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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really understand your frustration. The school personnel may feel frustrated as well. The SLP is given guidelines to follow by the county to identify students who should receive service at taxpayer expense. Students who have a disability (rather than disorder) that has an educational impact and that requires the specialized skill of the SLP (and no one else can reasonable do it) qualify.  [b]There has to be a cut off somewhere.  I am an SLP and my own daughter did not qualify for speech services in the county despite falling at the first percentile on a standardized articulation measure. [/b]I see both sides.  Also, in terms of social skills, that typically gets shifted to counseling because the SLP is limited to dealing with pragmatic language, but not social skills. I hear you, but I also understand the other side (why do there have to be sides?).  I am very sorry to hear that you feel you were spoken to with disrespect. That is a shame.[/quote]

I've heard this quoted at IEP meetings for my child.  He was diagnosed privately with a Specific Learning Disability in Reading but because the Reading Specialist couldn't get services for her child, my child by all means didn't qualify for services.  Not exactly a legal argument but MCPS employees are great for discriminating against kids because of their own biases.
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I'm not using this anecdote as a means of making a legal argument. I was simply commiserating withthe OP. Your leap to this suggesting that MCPS employees discriminate against kids because of their own biases is ridiculous. In fact, I'd love to go against the guidelines and pad my caseload so I can just work in one school instead of traveling between multiple schools and lugging my supplies around town all day.[/quote]

OP here.   Are you suggesting you represent children wit special needs at Farmland?  I like your attitude.   Is there a way to get in touch with you?[/quote]

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