Question About Speech Therapy

A Good Friend of mine is a speech therapist. Worked in the school districts for years, now has 20 month old twins.....she works from home and is working for the state in some sort of capacity. She is an expert in her field and know the ropes of speech therapy, perhaps she can help

Melissa Patty 630- ###-###-####

I will email her and make her aware that she might be getting a call. She is at home with the kids on M,W,F. Perhaps she can guide you and give you some advice.

Hi K.,

My name is Y. and I live in Sandwich,Illinois. Two of my sons have had speech therapy. I am very lucky that Sandwich schools are very good at their screening and both of my sons qualified for Early Childhood Preschool. I so completely understand where you are coming from. I am not sure what steps that you have been through for screening. Who is doing the screening? Yorkville school district or Kendall County Special Education? Have you had an IEP meeting? The county is usually who runs the Special Education preschool. My children's godmother lives in Yorkville and works at Kiddie Campus. I will ask her who you should contact to get this taken care of. No matter what you happens DO NOT GIVE UP!! Your child is worth it and his self esteem will improve tremendously once he gets the proper attention. In the mean time if you are interested in getting help outside of the school system, I highly recommend Rainbow Center in Aurora. My 3 1/2 yr old went there for over a year and we saw huge improvements. At the time he was under age 3 so he was covered under Early Intervention by the state which only goes up to age 3 so you will need to coordinate woth your insurance but it is worth it. If you do ask for Erin. She did wonders for Joshua. Let me know what else I can do for you. I am here even if you just need a sounding board. I also am a stay at home mom. I have 3 boys Alex(10),Jacob(7) and Joshua (3 1/2). Are you new to the area? Hope this helps.

Y.

Hi.I completely understand.I dont know if this man can help you becauce he is in Will county,But he can find you someone who can.I attend his seminars all the time.Not only is he qualified for your misfortune but he deals with the social emotional part of the problem.He will work with the school.family daycare etc.His name is Mark Podner His numberis###-###-#### please let me know how it goes,If you have any children under 3 including infants who deals and screens children for everything but medical problems let me know I use him at my daycare and he his the light at the end of the tunnel.You can email me for further ____@____.com Good luck D....

Are you interested in running "Build A Buddy" birthday parties and events as a home business?

Hi, I too, live in Yorkville, have 3 children, and am looking for work..something "extra" other than the kids..:)
Im sorry, i really dont have any advise of you...i just felt compelled to say.. im frustrated with you and its not fair..!!
I know its easy for me to say, everything will be ok.. but i truly feel it will be, once maybe someone can show him some extra one on one.. and he is still soo young!
hang in there...
sincerely
S.

I have a daughter who will be 5 in June and has autism, and we just moved from the yorkville school district. The MOST IMPORTANT thing I have learned in dealing with your child's needs is this: YOU are the parent & YOU know him better than anyone else in the world. YOU know what he needs moreso than any teacher, doctor, therapist, coordinator, or any other professional. It is YOUR JOB as a his mommy to fight tooth and nail to get him EVERYTHING he needs and deserves. Most school districts/government controlled agencies, especially ones that you do not pay for, will do anything to save money, thier focus is on doing as little as "necessary" for your child. They are counting on you to accept their decisions and not push for more/different services. I have gone through this many times (especially at our new school) and have almost always gotten "my way". It has never been easy, they will try to tell you that he doesn't need what you are demanding, that there is no room in the program/class, that he doesn't qualify, or whatever they can to get you to quit asking. If you keep trying and they still refuse, look for a special education advocate (try ARC)to help you. They know the laws better, and the schools are usually more apt to listen to them. If the situation doesn't get any better, you have the choice to go through "due process", which gets a court mediator involved. The 1 thing to keep in mind, is NEVER GIVE UP!!! Your child depends on you to get him what he needs.
I hope I didn't come off as pushy, this is only what I know and my opinion, take it or leave it. I just hope that I helped. If you have any questions or want to talk, feel free to e-mail me anytime.
Good Luck,
A.

K.-

My brother has a son with sort of the same issue- I asked him if he went through the same issues and he said he did. He mentioned something about an IEP program? He said that he went over the teachers head and went right to the head of the school to get what he needed. I'm not sure if that helps? If you have any other questions please feel free to e-mail me directly ____@____.com- Hang in there :)

Hi,

Its odd that I should see this right now, because my son is about to be evaluated by the Kendall County Special Education dept in May.

I know I did some looking around for private speech therapy. There is a place called Spot4Kids in Oswego, but I don't have that much information about it. I do know speech therapy privately can be very expensive - upwards of $100/hour, although your insurance may cover it.

My son is 3 and doesn't speak a lot. I'm hoping our experience isn't as horrible as yours was. We live in Montgomery and our kids will be attending Bristol Grade School when they get to be school age. My daughter is 5.

Any advice for someone about to go through this?

Thanks,

P.