School giving us issues with speech therapy

[Anonymous]

My daughter is going into 1st grade. Last year, her private school’s learning specialist recommended speech therapy for articulation issues that the learning specialist said were impacting her reading abilities.

We contacted a private provider her school recommended. They did a full evaluation and she started speech services during the school day.

This continued over the summer.

Then a couple of weeks ago, that provider said they had staffing challenges and couldn’t provide speech services anymore.

We contacted her school—that has a new learning specialist this year—and they gave us a list of recommended providers.

We contacted one and set up an initial evaluation, which the provider wants to do during the school day.

Now her school is saying she can’t receive services during the day because she doesn’t have a “formal evaluation and isn’t language exempt.” They’re saying she would have to do it after school.

This provider has no after school availability.

I emailed her school back and asked for clarification on what evaluation she needs and what changed from last year, but has anyone heard of something like this happening before?

She really needs services and I feel like her school went from recommending services to acting as though these services aren’t really necessary.

[Anonymous]

I would look for a provider who can do after school hours.

Is she getting reading services? While the same underlying issue can cause speech articulation and reading issues, you need providers for both. Articulation therapy doesn't fix the reading issues.

[Anonymous]

I would get a better evaluation if she’s having reading issues and look for a different provider. You don’t have to use the schools recommended provider. It’s not normal though some do it to go to the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would look for a provider who can do after school hours.

Is she getting reading services? While the same underlying issue can cause speech articulation and reading issues, you need providers for both. Articulation therapy doesn't fix the reading issues.

Yes, she has a separate reading tutor. This is for the SLP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would look for a provider who can do after school hours.

Is she getting reading services? While the same underlying issue can cause speech articulation and reading issues, you need providers for both. Articulation therapy doesn't fix the reading issues.

Yes, she has a separate reading tutor. This is for the SLP.

Get a good evaluation. Normal is to take your child to the slp. Sone might come to your home but most of those don’t take insurance.

[Anonymous]

I don't know how it works in private school but in public my kid has an IEP specific to speech issues. Can you request whatever formal evaluation your school does given that they were the initial source of the recommendation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would look for a provider who can do after school hours.

Is she getting reading services? While the same underlying issue can cause speech articulation and reading issues, you need providers for both. Articulation therapy doesn't fix the reading issues.

Yes, she has a separate reading tutor. This is for the SLP.

Get a good evaluation. Normal is to take your child to the slp. Sone might come to your home but most of those don’t take insurance.

Would that be an evaluation separate from what the speech provider would do?

The providers we’ve been working with don’t take insurance.

[Anonymous]

So you want to pick your child up mid day, go to therapy and bring her back to school, depending on timing? That isn’t uncommon and often what families have to do, at least initially, as after school time slots often have very long waitlists. My son was able to do therapy via zoom, so while he missed some class time, it was lessened due to not having to travel back and forth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you want to pick your child up mid day, go to therapy and bring her back to school, depending on timing? That isn’t uncommon and often what families have to do, at least initially, as after school time slots often have very long waitlists. My son was able to do therapy via zoom, so while he missed some class time, it was lessened due to not having to travel back and forth.

No. I want to do what we did last year, which was having the SLP come to her school.

I don’t understand why her school allowed it last year and not this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you want to pick your child up mid day, go to therapy and bring her back to school, depending on timing? That isn’t uncommon and often what families have to do, at least initially, as after school time slots often have very long waitlists. My son was able to do therapy via zoom, so while he missed some class time, it was lessened due to not having to travel back and forth.

No. I want to do what we did last year, which was having the SLP come to her school.

I don’t understand why her school allowed it last year and not this year.

I don’t know why they are Chan their position (maybe as she gets older they are taking class time more seriously, just a guess) but I don’t think there’s anything you can do now. Unless her speech is so poor it’s impeding her ability to be understood in class it’s not something that would be in an IEP and be mandated during school hours.

Just find someone who can do it after school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you want to pick your child up mid day, go to therapy and bring her back to school, depending on timing? That isn’t uncommon and often what families have to do, at least initially, as after school time slots often have very long waitlists. My son was able to do therapy via zoom, so while he missed some class time, it was lessened due to not having to travel back and forth.

No. I want to do what we did last year, which was having the SLP come to her school.

I don’t understand why her school allowed it last year and not this year.

It may be a space issue. May be a supervision issue. But, its really not their responsibility to handle an outside private provider.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you want to pick your child up mid day, go to therapy and bring her back to school, depending on timing? That isn’t uncommon and often what families have to do, at least initially, as after school time slots often have very long waitlists. My son was able to do therapy via zoom, so while he missed some class time, it was lessened due to not having to travel back and forth.

No. I want to do what we did last year, which was having the SLP come to her school.

I don’t understand why her school allowed it last year and not this year.

It may be a space issue. May be a supervision issue. But, it’s really not their responsibility to handle an outside private provider.

It is their responsibility to tend to their students’ educational needs, though, and they recommended speech therapy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you want to pick your child up mid day, go to therapy and bring her back to school, depending on timing? That isn’t uncommon and often what families have to do, at least initially, as after school time slots often have very long waitlists. My son was able to do therapy via zoom, so while he missed some class time, it was lessened due to not having to travel back and forth.

No. I want to do what we did last year, which was having the SLP come to her school.

I don’t understand why her school allowed it last year and not this year.

It may be a space issue. May be a supervision issue. But, it’s really not their responsibility to handle an outside private provider.

It is their responsibility to tend to their students’ educational needs, though, and they recommended speech therapy.

A private school casually recommended speech therapy in K is very different than a public school determining there is an academic need for support services in the school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you want to pick your child up mid day, go to therapy and bring her back to school, depending on timing? That isn’t uncommon and often what families have to do, at least initially, as after school time slots often have very long waitlists. My son was able to do therapy via zoom, so while he missed some class time, it was lessened due to not having to travel back and forth.

No. I want to do what we did last year, which was having the SLP come to her school.

I don’t understand why her school allowed it last year and not this year.

It may be a space issue. May be a supervision issue. But, it’s really not their responsibility to handle an outside private provider.

It is their responsibility to tend to their students’ educational needs, though, and they recommended speech therapy.

A private school casually recommended speech therapy in K is very different than a public school determining there is an academic need for support services in the school.

? In what world is a learning specialist supporting pull-out speech therapy a casual recommendation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you want to pick your child up mid day, go to therapy and bring her back to school, depending on timing? That isn’t uncommon and often what families have to do, at least initially, as after school time slots often have very long waitlists. My son was able to do therapy via zoom, so while he missed some class time, it was lessened due to not having to travel back and forth.

No. I want to do what we did last year, which was having the SLP come to her school.

I don’t understand why her school allowed it last year and not this year.

It may be a space issue. May be a supervision issue. But, it’s really not their responsibility to handle an outside private provider.

It is their responsibility to tend to their students’ educational needs, though, and they recommended speech therapy.

Speech impacts education but as a private they are not responsible to provide therapies like a public would. That is your responsibility to take your child. Many of us do and do it multiple times a week. It is what it is and you cannot put this on the school.