Hi,

Does your son have an IEP that says he will receive speech X times
per week? If so then they are out of compliance with the IEP and
they need to provide an alternate SLP. Perhaps there is one at
another school that can cover. I would write a letter (not call)
asking which SLP they will provide - even if it's a private SLP that
they contract with - until they hire a new one. Or, worst case, I
would keep track of every missed session and require them to make it
up with additional sessions once they do hire another teacher.

Hope this helps,
Vicki

--- In voices_group@yahoogroups.com, "Janice Davis" <davisfar@n...>
wrote:
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> Voices,
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> Do you have any idea regarding the IDEA Law what happens if the
school looses its Speech Teacher? We have recently lost ours and
school has just begun. They say they are trying to hire someone
this week, but I can't see how that can be done so quickly.
Meanwhile my son who has a diagnosis of Expressive Receptive
Language disorder will not have speech at school. He has been going
to speech 2 times per week during the summer (private). Do you know
how long I should give them to hire someone before I need to say
something??
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> Thank you,
> Janice Davis