RE: Re: speech therapy problems

[Guest guest]

He is 2. I don't know how these group sessions are going to go I don't want to

be completely negative about them but I am not happy.  The therapist implied

that it was a funding issue. I told her I was not happy at all about this

decision and that I wanted more than 1 session a week.  All I got was an " I'm

sorry " , that's it.

We recently had to quit seeing our private therapist because reduced income

(feed the kids or speech therapy?)  I am really upset about this because our

son made ALL of his progress with her.  If anyone needs a good private

therapist in Metro Detroit email me privately, she is WONDERFUL!

From: mosense <mosense@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: speech therapy problems

Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010, 8:47 AM

 

How old is your son? Here in NY, Early Intervention is run thru the State,

not the school district. We dont transition to the school till Preschool at 3yrs

old. My 12 yo son had Speech thru EI for 2x 30 minute sessions. Once he

transitioned to the school district, I brought him 3x a week for 30 minute

sessions. Once the therapist saw how well he was able to participate for 30 min,

she suggested we make his session 2x 45minutes. I had my daughter at teh time,

she was 3-6mos old while I was transporting him 3x a week to Speech. We tried it

and it was fine. He was discharged a few months later. My point is that there is

no way he would have made it for an hour-long session at 3yo and no one in Early

Intervention would even try to do that. We were lucky we made it thru 30min

sessions some days!! I'm just wondering how old your son is because if he's less

than 3yo an Individual session would never get anything accomplished, nevermind

a Group session!

Group sessions work better for school age kids, starting at 5yo/K and above and

NOT prek and forget the 0-3 kids. Dont know how an SLP could possibly have

realistic expectations about making a change like that!!

The way I needed to request an increase in sessions at the 0-3 EI level was to

talk to my EI Service Coordinator. They'd arrange a new SLP Evaluation and that

would determine if she qualified for an increase in sessions. Do you have a

Service Coordinator for 0-3?

Maureen

[Guest guest]

Here in Utah, they will come to my home to provide 1-on-1 therapy until he

turns 3--then he goes to the preschool or therapy at the school...I am

looking for a great private therapist here. I know he needs more frequent

therapy.

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:38 AM, janel sparks <janel138@...> wrote:

>

>

> He is 2. I don't know how these group sessions are going to go I don't want

> to be completely negative about them but I am not happy. The therapist

> implied that it was a funding issue. I told her I was not happy at all about

> this decision and that I wanted more than 1 session a week. All I got was

> an " I'm sorry " , that's it.

> We recently had to quit seeing our private therapist because reduced income

> (feed the kids or speech therapy?) I am really upset about this because our

> son made ALL of his progress with her. If anyone needs a good private

> therapist in Metro Detroit email me privately, she is WONDERFUL!

>

>

>

> From: mosense <mosense@... <mosense%40>>

> Subject: [ ] Re: speech therapy problems

> < %40>

> Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010, 8:47 AM

>

>

>

>

> How old is your son? Here in NY, Early Intervention is run thru the State,

> not the school district. We dont transition to the school till Preschool at

> 3yrs old. My 12 yo son had Speech thru EI for 2x 30 minute sessions. Once he

> transitioned to the school district, I brought him 3x a week for 30 minute

> sessions. Once the therapist saw how well he was able to participate for 30

> min, she suggested we make his session 2x 45minutes. I had my daughter at

> teh time, she was 3-6mos old while I was transporting him 3x a week to

> Speech. We tried it and it was fine. He was discharged a few months later.

> My point is that there is no way he would have made it for an hour-long

> session at 3yo and no one in Early Intervention would even try to do that.

> We were lucky we made it thru 30min sessions some days!! I'm just wondering

> how old your son is because if he's less than 3yo an Individual session

> would never get anything accomplished, nevermind a Group session!

> Group sessions work better for school age kids, starting at 5yo/K and above

> and NOT prek and forget the 0-3 kids. Dont know how an SLP could possibly

> have realistic expectations about making a change like that!!

>

> The way I needed to request an increase in sessions at the 0-3 EI level was

> to talk to my EI Service Coordinator. They'd arrange a new SLP Evaluation

> and that would determine if she qualified for an increase in sessions. Do

> you have a Service Coordinator for 0-3?

>

> Maureen

>

>

[Guest guest]

Janel,

You can always request more services. As you know, one time a week is not enough

for a child with apraxia. And group therapy for kids under 3??? What??? I agree

with you; it's not enough. Ask for an IFSP meeting to request more services.

Here is more info:

http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/childhoodapraxia.htm for more

details.

Warmest wishes,

Barbara , M.S., CCC-SLP

www.helpmespeak.com

410-442-9791

Ask me about NutriiVeda!

On Sep 19, 2010, at 12:38 PM, janel sparks <janel138@...> wrote:

> He is 2. I don't know how these group sessions are going to go I don't want to

be completely negative about them but I am not happy. The therapist implied

that it was a funding issue. I told her I was not happy at all about this

decision and that I wanted more than 1 session a week. All I got was an " I'm

sorry " , that's it.

