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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does she get services through PGCPS early childhood programs?  If not you should have her assessed in the spring and have an IEP ready to go for the beginning of the school year.  If she is in speech therapy and you have a current progress report they will likely use that to help craft the IEP.  The services my son gets is once a week for 45 minutes.  The quality of the SLP is good but I don’t think it is nearly enough so we supplement with private speech once a week.

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I wanted to add that my child is in Pre-K at our in bounds elementary school which is where he gets speech.  Just being in the Pre-K classroom has helped a lot.   If your child isn't getting services and you would like the county to start now they will enroll her at one of the Pre-K programs for free if she is eligible for speech.  They bus them to the ECCs if you don't get a slot at your local school.  They will also provide services to children at private schools.

As far as behavioral issues go, I think that you will find the County is better equipped to deal with that than any private school.  My daughter's friend was at a local private school and she was encouraged to leave because of behavioral issues.  She went to the local ES and they got her on a 504 and other interventions and she is doing great now.

I guess the big thing is to be  prepared to advocate for your child.  Call the principal before the school year starts and let them know about your child's situation and your concerns.  "I wanted to let you know that Larla has a significant speech delay and some behavioral issues.   I have some concerns about how she will adapt to school.  If there is any information that might help the school help her please let me know".  If you know that your child will be getting speech therapy at the school, contact the head SPED teacher and ask the name of the SLP.  Send that person a note introducing yourself, asking when speech will start and attach the most recent progress report you have from any private SLP you may see.

Good luck!

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