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| My daughters Speech teacher admitted that my daughter needs to be seen 2 days a week and has been only seeing her one time a week. I thought she would be making her part of her schedule and putting my daughter in 2 times a week to see her. She has only meet with us 2 times a week the first week (she stated she needed to be seen 2 times a week), when she stated she was going to do it. Seems like she is putting her off, she told me the week before Holiday Break and this week that there were 2 or 3 kids are starting and she had to meet up with them. So then that meant she was able to see my daughter the 2nd time both weeks. I think if she tells you one thing she should go by and do what she says she is going to do. I think she is just trying to get her one time in and that is it. Then she told me Tuesday she was going to call me if Thursday worked to meet us. She never even called and I thought that was rude. Then this morning she called 2 times the first time my son answered and I was busy doing stuff so I had my son take a message and she told him she couldn't meet us this morning. Her teacher then left a message on my cell phone and stated that she had to meet a child that was sick this week and thus meant she wouldn't meet up with my daughter. I mean come on here. She stated that she had to go to a meeting with new people starting and the reason why she didn't know right away was because she was trying to change the time so she could meet up with my daughter. Her teacher is contradicting herself by then leaving a message on my voicemail stating she is going to the house of a child that had been sick, therefore lying to me about what is really going on. I mean she had the appointment with us not with the other child. Really I don't think she wants to meet with my daughter 2 times a week and is just trying to put it off and trying to get by, by putting in just her one time a week. If we both agreed on 2 times a week, why in the heck is she still deciding 1 time a week. Her doctor even thought she isn't getting too far with her and I think 1/2 our problem here is her. |
| Posted by Cheryl on 01/08/2009 12:51 PM
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| Wow, that is confusing and would annoy me too. Does your insurance cover speech therapy or at least a part of it for your daughter? If so, you should seek an outside of school speech therapists and see if that helps better. Your daughter might get seen a little more each week and will always have set appointments each week and not this "We'll see where I can fit her in" crap. |
| posted by Elizabeth on 01/08/2009 01:10 PM
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Wow... I would definitely be looking for another SLP. These therapists HAVE to connect with your child in order to have the relationship necessary for the the child to respond. She obviously does NOT have this connection, or she would CARE about your child and WANT to see her twice a week, not put her on a wait and see list, and not be concerned about your daughter getting the necessary therapy!
Look for another therapist! Immediately!
When my son first started his therapy, my insurance paid for 90 minutes a week. I could choose if I wanted 3 -- 30 minute sessions or 1 day at 60 minutes and 1 day at 30 minutes. I chose the latter since sometimes you are just getting warmed up in 30 minutes! The summer was fairly consistent with the 90 minutes, we just had to schedule the times... but she was always here! (95% of the time, I think she missed 2 sessions... one time sick and one time vehicle issues). When school started, we got a new therapist and since I had been so forgiving with the inconsistent schedule over the summer.. they gave me 30 minutes free every week! So we had 2 days at 1 hour each! Now we have nothing, because my insurance company isn't paying. (not just my sessions, no body's sessions!) ugh!
I guess my point is... therapy should revolve around your daughter and you. The therapist needs help with scheduling, obviously, but... I think she isn't connecting to your daughter either. Find another one.
Hope this helps... and I am so sorry you are going through this unforgiving hassle! |
| posted by Annette+4 on 01/08/2009 04:08 PM
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Hey Cheryl, Is speech through your school or through a private therapist? If through a private therapist it is much easier, I would change and do it quickly.
If it is through the schools it is a much messier issue, I know, we are doing that too. I have to put up with a lot more with our school therapist than with our private therapist. Although through the schools you should have an IEP stating how many sessions per week your child is supposed to receive. If that says 2 days per week and you aren't getting that, I would call another IEP meeting and make everyone aware of the issue. Further, I would tell them if my child continues to not receive the services they are required to provide, then I want them to pay for private therapy where my child will be seen the two times a week. The most important part is to document when you were supposed to be seen, when the appointment was cancelled, and what was the reason given.
Since it takes time to find new therapists or call an IEP meeting, the very first thing I would do is just mention to the speech teacher that you are very concerned about the progress being made and that you haven't been having your sessions as often as you are supposed to. Tell her you feel they inconsistancy is hindering your daughters progress. Try to just have a little "heart to heart" without being accusing or mean. Maybe a simple conversation between the two of you could at least assure your daughter gets the right number of sessions until you can figure out exactly what you want to do.
Good Luck! |
| posted by Rhonda on 01/09/2009 09:08 AM
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