School & Speech Delays

[Anonymous]

What school(s) has your child with childhood apraxia of speech (or other significant speech problems) attended? Need to know what schools to consider.

[Anonymous]

Augmentative Communication program in Mo Co.

[Anonymous]

My DS with apraxi is in a regular FCPS elementary school. He's got some delays as well so part of his time is spent in pull out and some in general ed. His speech therapist has coordinated wonderfully with our PROMPT certified private SLP. His general ed/special ed teachers have just been wonderful. He's doing really, really well. Depending on where you are, you might think about your local public school. We also have him in the SACC aftercare program. We were really worried about school in general but he's actually fairly popular (at least for now). Good luck.

[Anonymous]

FCPS. We get speech 3 x 30 minutes/ week. pull-out. Son is in regular classroom with special ed support in the classroom. Think our speech therapist at our school is particularly skilled,

[Anonymous]

OP here: Do most kids go public with speech delays? I assume the first PP is public as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here: Do most kids go public with speech delays? I assume the first PP is public as well.

Yes. I'm the first poster, from Mo. Co. There's no reason a child with speech delays, or a nonverbal child, shouldn't be in public school. My child is nonverbal and reading at grade level, doing math slightly below grade level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here: Do most kids go public with speech delays? I assume the first PP is public as well.

Yes. I'm the first poster, from Mo. Co. There's no reason a child with speech delays, or a nonverbal child, shouldn't be in public school. My child is nonverbal and reading at grade level, doing math slightly below grade level.

I hope I didn't offend you. I live in DC which is why public isn't always the first option to come to mind. We live in bounds for one of the good elementary schools. I will look into it!

[Anonymous]

OP, is your kid ASD as well? There are county programs and private school options as well.

Regardless, your child can definitely attend public school, but depending on how severe the delay is, and how accurate the IEP is, you may want to consider private school options as well. In my experience our non-ASD kid with severe speech delays had a horrible time so we went private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, is your kid ASD as well? There are county programs and private school options as well.

Regardless, your child can definitely attend public school, but depending on how severe the delay is, and how accurate the IEP is, you may want to consider private school options as well. In my experience our non-ASD kid with severe speech delays had a horrible time so we went private.

OP here. As far as we know our child is not ASD. I don't know what private school might be good with severe speech delays. I got the feeling many don't want them, hence the reason I am trying to discover what private schools to consider. What school is your child at or to be more general, if you don't want to say, which did you consider.

[Anonymous]

OP how old is your child now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP how old is your child now?

4

[Anonymous]

The reason I asked is b/c deadlines for applying to private schools come up in January & Feb, so if you want to apply for next year, you'll have to go on school visits/submit applications. But it sounds like you have at least another year b/f kindergarten. (Also, nothing wrong in delaying kindergarten if speech is still a significant issue down the road.) Since your child's 4, I'm assuming you have an IEP through the DC equivalent of Childfind. In not, ask your pediatrician for a referral. If you like your home school, it might work out just fine in sending him/her there.

For now, there are a couple of options that might be helpful:
St. Columba in DC has an inclusive preschool:
http://www.stcolumbadc.org/stcolumbadc/Home.html

LEAP at the University of MD in College Park (PG county) is an excellent preschool dedicated to speech delays, but they do not take ASD kids:
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/hesp/clinicservices/leap.htm
LEAP may also have summer camp for speech as does National Speech Language Center: http://www.nationalspeech.com/camp. The latter will be very pricey.

For later, here's a list of private schools for special needs in the area. It's rather dated, so it doesn't have the Newton School in Virginia. It's also missing Sienna School which starts in 4th and works with kids w/language based learning disabilities:
http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/businesscareers/5515.html

You could also look at more "mainstream" privates as well b/c a lot could change over the next year. If you have concerns down the line, you could also hire an educational consultant to help you make the best match. For an overall idea of prices of private schools, pick up a copy of "Parents," the free magazine. They usually will have a listing of most of the area's private schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here: Do most kids go public with speech delays? I assume the first PP is public as well.

Yes. I'm the first poster, from Mo. Co. There's no reason a child with speech delays, or a nonverbal child, shouldn't be in public school. My child is nonverbal and reading at grade level, doing math slightly below grade level.

I hope I didn't offend you. I live in DC which is why public isn't always the first option to come to mind. We live in bounds for one of the good elementary schools. I will look into it!

I wasn't offended at all!

Many people haven't heard of the AAC program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reason I asked is b/c deadlines for applying to private schools come up in January & Feb, so if you want to apply for next year, you'll have to go on school visits/submit applications. But it sounds like you have at least another year b/f kindergarten. (Also, nothing wrong in delaying kindergarten if speech is still a significant issue down the road.) Since your child's 4, I'm assuming you have an IEP through the DC equivalent of Childfind. In not, ask your pediatrician for a referral. If you like your home school, it might work out just fine in sending him/her there.

For now, there are a couple of options that might be helpful:
St. Columba in DC has an inclusive preschool:
http://www.stcolumbadc.org/stcolumbadc/Home.html

LEAP at the University of MD in College Park (PG county) is an excellent preschool dedicated to speech delays, but they do not take ASD kids:
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/hesp/clinicservices/leap.htm
LEAP may also have summer camp for speech as does National Speech Language Center: http://www.nationalspeech.com/camp. The latter will be very pricey.

For later, here's a list of private schools for special needs in the area. It's rather dated, so it doesn't have the Newton School in Virginia. It's also missing Sienna School which starts in 4th and works with kids w/language based learning disabilities:
http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/businesscareers/5515.html

You could also look at more "mainstream" privates as well b/c a lot could change over the next year. If you have concerns down the line, you could also hire an educational consultant to help you make the best match. For an overall idea of prices of private schools, pick up a copy of "Parents," the free magazine. They usually will have a listing of most of the area's private schools.

Thank you so much for this list!

[Anonymous]

My DS with speech issues (apraxia) is in private school because we thought he would benefit from the small class size (13-15 per class versus 25-27 in our local public elementary). It's not a private that specializes in special needs, but the teachers are very accommodating and attentive. My impression is that many mainstream private schools are willing to accept kids who have speech delays, as long as there are no behavioral issues.