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Update on DS's speech

futrkingsleyfutrkingsley member
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I met with his therapist and services coordinator today for his six month evaluation (almost 2 months late), and he barely qualified for six more months of therapy. 

We did the evaluation in May when he was 22 months and at the time he had about 100 words (versus 0 in January), and was only beginning to string two words together (like more milk).

He is now 24 months+ and just this weekend he said a six word phrase, "Charlie see Busser drink water potty."  :)  My mom's dog was drinking out of the toilet.

Our service coordinator was not pleased that his evaulation was so "old" even though it was done on time.  His real complaint is that if C were evaulated today (past his review period) he wouldn't currently qualify for services.  The meeting to discuss the review was delayed due to our vacation and the vacation of our therapist (which weren't in synch).  If it had been done on time, I'm sure the coordinator wouldn't have complained about the discrepency.  The coordinator couldn't deny C services because he can't ask that the review be repeated until December. 

So C will continue to get one hour a week of therapy at home with his bestie, the speech therapist.  I feel slightly guilty but I think he has really benefited from the extra help and wouldn't be where he is today without it.  And he still has some things I'm hoping his therapist can help him master.

Would you have done it differently if you were me?

 

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  • kittylovekittylove member
    No I wouldn't have done it diffrently. I think you handled it perfectly. C has every right to continue services till December and as his mom I think you were right to fight for them. I hope his bestie can help you with the few things you would like help with and in December he is done with therapy!
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    I think you did everything right.  If at the time he did his 2nd eval he needed more services then you have every right to receive them.  It doesn't matter if the review of that eval wasn't done on time.  I too would have fought if they tried to take it away.  
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  • Mrs.K&CMrs.K&C

    Go Charlie! Love the progress he is making. He qualified for services at the time of his evaluation, that's all that matters. Personally I only go by what the therapist says. The case worker can't determine if he would qualify now or not. You'd know if the therapist didn't think it was necessary to continue. DD met all of her PT goals a couple weeks before her 6 month evaluation and I could tell she wasn't really working on much with her at that point, because there wasn't much to work on. If there wasn't anything to do, they wouldn't do it.

    Now if I could just get DD's therapy to start I'd be a happy girl! Her case worker has dropped the ball a few times and still hasn't sent the report to her therapist so we can actually start. It's been a month since I met with her. UGH. 

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  • futrkingsleyfutrkingsley member
    imageMrs.K&C:

    Go Charlie! Love the progress he is making. He qualified for services at the time of his evaluation, that's all that matters. Personally I only go by what the therapist says. The case worker can't determine if he would qualify now or not. You'd know if the therapist didn't think it was necessary to continue. DD met all of her PT goals a couple weeks before her 6 month evaluation and I could tell she wasn't really working on much with her at that point, because there wasn't much to work on. If there wasn't anything to do, they wouldn't do it.

    Now if I could just get DD's therapy to start I'd be a happy girl! Her case worker has dropped the ball a few times and still hasn't sent the report to her therapist so we can actually start. It's been a month since I met with her. UGH. 

    Katie we had this issue too when we first started. Authorizing the services and getting paperwork to the right people took forever it seemed, especially in this digital age when other things move so fast!

    Thanks for the replies -- I feel better knowing I'm not the only one who would have persued more services in that situation.  :)

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