In response to these 2 messages...

Vicki is absolutely right. Especially when she stated that you put your
questions and other inquiries in writing. As I have been told before, if
something isn't in writing it never happened!

Your school is responsible for providing those services on his IEP. If they
don't have a speech therapist, they must provide one from another school or even
a private one...

As long as you have an IEP and he is eligible for a certain amount of minutes
they are required by law to provide that service. Start by writing a letter.
If you have any questions about anything regarding the law go to the Wrightslaw
website. There is always wonderful information there and they even have sample
letters. Here is the website.

www.wrightslaw.com<http://www.wrightslaw.com/>

Sharyn


Message: 1
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 21:18:17 GMT
From: "Janice Davis" <davisfar@...<mailto:davisfar@...>>
Subject: Speech Therapist



Voices,

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??


Thank you,
Janice Davis



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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 18:30:56 -0000
From: "mm_mommy" <mm_mommy@...<mailto:mm_mommy@...>>
Subject: Re: Speech Therapist

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



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