Guest guest Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 Hi everyone, I thought I'd would take this opportunity to remind you all of my Florida apraxia group,for those Floridians on here. _Florida_Apraxia/?quiet=188216750_ (Florida_Apraxia/?quiet=188216750) It can be a quiet list,but a great place to find people and support groups in your area. Jennie- Sebastian Florida Mom to Lindsey 9.7-apraxia In a message dated 1/23/2006 10:11:40 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, tkcrw@... writes: Hi Phyllis I live in Palm Beach Gardens. I mentioned Miami Children's because we don't have anything similar up here. Do you know if there are any groups that meet regularly down here? Thanks Kim > Hi Kim, do you live in South Florida, I live in the Miami Lakes area and was > wondering if you live in South Florida, what area do you live in?? Thanks > Phyllis > > When you talk about an outside evaluation, what exactly do you mean? I > have been told that maybe I should take my daughter to Miami Children's > for a comprehensive evaluation, and that that may help to get her the > services she needs. > > She was diagnosed with Apraxia and SID by the child development center > we have locally. The school system also said she had Apraxia after > their evaluation. The problem I have is in getting language goals > added to her IEP. I would also like her to get OT at school. She > currently has speech goals, but not language ones. In a recent test > conducted by the private SLP specifically for the IEP, she tested above > the age of 7 (off the charts for the test) receptively, but at age 2 > expressively (she is 4). Since this makes her " core " language score > too high, she doesn't qualify for language goals. however, she has no > pronouns or plurals and does lots of verb deletions, low mean length of > utterance, etc. > > I was told that we would have to use the " documentation method " to try > to add the goals as she transitions to Kindergarten. I don't mean to > go on and on, I am just wondering if I shouldn't be having another sort > of evaluation done for her? > > Thanks for all the suggestions and info. > > Also - is there a group that meets in South Florida? > > Kim > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 And in addition to 's online group -Tammy Ingram runs a support group in Tampa, and Dr. Renai Jonas CCC SLP from Boca knows a few parents that want to start a group in South Florida -so please contact her. Dr. Renai Jonas CCC SLP 199 WEST PALMETTO PARK ROAD SUITE 3 BOCA RATON, FLORIDA 33432 TELEPHONE (561) 361-0307 (Dr. Jonas is AWESOME!!!) ===== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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