive) to take Neal to CCHAT Center San Diego, which is a sister school to Weingarten. It has totally been worth it. The longer you do it, the less of a big deal it seems. LOL. I keep saying Kindergarten will be nothing to Neal next year since it will be a shorter day, plus right here in our own city. I've been lucky that my mom switches off with me taking him there, so neither of us has to do it every day. Neal does though. I do feel bad for him sometimes, but it's what he's become used to and he doesn't complain about the drive at all. Jen from Weingarten came down to CCHAT to work during the summer program this year and Neal loved her. If you see her, tell her Neal from CCHAT says hi! ~Rhonda~ Mom to Audrey, 7, hearing & Neal, 5, CII 6-11-02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 In a message dated 11/26/2004 3:11:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, tndarcher@... writes: <<I was just curious on average how far everyone drives for their childrens therapies. We are thinking of taking Ian to the Weingarten school in Redwood City, which is about an hour away. It will be totally worth it, but I was just wondering what everyone else does.>> We are in our third year of driving 50 miles each way (that's about an hour drive) to take Neal to CCHAT Center San Diego, which is a sister school to Weingarten. It has totally been worth it. The longer you do it, the less of a big deal it seems. LOL. I keep saying Kindergarten will be nothing to Neal next year since it will be a shorter day, plus right here in our own city. I've been lucky that my mom switches off with me taking him there, so neither of us has to do it every day. Neal does though. I do feel bad for him sometimes, but it's what he's become used to and he doesn't complain about the drive at all. Jen from Weingarten came down to CCHAT to work during the summer program this year and Neal loved her. If you see her, tell her Neal from CCHAT says hi! ~Rhonda~ Mom to Audrey, 7, hearing & Neal, 5, CII 6-11-02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 In a message dated 11/26/2004 3:34:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, rlw70@... writes: <<We found the same problem with our TOD teacher and the speech therapist. They were always at least one step behind her instead of staying ahead of her and pushing her for more.>> High expectations are SO important. It's worth it to drive to someone who expects your kid to be two steps ahead of where they are rather than being thrilled that they " managed " to do what they have. ~Rhonda~ Mom to Audrey, 7, hearing & Neal, 5, CII 6-11-02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 In a message dated 11/26/2004 3:34:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, rlw70@... writes: <<We found the same problem with our TOD teacher and the speech therapist. They were always at least one step behind her instead of staying ahead of her and pushing her for more.>> High expectations are SO important. It's worth it to drive to someone who expects your kid to be two steps ahead of where they are rather than being thrilled that they " managed " to do what they have. ~Rhonda~ Mom to Audrey, 7, hearing & Neal, 5, CII 6-11-02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 In a message dated 11/26/2004 3:34:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, rlw70@... writes: <<We found the same problem with our TOD teacher and the speech therapist. They were always at least one step behind her instead of staying ahead of her and pushing her for more.>> High expectations are SO important. It's worth it to drive to someone who expects your kid to be two steps ahead of where they are rather than being thrilled that they " managed " to do what they have. ~Rhonda~ Mom to Audrey, 7, hearing & Neal, 5, CII 6-11-02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 In a message dated 11/26/2004 4:00:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, tndarcher@... writes: <<We are hoping to get the district to pay for it. But we will see. Unfortunately the school is OUTRAGEOUS in price, but they do offer the first year free. The service just seems 100s of times better than the person who comes to the house. So keep your fingers crossed that the district will pay. =)>> My county paid before Neal was three and our district has paid ever since. They also reimburse for gas mileage (ask for that because they won't bring it up if you don't). We have no oral program in our area, and very very few DHH kids, so that probably actually helped us. ~Rhonda~ Mom to Audrey, 7, hearing & Neal, 5, CII at 2.9 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 In a message dated 11/26/2004 4:00:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, tndarcher@... writes: <<We are hoping to get the district to pay for it. But we will see. Unfortunately the school is OUTRAGEOUS in price, but they do offer the first year free. The service just seems 100s of times better than the person who comes to the house. So keep your fingers crossed that the district will pay. =)>> My county paid before Neal was three and our district has paid ever since. They also reimburse for gas mileage (ask for that because they won't bring it up if you don't). We have no oral program in our area, and very very few DHH kids, so that probably actually helped us. ~Rhonda~ Mom to Audrey, 7, hearing & Neal, 5, CII at 2.9 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 In a message dated 11/26/2004 4:00:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, tndarcher@... writes: <<We are hoping to get the district to pay for it. But we will see. Unfortunately the school is OUTRAGEOUS in price, but they do offer the first year free. The service just seems 100s of times better than the person who comes to the house. So keep your fingers crossed that the district will pay. =)>> My county paid before Neal was three and our district has paid ever since. They also reimburse for gas mileage (ask for that because they won't bring it up if you don't). We have no oral program in our area, and very very few DHH kids, so that probably actually helped us. ~Rhonda~ Mom to Audrey, 7, hearing & Neal, 5, CII at 2.9 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Tawnya, When we were at JWPOSD, the fee