And would you believe?????

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After 's fiasco with his scheduling, today my daughter came home with a

notice from the schools that her speech pathologist has gone on medical leave

until Dec. 12th. I knew the woman was going out on maternity leave. So that came

as no surprise...

However, the notice stated that at present, they have NO ONE to fill her place.

They HOPE to have a partial speech and language pathologist to start on Sept.

29th, (whatever partial means), but do not know if and when they will be able to

hire a full speech/language pathologist to take her place. She has an IEP. I am

in the middle of trying to get her tested for CAPD. The ST that just went out on

leave said that it would do me no good to do a child study at this point because

she hasn't shown any deficit in her learning vs. her ability. So I wait. And now

she won't even get the speech services that she is supposed to! They claim there

is a shortage of speech teachers so they have none to hire.

The notice did state that she is entitled to compensatory services, but that is

just over my head at the moment. If it's not one thing...... Sigh.

Melinda Hall

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Dear Melinda,

Sorry you're having so many problems with the schools! I know what it's like! Regarding speech therapy for your daughter, I have a couple of questions.

What compensatory services is she entitled to? You said you don't know what a "partial" speech therapist means. I think it's someone who works part-time at several schools. Most of Owen's speech therapists over the years were shared by several schools. Since he only got about half an hour a week at school (way too little to be really helpful), we also paid for him to take speech therapy privately for many years (from the time he was about three until he was in his teens). Our health insurance didn't pay for it, since the speech problems he had were not caused by an accident or an illness. Would your insurance pay?

Jill