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Halloweek
Nov 2, 2019 19:49:40 GMT -6
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Post by sarahwithanh on Nov 2, 2019 19:49:40 GMT -6
Quick question: Today's review meeting was okay. I had to correct 2 things in front of all these people because the case worker missed it. It was fun to make her initial and date next to her mistakes because that last thing I need is in a year she didn't remember she made the mistake. The school district is offering L 5 days a week. I won't have to pay for any of them. He will get 50 20 minute-sessions/ year with the school's SLP which if school is 25 weeks, that's twice a week. (I think I'm going to ask and push for a bit more like 2 30-minute sessions) They are going to monitor his fine motor skills, and I have to figure out how to word communication because I will not be waiting for a report card just to find out how my child is doing. I mentioned a notebook, and the preschool teacher nixed that so any other ideas would be helpful. The big thing that we use and other families in our area use for communication are apps. There are several different ones. We use remind. She sends me info every single day about bathrooming and snack. She usually also sends me information about what they did and photos. When you do the actual IEP there should be a spot designated for communication. Because of Ls age and limited communication it is absolutely a reasonable request to ask for daily communication. If she won't do a notebook she needs to come up with something else. Remember you legally have a lot of rights and if you are uncomfortable with their communication plan you can fight them on it and even get an advocate to come with you to your IEP. Additionally IEPs are working documents which means legally you can request a meeting and change it at anytime. The minutes they are offering are great. Because he will be in EC 5 days a week he will likely get to work on all areas of development with other students. Activities will have a focus on areas all of the students are working on and the teacher should be reinforcing the therapists. 2 sessions of 20 minutes is decent but it is within you rights to push for more. Just be prepared to justify it. Was he getting 60 minutes a week in early intervention? If not why do you think he needs more? (Rhetorical questions here but I would have those answers ready). If he has suspected Apraxia I would even consider having some studies pulled up. Honestly how prepared you should be is super dependent on your school district. Some fight you and some fight for you and everything in between. If you run into trouble every single state has free advocacy agencies and don't hesitate to speak with them. They have done this 1000s of times and are fierce.
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Halloweek
Nov 2, 2019 20:02:26 GMT -6
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Post by sarahwithanh on Nov 2, 2019 20:02:26 GMT -6
kleigh a big part of why I am less active is the comparison issue. I try not to but it's hard. I feel like we are on a different planet at times. I agree with what others have said about how it sounds like he is very developmentally appropriate as far as his struggles. Twins have always fascinated me in terms of how their development goes. Some do amazing together and some have to be separated. Every year we would have that conversation with our twin parents both at the beginning and end of the year when making class placements. It's also common to have one who is more dominant and outwardly seems to develop more quickly. At least from what we saw in our classrooms. Both of those statements about Services are extreme and not correct. The reality is an evaluation won't hurt. If they offer services they will help. If they don't think he needs services they may have some suggestions and resources for you. You do what makes sense for your kids but recognize there is nothing wrong with pursuing this path or waiting and you know your kids better than anyone.
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Cheshie6
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Post by Cheshie6 on Nov 2, 2019 20:02:52 GMT -6
sarahwithanh, I know Rhetorical, but he currently gets two 45-minute sessions but one is with an assistant doing one of them. But this school district is very “wait and see.”
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Halloweek
Nov 2, 2019 20:07:31 GMT -6
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Post by sarahwithanh on Nov 2, 2019 20:07:31 GMT -6
sarahwithanh, I know Rhetorical, but he currently gets two 45-minute sessions but one is with an assistant doing one of them. But this school district is very “wait and see.” So if he currently gets 90 minutes then asking for 60 is reasonable. I would argue that it would be detrimental to cut his services in half. If he has been making progress either slow and steady or strides use that to argue that 90 minutes has been shown to help significantly. If he is still struggling a lot I would argue that he would struggle even more with half as many minutes. Make the argument that makes sense to you but have ammo. You could ask your current therapist to write a letter. I'm sure they gave notes but now that you have recommendations they could specifically write in support of your request.
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Halloweek
Nov 2, 2019 20:13:50 GMT -6
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Post by sarahwithanh on Nov 2, 2019 20:13:50 GMT -6
Cheshie6 look at your insurance policy. School therapy works on success in school and often private therapy can be even more effective. Private insurance often covers some sessions of private therapy as long as their goals are different than schools. We do 90 minutes of school therapy and 90 minutes of private for speech every week. Granted we also have feeding and speech device goals that they work on. M says mama and 3 vowel sounds consistently. He inconsistently has a few consonant sounds.
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Post by tgrimes on Nov 2, 2019 22:00:15 GMT -6
M was in rare form today. Both of the kids have colds again and M even fell asleep in the couch for about 30 min while H was napping.
I took her to run errands with me and then MH said he was thinking about hiring someone to rake the yard. I felt the need to get some aggression out so I told him to watch H while I raked. M did the flower beds and then swans for awhile. Then she made and played with paper airplanes.
Pizza & wine for dinner. It was so good. We let the kids play for a bit longer than usual and then I walked the dog after they went to bed. Now I’m in bed after a long, hot shower.
It’s slightly embarrassing how tired I am just from raking for 1.5 hours.
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