had speech eval today

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My son had his speech eval today for prek services. He did

horribly! The SLP (from a local SERC) did a phonology test (Alpha)

and the normal PLS 4 (exp & receptive test). After an hour and a half

of testing (just speech), I asked how she thought he did, she said he

didn't do great, to which I responded good! She looked at me funny

and then said " Oh " . Yes I want him to score low so he'll qualify for

ST to get the help he needs. But she still has to score the test, so

we'll see. She also shared w/ me info on our school district's

dilema (no SLP). She said she can't believe more parents aren't

upset about it (no one's complained as far as she knows - how can

that be?!) She was aware of my feelings on the subject (my son will

have an SLP, not a sped teacher, although she assured me that the

itinerant teachers were fabulous, sorry, not impressed). ANyway, she

told me that the principal who told me finding a SLP for the school

was not his job is also the sped director for the district - guess

what? That SLP issue just became his problem! I gave him some

articles that I had found on the subject and told him to read them.

I'm trying to find more info on what a " qualified staff " member

actually is related to speech. I've put calls into our state dept of

ed and the ARC chapter as well as looking into wrightslaw.com.

Hopefully, I'll find the answer I'm looking for!

Bonnie ~ mom to Sydney, andra & Garret

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Re: Parents not complaining about the SLP thing. My OT says at the EI

level she sees so many parents in denial as to what is up with their

child. She experiences great difficulty engaging them in the therapy

needed by their children as so many are humoring her and secretly

thinking " he will grow out of it. " While we parents on this board are

a large group, not in denial, she says we are often the minority. I

suspect the noncomplaining parents do not get the seriousness of the

speech issues they have and think if it were a vital thing the school

would act. Obviously the principal does not get it either or worse

yet, gets it but does not care.

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> My son had his speech eval today for prek services. He did

> horribly! The SLP (from a local SERC) did a phonology test (Alpha)

> and the normal PLS 4 (exp & receptive test). After an hour and a

half

> of testing (just speech), I asked how she thought he did, she said

he

> didn't do great, to which I responded good! She looked at me funny

> and then said " Oh " . Yes I want him to score low so he'll qualify

for

> ST to get the help he needs. But she still has to score the test,

so

> we'll see. She also shared w/ me info on our school district's

> dilema (no SLP). She said she can't believe more parents aren't

> upset about it (no one's complained as far as she knows - how can

> that be?!) She was aware of my feelings on the subject (my son

will

> have an SLP, not a sped teacher, although she assured me that the

> itinerant teachers were fabulous, sorry, not impressed). ANyway,

she

> told me that the principal who told me finding a SLP for the school

> was not his job is also the sped director for the district - guess

> what? That SLP issue just became his problem! I gave him some

> articles that I had found on the subject and told him to read

them.

> I'm trying to find more info on what a " qualified staff " member

> actually is related to speech. I've put calls into our state dept

of

> ed and the ARC chapter as well as looking into wrightslaw.com.

> Hopefully, I'll find the answer I'm looking for!

> Bonnie ~ mom to Sydney, andra & Garret

>