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August 2011 Moms
S-Tuna
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Speech Therapy is covered!!
S-Tuna
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DS needs speech therapy once a week. Our insurance is being jerks about the amount of physical therapy visits they cover per year so I just assumed speech was going to be another battle. Most companies don't cover speech at all, which I was expecting to hear. Instead, I found out that it is not only covered, but there are no limits on how many visits they will cover!! We are currently paying about $1600 a month in PT alone. I was not looking forward to adding a speech bill. Now, it will only be a $25 co-pay per visit.
::happy dances through Aug11::
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Re: Speech Therapy is covered!!
Woo hoo! Awesome news!
How is Ian, by the way? I feel like we haven't had an Ian update in a while.
That is awesome!!!!
He is good, thanks for asking. He is starting aquatic therapy next week! The goal for that is just to help with body awareness, balance, and walking. He will be in PT once a week, AT once a week, and Speech Therapy once a week (as soon as a spot opens up). He is being evaluated for OT on Monday, which we are pretty sure he will qualify for. He is basically about 3-5 months behind. We will be going for a sleep study (hopefully within the next couple of weeks) because they are concerned about his sleepiness/excessive sleeping. That will be a fun night in the hospital (not). We are considering sending him to a special needs school next year. It is 3 mornings a week, and they will provide therapies for him there as well. I am feeling guilty about sending him, but I really think he will do amazingly well there. It's hard to acknowledge that your kid is significantly delayed and needs more than what you can provide at home. But, it's just the way life is.
He loves Jake and the Neverland Pirates, especially counting gold dabloons. He loves animals and music too. He is starting to figure out how to color. He can say "Up" like it's his job, lol. He is the most fun little kid, and freaking adorable too. ::sigh:: He's a lot of work, but I sure do love him.
And because I'm in a mood to AW...
Too cute! He looks so big!! Jack has that same shirt!
We can only get one primary service through the county at a time, and we are currently using a home-based OT through the county. She comes to our house every 3ish weeks to play with DS. We have applied for as many financial assistance programs that we have been made aware of, but have been denied/wait-listed on every one for various reasons. This is a big reason we are considering the school. It would be completely free because it is run through the county board of DD.
ETA: For example, I called to ask if we can get speech through the county. We would lose the OT altogether, and the speech therapist only offers one sessions per month. That isn't going to be enough for him. We tried using both the county and private physical therapists together in the beginning, and it was almost counter-productive to use them both because they did not communicate with each other.
As for insurance. It took me forever to get my son quailified despite his hand deformity and our insurance does not cover OT unless he was "home bound/ bed ridden" which was obsurd. I had scripts from surgeons, doctors and nothing mattered. Heck our amazing insurance which I do like it didn't cover a good surgeon for his hand surgeries so we went to Shriners who did surgery without insurance. If o my I lived closer they would have provided OT free too.