> We recently had to quit seeing our private therapist because reduced income

(feed the kids or speech therapy?) I am really upset about this because our son

made ALL of his progress with her. If anyone needs a good private therapist in

Metro Detroit email me privately, she is WONDERFUL!

>

>

>

> From: mosense <mosense@...>

> Subject: [ ] Re: speech therapy problems

>

> Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010, 8:47 AM

>

>

>

> How old is your son? Here in NY, Early Intervention is run thru the State, not

the school district. We dont transition to the school till Preschool at 3yrs

old. My 12 yo son had Speech thru EI for 2x 30 minute sessions. Once he

transitioned to the school district, I brought him 3x a week for 30 minute

sessions. Once the therapist saw how well he was able to participate for 30 min,

she suggested we make his session 2x 45minutes. I had my daughter at teh time,

she was 3-6mos old while I was transporting him 3x a week to Speech. We tried it

and it was fine. He was discharged a few months later. My point is that there is

no way he would have made it for an hour-long session at 3yo and no one in Early

Intervention would even try to do that. We were lucky we made it thru 30min

sessions some days!! I'm just wondering how old your son is because if he's less

than 3yo an Individual session would never get anything accomplished, nevermind

a Group session!

> Group sessions work better for school age kids, starting at 5yo/K and above

and NOT prek and forget the 0-3 kids. Dont know how an SLP could possibly have

realistic expectations about making a change like that!!

>

> The way I needed to request an increase in sessions at the 0-3 EI level was to

talk to my EI Service Coordinator. They'd arrange a new SLP Evaluation and that

would determine if she qualified for an increase in sessions. Do you have a

Service Coordinator for 0-3?

>

> Maureen

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

I was just reading your messages and saw that you (Melinda???) are in Utah...I

would love to chat..I'm in Utah as well.

I was told the same. 1x/week of ST in a group setting. That was last year, when

I was pretty new to all of this. Back in March though, we had his IEP and by

then I was participating in this group and had read many of the stories of

parents that fought to get their kids more therapy through the early

intervention...so we went prepared to the meeting and we were able to get

2x/week and add OT. I'm still not " happy " as he needs a lot more than that, but

I talked to the special ed teacher and many other SLP and they always comment on

how " good " we are for advocating for him because it's really hard to get even

that, here in UT at least. I just laugh at these type of comments because I'm

just to the point of requesting another IEP meeting to try to increase his

services once again (and you can request it...). Basically I told at the meeting

that by law my son should be provided with the appropriate therapy he needs..and

for that, I shouldn't have to spend a penny for it. I still do as I take him to

a private SLP that is trained on prompt, but the point is that he's entitled to

receive the appropriate therapy and they need to find the funds for it...anyway,

u just have to fight it. There's a few messages from this group that are pretty

good on giving you the resources to start digging into all of this...I have some

saved, I can email them to u! Have you read the late talker book?

London

801-451-5461

From: malinda.joseph@...

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:10:14 -0600

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: speech therapy problems

Here in Utah, they will come to my home to provide 1-on-1 therapy until he

turns 3--then he goes to the preschool or therapy at the school...I am

looking for a great private therapist here. I know he needs more frequent

therapy.

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:38 AM, janel sparks <janel138@...> wrote:

>

>

> He is 2. I don't know how these group sessions are going to go I don't want

> to be completely negative about them but I am not happy. The therapist

> implied that it was a funding issue. I told her I was not happy at all about

> this decision and that I wanted more than 1 session a week. All I got was

> an " I'm sorry " , that's it.

> We recently had to quit seeing our private therapist because reduced income

> (feed the kids or speech therapy?) I am really upset about this because our

> son made ALL of his progress with her. If anyone needs a good private

> therapist in Metro Detroit email me privately, she is WONDERFUL!

>

>

>

> From: mosense <mosense@... <mosense%40>>

> Subject: [ ] Re: speech therapy problems

> < %40>

> Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010, 8:47 AM

>

>

>

>

> How old is your son? Here in NY, Early Intervention is run thru the State,

> not the school district. We dont transition to the school till Preschool at

> 3yrs old. My 12 yo son had Speech thru EI for 2x 30 minute sessions. Once he

> transitioned to the school district, I brought him 3x a week for 30 minute

> sessions. Once the therapist saw how well he was able to participate for 30

> min, she suggested we make his session 2x 45minutes. I had my daughter at

> teh time, she was 3-6mos old while I was transporting him 3x a week to

> Speech. We tried it and it was fine. He was discharged a few months later.

> My point is that there is no way he would have made it for an hour-long

> session at 3yo and no one in Early Intervention would even try to do that.

> We were lucky we made it thru 30min sessions some days!! I'm just wondering

> how old your son is because if he's less than 3yo an Individual session

> would never get anything accomplished, nevermind a Group session!

> Group sessions work better for school age kids, starting at 5yo/K and above

> and NOT prek and forget the 0-3 kids. Dont know how an SLP could possibly

> have realistic expectations about making a change like that!!

>

> The way I needed to request an increase in sessions at the 0-3 EI level was

> to talk to my EI Service Coordinator. They'd arrange a new SLP Evaluation

> and that would determine if she qualified for an increase in sessions. Do

> you have a Service Coordinator for 0-3?

>

> Maureen

>

>