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Barb wrote at 2010-03-13 14:56:18
I am an Early Childhood Special Education teacher here in California.  I work in a program where we teach birth to three year old children with special needs.  I don't know these children, nor do I know anything about their speech.  I do know however, that if they have no language, or are just developing language the district probably has not given then speech therapy because they are receiving speech during their preschool classroom time.  Their teacher is working on language development.  In the schools the teachers work on language development while the speech therapists work on speech....articulation.  I know this is frustrating to parents, as it would be to me, because we want all the help we can get for our children.  However, the teacher is completely qualified to teach language development.  Working one on one with the children I also concentrate on articulation... but in a classroom it is harder for the children to get one on one time.  I am not saying I agree with the children not receiving speech if they have little or no language, but I understand why this is the way it is in most school districts.  There is a shortage of speech therapists, so this is how it has ended up.  I feel it doesn't hurt for these parents to try to receive additional speech therapy from their district, I am just explaining what the problem may be.  Good luck.

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Questions concerning autistic student special education: IEP, assessments, Due Process, mediation, resolution conference, federal law, state law, qualifying for services, residential treatment, special day classes, resource specialists, procedures, having your child assessed, adaptive PE, speech & language, non-public school, FAPE, tuition reimbursement for private schools and treatment centers .

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I have been an education advocate representing students and parents for six years. My experience includes: representing my clients in IEPs, SSTs, Due Process, review assessment results for my clients and for other advocates, and mediations. I have represented clients with learning disabilities, autism, Downs Syndrome, cognitively challenged, emotional problems, learning disabilities, ADD/ADHD, and physical disabilities. I have also represented clients to County Mental Health Departments and Regional Centers. My clients range from pre-school to college students in California and various other states.

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I have a degree in Mathematics from the University of California with minors in Psychology and Physics. I also studied applied statistics in the field of psychology at both the undergraduate and graduate level. I have taught college classes, conducted seminars, written articles for various publications, and testified as an expert witness.

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