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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My understanding is that the speech has to be bad enough to impact the student's ability to access education.  For lesser issues, you need to pay for private services.[/quote]

Correct. Is there an educational impact? Can your student be understood by teachers and peers? Does their inability to articulate words affect their ability to spell and write the words correctly? R is a tricky speech sound because it has a large window for mastery.  Here is a chart that shows the typical age for sound acquisition. I think normal acquisition can be up to 7 and even a bit later before it's considered delayed enough to need therapy.

You could ask for something called SPRINT which is a general education articulation speech program.  It's focus is on frequent short sessions (like 2-3 times a week for 10 minutes at a time).

But private therapy is going to be the most effective for this. You could start private therapy at the same time as going through the school testing process, which takes 3-4 months total from referral to eligibility.

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