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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]0600 here- I should add I felt really judged by the county for declining testing. I felt the virtual assessment they did was completely wrong (12 month level even though she was gaining several words weekly by the time we had the virtual assessment, which is NOT 12 month level) and they suggested intensive and expensive therapy-but not with a speech therapist. When I didn't respond right away they kept bothering me to start the services- the communication was sales pitchy to the point I wondered about if there was a budget problem, and was even a little concerned they would call CPS on me if I declined. They did finally leave me alone when I signed the paperwork declining services. So.. be prepared for something like that if you do get the process started and your child takes off in the meantime.[/quote]

Of course they kept bothering you - they had to close the case out. Why wouldn’t you take care of that immediately? Don’t blame them for your own disorganization/procrastination. Lol at “budget problem”!

OP - you don’t have to go through the county. You can do private speech therapy. In fact, my experience is that the county is very stingy with speech services. Even if you qualify, they will likely not have you work with an actual speech therapist, it will probably be a special educator who will work with them on vocabulary. A friend who used to work for Infants and Toddlers in Montgomery county (as an SLP), said it’s because the speech services are in such high demand they are only able to accommodate the “worst” cases. They can’t come out and tell you that so they pass you off onto a special educator (in Montgomery County they refer to the service as “SPIN”, which stands for “SPecial INstructor”.

Also, you can always go to a private speech therapist on your own. The advantage to using the county is that they will do a comprehensive evaluation across all areas of development. It’s nice to have. [/quote]

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