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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here-- the school evaluation found my child ineligible for speech therapy since in their view my child has met all the IEP goals, which is complete BS. There is plenty of evidence that my child still presents with articulation errors and they impact the ability to communicate effectively in the classroom. The school IEP claims that my child has made a tremendous progress in 4 months' time (at that time there was yet another push to reduce services but I successfully fought back) and no longer needs support in the classroom to self-correct, so from 120 min/month to 0. I asked for 60 min/month in-class observation/debrief by the SLP to help with the transition but they terminated because parents' input is not considered in the evaluation as they are not part of the team in DC. The school was very selective in their data and testimonials. Kangaroo court at its best.[/quote]

Presenting with articulation errors in the classroom is not enough to need or qualify for school speech therapy. There also has to be a need for specialized instruction, i.e. an SLP. "Support in the classroom to self-correct" is not speech therapy. That is not specialized instruction. Anybody can remind them to pay attention to their sound production and monitor themselves--it's not inability to produce the sounds, it's inattention to them at this point (which is totally normal). They have been taught how to make the sounds and know how to do so, they just aren't consistently monitoring themselves for 100% conversational accuracy yet. Continued specialized instruction and observation from an SLP is not needed for that.

Honestly, it sounds like the school said stupid things in the meeting but that their ultimate conclusion was probably correct. Artic is a squishy area and students often stop qualifying before parents think they should because it's not "perfect." Perfect is not the goal or the requirement. Perfect=private speech. [/quote]

All of what you write may be true but the DCPS team still messed up in multiple ways. OP should stand up for her procedural rights - that helps us all, regardless of what her kid’s needs are. [/quote]

OP here--Yes, it will definitely benefit all kids if procedures are observed and IDEA rights are respected. W[b]e lotteried in a DCPS school full of well-to-do parents, and we are totally gaslighted by the LEA. I can only imagine what happens to parents/caregivers with less time and resources to fight.[/quote][/b]
In our experience at Janney - if you had a advocate you got more services.  But if you did not they would do things like you described.  It was totally a "pay to play" situation.   [/quote]

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