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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here:  thanks for this information.  It sounds like it is worth applying and that someone will screen the child to see if he is a good fit.  I just wasn’t sure if this was a program for speech only or if they also worked on broader communication challenges (nonverbal as well as verbal.). I’ll get an application in![/quote]

They don't care if a child is verbal or non-verbal/pre-verbal but they care that the primary diagnosis is speech and language (they work with a variety so when we went there was apraxia, receptive, expressive, stuttering and articulation mainly).  They are not equip to really handle ASD in less its very mild.  I'd call the director and ask what he's ok with and will he consider your child.  The other issue is will there be a slot.  They only take 16 kids.  You'd have to talk to a current parent to see what profiles that the director is taking.  My child pretty much got offered on the spot and it was a great fit/really good experience but different director.  Its (or was) a great program and many of our kids really benefitted from it.  Like PP said its for training future SLP's so they are looking for very specific kids to make it work.  What's nice is kids get 30 minutes 1-1 speech per session (3 1/2 sessions per week) and when we went they did a lot of literacy and other skills.  We always got lucky with great students but some other parents bitterly complained (but it may have been the child too, not sure).  Most of us also supplemented with private as it goes by the college calendar with long breaks.[/quote]

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