Speech therapy through the schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To get speech, your child has to have in IEP. I'm sure it depends on the issues and the child, but for speech articulation issues, my son got 20 minutes a week for 22 weeks a year. Most of it was group. He got a little more when he was younger. It was worth it. I did supplement with private.

Good to know. She doesn't have an IEP so I'll assume it won't apply to her.

My school laughed at me when I asked about my DD. DD does not have an IEP. She does have a significant lisp that has not corrected itself. We are doing private speech.

[Anonymous]

My child is going to a private pre-k. We just made the deadline for Kindergarten and want to give her another year of pre-school. We have an IEP from 2012-2013. We requested a service plan. The former public school said that we'll get speech at our home school but no more PT and OT since we're going private for next year. I understand how PEP works but how does the service plan work for pre-kers? Will others be assigned the same time? She has a huge vocab and her benefit is a rehabilitative issue to improve her speech. She has a huge vocab but now has low muscle tone throughout her body. Is she going to be assigned with kids that don't have so much speech yet or just have a speech deficit? We had a PROMPT therapist at her public school last year and we would love to get a PROMPT therapist again. Her home school does not have a PEP program. It has Head Start and autistic pre-kers.

[Anonymous]

20:36 Where are you doing private? DS has a lisp. Pediatrician thinks he needs speech, but school rejected him. I'm another who agrees with PP who said they won't give services to kids who aren't behind. At least, mine (entering HGC in a couple weeks) isn't getting services.

I'm thinking of trying again now that he's switching schools. But in case school says no, need to figure out another option.

[Anonymous]

Anne Reynolds group at Integrated Therapy Services in Kensington (Concord Building). I like the group. We love our therapist Veronica. There are multiple therapists that work for Anne.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To get speech, your child has to have in IEP. I'm sure it depends on the issues and the child, but for speech articulation issues, my son got 20 minutes a week for 22 weeks a year. Most of it was group. He got a little more when he was younger. It was worth it. I did supplement with private.

Good to know. She doesn't have an IEP so I'll assume it won't apply to her.

My school laughed at me when I asked about my DD. DD does not have an IEP. She does have a significant lisp that has not corrected itself. We are doing private speech.

To receive speech services, at the intake mtg, you would have to convince the team that the issue would alienate your child socially.

My son received speech services through the county from 2 1/2 to 4. He tested at the "higher" end, and for that reason, they almost said no to services. However, when we said that it created a barrier btw him and his little friends, they accommodated him.

He still has issues with syntax to some extent, and for a while we paid one of his former speech therapists to continue on the side until she felt he no longer needed services.

Private will accommodate you, as they tend to broaden their criteria. Public can only accommodate so many. So their criteria are narrow by comparison. Our insurance reimburses at 80%. So keep in mind that the initial testing and the session fees will be expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child is going to a private pre-k. We just made the deadline for Kindergarten and want to give her another year of pre-school. We have an IEP from 2012-2013. We requested a service plan. The former public school said that we'll get speech at our home school but no more PT and OT since we're going private for next year. I understand how PEP works but how does the service plan work for pre-kers? Will others be assigned the same time? She has a huge vocab and her benefit is a rehabilitative issue to improve her speech. She has a huge vocab but now has low muscle tone throughout her body. Is she going to be assigned with kids that don't have so much speech yet or just have a speech deficit? We had a PROMPT therapist at her public school last year and we would love to get a PROMPT therapist again. Her home school does not have a PEP program. It has Head Start and autistic pre-kers.

The SLP will likely see her in a small group, but the set-up varies depending on schedule and of course student needs. These are questions only your SLP can answer for sure. The speech needs of kids in Pre K/PEP vary greatly, but the priority is to keep students in a setting that is most beneficial to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To get speech, your child has to have in IEP. I'm sure it depends on the issues and the child, but for speech articulation issues, my son got 20 minutes a week for 22 weeks a year. Most of it was group. He got a little more when he was younger. It was worth it. I did supplement with private.

Good to know. She doesn't have an IEP so I'll assume it won't apply to her.

My school laughed at me when I asked about my DD. DD does not have an IEP. She does have a significant lisp that has not corrected itself. We are doing private speech.

you school laughed at you? I would demand they do an eval anyway. I could guess the school.

[Anonymous]

Op again, thanks for all the help. She's a pretty smart kid (ie reading very well going into K) so it wouldn't affect her academically and I don't think it would affect her socially either unless there are particularly mean kids in her class. She knows she doesn't say the sounds right, but it doesn't bother her right now. I just don't think she will outgrow these on her own and I don't want it to be too late that we do something about it. We will start with a private session and see where it goes from there. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

We did it for our then 4year old. They did an awesome job and fixed her 20 sound substitutions in 2 months. Nothing but love for the MCPS program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To get speech, your child has to have in IEP. I'm sure it depends on the issues and the child, but for speech articulation issues, my son got 20 minutes a week for 22 weeks a year. Most of it was group. He got a little more when he was younger. It was worth it. I did supplement with private.

Good to know. She doesn't have an IEP so I'll assume it won't apply to her.

My school laughed at me when I asked about my DD. DD does not have an IEP. She does have a significant lisp that has not corrected itself. We are doing private speech.

you school laughed at you? I would demand they do an eval anyway. I could guess the school.

I'm a new poster, and the SLP at my daughter's MDPS school practically laughed at me, too. I battled to get an IEP and they finally did after private testing that I had to pay for myself when they refused found multiple issues, including a language one that really requires speech therapy (not enunciation, but processing language as it's heard and then being able to articulate what she wants to say). The SLP said that she could understand my DD perfectly well and that there was no reason to start it then despite a diagnosis. We now do private speech and have to pay, another hardship on a very moderate income that is far less than most reported here on DCUM.