they charged students' school districts was actually less than some public programs in Santa Clara County. So even though it is private, don't assume it is more expensive than public out of district placements. In 2000-2001, Santa Clara was charging other districts $24000 while JWPOSD was only $18000. Keep this in mind -- the tuition is very competitive! The actual cost for educating each child is much more, but made up by their fundraising and I believe, endowment. They sure don't mess around at JWPOSD -- their staff is awesome and they have an army of speech therapists. Each child gets 45 min individual therapy daily. It's a great school! Lydia > >> I was just curious on average how far everyone drives for their > >childrens > >> therapies. > >> > >>> > >> Also, have you ever felt your toddlers ToD was kinda worthless? > >> > >> Ian's ToD seems to just be doing things that bore him and that he > >has > >> already mastered. *sigh* > > > > > >I can tell you that I drive once a month 75 miles to bring Annika for > >AVT services at her CI clinic. At first we started with just once a > >month because of the fact that the drive was so far and they thought > >that my district could do the rest of the month of services just to > >prevent our driving down there so often. Well, just last week I > >removed my daughter from the district's program and placed her at an > >oral deaf school 4 days a week. The school is located not far from > >her CI clinic so we will drive about 1 1/2 hours every day to take > >her to school or appointments in the Twin Cities. > > > >We found the same problem with our TOD teacher and the speech > >therapist. They were always at least one step behind her instead of > >staying ahead of her and pushing her for more. I tried the > >district's way for about 2 months and I totally feel like it was a > >waste. And yet I do know that I had to try it. The district is not > >going to support my decision and so I will be taking her there on my > >own and at this point and time we are not choosing to fight the > >district and their decision(this is a long story but just to state > >that we have consulted a lawyer and this is his advise at this > >point). I have made my point very clear and just keep asking that > >they just give us a trial there but they won't consider it. I am > >taking it further. I am going to write to both my congress reps and > >the superintendent of the schools to just tell my side of the story. > > > >Anyway sorry for such a long note. I am with you. No, I don't like > >driving the distance on a daily, weekly or whatever basis but it what > >I have to do at this point and hopefully within the next couple of > >years she will be where she needs to be and can come back to the > >district and they will have her for the rest of her school years. > > > > > >Mom of 4 > >Marcus 14 > > 12 > >Jon 10 > >Annika 2.5 > >bilaterally implanted 3/1/04 > >hookup 3/25/04 > >spastic diaplegic CP > > > > > > > > > > > > > >All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post > is the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to > copyright restrictions. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Tawnya, When we were at JWPOSD, the fee they charged students' school districts was actually less than some public programs in Santa Clara County. So even though it is private, don't assume it is more expensive than public out of district placements. In 2000-2001, Santa Clara was charging other districts $24000 while JWPOSD was only $18000. Keep this in mind -- the tuition is very competitive! The actual cost for educating each child is much more, but made up by their fundraising and I believe, endowment. They sure don't mess around at JWPOSD -- their staff is awesome and they have an army of speech therapists. Each child gets 45 min individual therapy daily. It's a great school! Lydia > >> I was just curious on average how far everyone drives for their > >childrens > >> therapies. > >> > >>> > >> Also, have you ever felt your toddlers ToD was kinda worthless? > >> > >> Ian's ToD seems to just be doing things that bore him and that he > >has > >> already mastered. *sigh* > > > > > >I can tell you that I drive once a month 75 miles to bring Annika for > >AVT services at her CI clinic. At first we started with just once a > >month because of the fact that the drive was so far and they thought > >that my district could do the rest of the month of services just to > >prevent our driving down there so often. Well, just last week I > >removed my daughter from the district's program and placed her at an > >oral deaf school 4 days a week. The school is located not far from > >her CI clinic so we will drive about 1 1/2 hours every day to take > >her to school or appointments in the Twin Cities. > > > >We found the same problem with our TOD teacher and the speech > >therapist. They were always at least one step behind her instead of > >staying ahead of her and pushing her for more. I tried the > >district's way for about 2 months and I totally feel like it was a > >waste. And yet I do know that I had to try it. The district is not > >going to support my decision and so I will be taking her there on my > >own and at this point and time we are not choosing to fight the > >district and their decision(this is a long story but just to state > >that we have consulted a lawyer and this is his advise at this > >point). I have made my point very clear and just keep asking that > >they just give us a trial there but they won't consider it. I am > >taking it further. I am going to write to both my congress reps and > >the superintendent of the schools to just tell my side of the story. > > > >Anyway sorry for such a long note. I am with you. No, I don't like > >driving the distance on a daily, weekly or whatever basis but it what > >I have to do at this point and hopefully within the next couple of > >years she will be where she needs to be and can come back to the > >district and they will have her for the rest of her school years. > > > > > >Mom of 4 > >Marcus 14 > > 12 > >Jon 10 > >Annika 2.5 > >bilaterally implanted 3/1/04 > >hookup 3/25/04 > >spastic diaplegic CP > > > > > > > > > > > > > >All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post > is the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to > copyright restrictions. