RE: slp at school

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Back to the question on slp in the school system. We filed a DOE complaint with

the state of GA regarding the IEP not being followed and her augmentative

communication device not being used as written in the IEP.. It is a long, long

story, we had 2 different advocates and went to several mediations, but we won

and the state decided the county did not provide her with a FAPE . The long and

short of it is.....

She now gets 5 slp at school and 2 aug comm a week , all individual. Whe also

gets slp and aug comm in the summertime to make up for the lack of followthrough

on the IEP. It is worth the fight, in my opinion.

Sharon

Hanagan <hanagan_8@...> wrote:

Hi,

I don't know if any of this will help you, but I'll share with you everything I

know.....

First of all, I feel your frustration. My son is adopted, but we don't get any

allowances or special insurances, because we went through a private agency. BUT,

I do know that I constantly remind EVERYONE that he's in the HIGHEST risk

category, possible. What I mean is, I outline as many things about his genetics,

prenatal environment, delivery/birth that I can in order to keep the focus on

early intervention instead of " wait and see " . Secondly, I've been told by other

parents that have gone through the foster agnecies that they can get additional

money to help off-set the costs of therapies, etc.....I would go back to the

foster agency and talk to them about this. Tell them your concerns and see if

they can give you any help. I've also hooked up with the local university to get

services for my son. The therapists are students, but they're closely supervised

and work " behind the camera " . My son just began recieving two hours per week

through the university, and he still gets

two hours per week through EI (but the EI will stop at the end of March.....)

I'm also looking at getting a grant through First Five to start a play group.

SOme of the money would be used to hire an OT consultant during the " play " .

Hope something here is helpful

@...: stehn4@...: Wed, 13 Feb

2008 00:30:10 -0500Subject: Re: [ ] Question about insurance-

medicaid coverage for spe...

I live in Iowa and we had OT and ST 3 times a week. The therapists co treated. I

wonder if they would pay for OT. We got 3 hours a week on medicaid. It was all

covered. We got 30 minutes a week at school. We had a all day evaluation done in

Iowa City which is a major learning disability clinic called the Alfred Healy

Clinic. Medicaid paid for that too. Our private insurance did not want to pay

for hardly anything. Charlotte Henry>> Hi All!>> Does anyone else on here

have experience dealing with medicaid for> therapies?>> I am a self- employed

single parent and my son recieves straight> medicaid through being adopted from

foster care.>> I am being told by his new speech therapist that medicaid will

only> cover 8 30 min sessions a month (30 min 2X wk) regardless of howfar>

behind the child is. She also told me that my son is by far themost> severe case

of apraxia she has ever seen.>> Has

anyone else been in my shoes?>> Have any suggestions?>> I would like to get the

most I can out of insurance and am not sure> if this really is it???>> He is in

SN pre-k and I am meeting with his Speech therapist he is> seeing there this

friday. Currently the school is only providinghim> 1 30min individual session

and 1 group session with 3 otherchildren> that all can talk. My son can say 'Hi'

and about 15 approxmations> that only people that know him can understand. He

turned 3 the> beginning of January and has been recieving EI speech since he

was17> months old. I am going to insist that he get individual STsessions.> I

think he should get it every day at the school but at least 3times> a week. Is

this too much to expect from the school system?>> I have a very limited income

and another child I am trying to getEI> speech for also. I want to start private

ST with someone that> specializes in apraxia but it is very expensive and I am

saving soI> can afford 3 months worth

before I start so he wont have to keep> missing.>> I am so overwhelmed by all

this red tape to get my son the help he> needs. So much time has went by with

very very little progress andI> worry he may never have his voice if I cant

hurry and get him the> help he needs.>

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Hi Sharon, We are in GA also.How old is your daughter? Or, how old

was she when this all happened?

My son just started prek in Jan so he hasnbt been there long. I didnt

really know what I was doing what I went to the IEP meeting so I

basically agreed with and signed the papers at the IEP and figured

thats all he could get. Now I am learning different and also

realizing/ coming to terms with the fact that my son is very very

severely speech impaired and and should be getting more. There are 3

other kids in his class who all can talk and they all get the same

amount of speech as my nonverbal child. He goes to school 4 days a

week- should I ask for 4 30 minutel sessions a week or is this too

much to ask for? I really have no idea what his rights are or where

to find out what the maximum he can get is. I definitely what his to

be only getting individual since everything I have read and been told

has said group is a waste for him at this stage.

Do you know where I can find out what he is allowed and if he can get

continuing services through the summer? It is detremental for him to

miss months at a time like that. He has regressed already with what

he missed in Dec, Jan.

One more question...

My son gets his individual session on Mondays and we have already

missed several mondays because of holidays and one day he was too

sick. Can they be required to make these up when they fall on a

holiday or change the day so he doesnt miss so many sessions? I feel

like my son is falling through the cracks and I dont know how to help

him. Very frustrating.

The teacher and ST at school are evaluating my son for an aug.

device.

>> Hi All!>> Does anyone else on here have experience dealing

with medicaid for> therapies?>> I am a self- employed single parent

and my son recieves straight> medicaid through being adopted from

foster care.>> I am being told by his new speech therapist that

medicaid will only> cover 8 30 min sessions a month (30 min 2X wk)

regardless of howfar> behind the child is. She also told me that my

son is by far themost> severe case of apraxia she has ever seen.>> Has

> anyone else been in my shoes?>> Have any suggestions?>> I would

like to get the most I can out of insurance and am not sure> if this

really is it???>> He is in SN pre-k and I am meeting with his Speech

therapist he is> seeing there this friday. Currently the school is

only providinghim> 1 30min individual session and 1 group session

with 3 otherchildren> that all can talk. My son can say 'Hi' and

about 15 approxmations> that only people that know him can

understand. He turned 3 the> beginning of January and has been

recieving EI speech since he was17> months old. I am going to insist

that he get individual STsessions.> I think he should get it every

day at the school but at least 3times> a week. Is this too much to

expect from the school system?>> I have a very limited income and

another child I am trying to getEI> speech for also. I want to start

private ST with someone that> specializes in apraxia but it is very

expensive and I am saving soI> can afford 3 months worth

> before I start so he wont have to keep> missing.>> I am so

overwhelmed by all this red tape to get my son the help he> needs. So

much time has went by with very very little progress andI> worry he

may never have his voice if I cant hurry and get him the> help he

needs.>

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