Yeah. We are blessed that Noah had Speech but also that he has a good ear. He's a marvelous mimic and he doesn't really mind being corrected. Well, mostly. I cannot get him to stop saying VALLERINA instead of Ballerina. Drives me batty.
It's hard to get services for kids past 3. Early intervention is federally-funded but after 3 it is school district. So, SIL should try calling the local district and requesting an assessment for speech.
I think my file migration is complete.
She also has access via LaPetite, so... Big problem was that the &*@#@! previous pede kept just dismissing it and prescribing more anti-bs. No, he needed tubes. Badly.
Yes, access is part of it, but T will be entering the school system within 18 months, and an IEP is a legal document, transportable to other districts. So it's also the bigger longer term look -- yes, services needed now, but also what services in the future. It takes at least 3 months to get an IEP you can start with and we are still working on trying to get the IEP we want a year later.
And this is Alabama. Tyler will be starting kinder in 2012, too.
My mom until she retired last year was a speech pathologist with a school system, and that was one of the things she did--work with/evaluate kids too young to be in school yet but who maybe needed help.
Teppy, I'll keep you posted on the potential for Cinci. The fact that Cincinnati Roller Girls are there (plus, you know, YOU) is a great plus.
Lola ate my laptop keyboard earlier today. It's very inconvenient for me to replace it. But I'm pricing them anyway.
msbelle, that guy is smoking crack.
AND Skyline! I think that's what DH misses most about Ohio.
And I just need to say, not all people who are Republicans hate women. Honestly.
I know, that's why I specified elected Republicans. I'm assuming that the folks who voted for them don't necessarily agree with everything they do once they are in office.
msbelle, I am impressed with your ability to pull out the useful note in a rather hamfisted criticism.
Matilda just lost her first baby tooth.
The who with the what now??
Congrats to your friends, Liese!