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Tawnya, When we were at JWPOSD, the fee they charged students' school districts was actually less than some public programs in Santa Clara County. So even though it is private, don't assume it is more expensive than public out of district placements. In 2000-2001, Santa Clara was charging other districts $24000 while JWPOSD was only $18000. Keep this in mind -- the tuition is very competitive! The actual cost for educating each child is much more, but made up by their fundraising and I believe, endowment. They sure don't mess around at JWPOSD -- their staff is awesome and they have an army of speech therapists. Each child gets 45 min individual therapy daily. It's a great school! Lydia > >> I was just curious on average how far everyone drives for their > >childrens > >> therapies. > >> > >>> > >> Also, have you ever felt your toddlers ToD was kinda worthless? > >> > >> Ian's ToD seems to just be doing things that bore him and that he > >has > >> already mastered. *sigh* > > > > > >I can tell you that I drive once a month 75 miles to bring Annika for > >AVT services at her CI clinic. At first we started with just once a > >month because of the fact that the drive was so far and they thought > >that my district could do the rest of the month of services just to > >prevent our driving down there so often. Well, just last week I > >removed my daughter from the district's program and placed her at an > >oral deaf school 4 days a week. The school is located not far from > >her CI clinic so we will drive about 1 1/2 hours every day to take > >her to school or appointments in the Twin Cities. > > > >We found the same problem with our TOD teacher and the speech > >therapist. They were always at least one step behind her instead of > >staying ahead of her and pushing her for more. I tried the > >district's way for about 2 months and I totally feel like it was a > >waste. And yet I do know that I had to try it. The district is not > >going to support my decision and so I will be taking her there on my > >own and at this point and time we are not choosing to fight the > >district and their decision(this is a long story but just to state > >that we have consulted a lawyer and this is his advise at this > >point). I have made my point very clear and just keep asking that > >they just give us a trial there but they won't consider it. I am > >taking it further. I am going to write to both my congress reps and > >the superintendent of the schools to just tell my side of the story. > > > >Anyway sorry for such a long note. I am with you. No, I don't like > >driving the distance on a daily, weekly or whatever basis but it what > >I have to do at this point and hopefully within the next couple of > >years she will be where she needs to be and can come back to the > >district and they will have her for the rest of her school years. > > > > > >Mom of 4 > >Marcus 14 > > 12 > >Jon 10 > >Annika 2.5 > >bilaterally implanted 3/1/04 > >hookup 3/25/04 > >spastic diaplegic CP > > > > > > > > > > > > > >All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post > is the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to > copyright restrictions. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Early Intervention picked up the tab until Hadley was 3 (insurance paid $3200 a year, the EI office covered the rest). We were originally denied services through our school system, but challenged their decision and ultimately received what we wanted (continued weekly AVT sessions and 4 classroom visits each year). Our rough estimate is that the annual cost is about $9000. We chose not to ask for travel reimbursement. Kerry Re: How far? Does your private insurance take care of the speech therapy for all of you? Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Early Intervention picked up the tab until Hadley was 3 (insurance paid $3200 a year, the EI office covered the rest). We were originally denied services through our school system, but challenged their decision and ultimately received what we wanted (continued weekly AVT sessions and 4 classroom visits each year). Our rough estimate is that the annual cost is about $9000. We chose not to ask for travel reimbursement. Kerry Re: How far? Does your private insurance take care of the speech therapy for all of you? Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Early Intervention picked up the tab until Hadley was 3 (insurance paid $3200 a year, the EI office covered the rest). We were originally denied services through our school system, but challenged their decision and ultimately received what we wanted (continued weekly AVT sessions and 4 classroom visits each year). Our rough estimate is that the annual cost is about $9000. We chose not to ask for travel reimbursement. Kerry Re: How far? Does your private insurance take care of the speech therapy for all of you? Tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 Does your private insurance take care of the speech therapy for all of you? Tish Yes, my insurance pays for her medical speech therapy and her medical AVT. The school she is going to is not set up for third party billing but if they would get this then her insurance would cover her visits there also. The school is looking into it but it is a long process and they are not sure this is the route they want to take for reimbursement at this time. Mom of 4 Marcus 14 12 Jon 10 Annika 2.5 bilaterally implanted 3/1/04 hookup 3/25/04 spastic diaplegic CP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 Does your private insurance take care of the speech therapy for all of you? Tish Yes, my insurance pays for her medical speech therapy and her medical AVT. The school she is going to is not set up for third party billing but if they would get this then her insurance would cover her visits there also. The school is looking into it but it is a long process and they are not sure this is the route they want to take for reimbursement at this time. Mom of 4 Marcus 14 12 Jon 10 Annika 2.5 bilaterally implanted 3/1/04 hookup 3/25/04 spastic diaplegic CP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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