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Frustred re/ speech delay
ETA: and apparently I'm so frustrated that I can't even spell the dang word anymore!
Yes yes this again. Ds was officially diagnosed as being speech delayed at his 2 year (or 2 year 3 month 
) appointment the other day. Big shocker. The pedi recommended that we take him to have him evaluated to rule out that it's anything serious but he thinks that at this point it's just a common maturation delay. They gave me a list and highlighted who should be covered by our insurance but our insurance is super impossible to find providers on for some reason. Supposedly none of the people on the list (highlighted or not) are covered but I can't even trust that since ds's urologist isn't on the provider directory either but is most definitely covered.
I just wasted 3 hours wading through the speech therapy section only to find out that most of the places listed are nursing homes or hospice type elderly care (which I could only find out by separately looking up each place online). I even just tried googling speech therapy in our area and looking up places that came up on the directory. Nada. ::slams head repeatedly into desk::
Someone is more than welcome to come over here and shoot me now.
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Re: Frustred re/ speech delay
I am an SLP.Sorry you are having such a rough time with this.
Check here for your area. It will have all the SLPs in your area listed and you can search by age group.
https://asha.org/findpro/
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Yeah, I like you too much to shoot you, Smurfette, but I have a chocolate bar I'd be glad to share.
THANK YOU! That's exactly what I need!
Marking this post for the great replies! C is speech delayed too - we're ruling out hearing loss then it's on to speech therapy. The pedi has referred us to both, but now I have to wait until my new insurance kicks in.
Care to share information (tips, tricks that the therapist give you to help him develop speech) & I'll do the same? I don't know anyone IRL dealing with this.
PS - C's 2 year visit was a 2 year, 3 month as well.
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I think we will be looking into this too
*hugs*
also are you looking online (through your insurer)? much easier, but still a pain
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Call your local school district. Ask for the number for their Early Intervention, Birth to 3 or whatever they call it in your area program. You may even be able to find the EI/Bto3 # on the school district website.
Luckily for you he has been id'ed before her turns 3. Once he turns 3 it will be much harder to get services. But for the next ~9 months he will likely be entitled to free services through the EI program.
At the very least, EI can eval him (again this will probably be free although there is a little variation between states) and tell you what they think.
Besides the whole FREE thing, the advantage of going through EI for services is that they will come to your home to provide the service, and often private insurance has a cap on therapy sessions, which you can run through really fast- and then if your kid ever needs them later in life (a car accident requiring PT, for example) you are SOL bc you already used your lfifetime max.
DS is a bit speech delayed, and gets weekly therapy through EI. It is great bc it makes him work (during his sessions) it gives us ideas on what to do with him between sessions, and they re-eval him every 6 months to check his progress, so if he starts to slip further we will be on it fast.
Also, post on the Special Needs board- there are quite a few people on there that are dealnig with speech delays- either alone or in combo with other problems.
That's exactly what I'm doing. You'd think it would be easier.
Absolutely!
Interesting SuzieMarie - I wonder why the pediatricians office wouldn't have mentioned that. I'll definitely give that a shot.
And wingedbride - hallelujah I found two off that site that are covered!
Now I guess I just need to figure out which way to run with it.
That's great!
And honestly, run with it every which way you can. Initiating services is important but often can be a frustrating process.
Our school district initiates services at 3 years (this is free therapy provided to any child in the district and has no affect on insurance). Every state has seperate guidelines, so it is worth checking to see what the process is there.
My pedi office didn't mention it either.
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