I have a 4 yr old that is in her second year in her preschool disabled class due to expressive speech delay. My daughter got help with Early Intervention Services first , then at age 3 got help via the public school. She goes for 21/2 hrs 5xwk. She recieves speech therapy 3xwkx30 min. Her speech therapist thinks she has aprexia. This was never diagnosed by a neurologist, which she now has an appointment. Next yr she misses the cut off for Kindegarden, so she will continue to go for 21/2 hrs 5xwk. She has delays in other areas such as number and letter recognition and writing. Her team knows she has delays in other ares besides speech/language. I don’t think this will be enough time for next year and she can handle more time in school. How much can they accomplish in 21/2 hrs? I think they need to be more agressive with her. I need opinions on what is appropriate to ask for. Her gross and fine motor skills are fine.
Well, I am at a school that has an inclusion preschool class for 4 year olds. There are about 6 typical kids and 6 children with various delays. I work with 2 hearing impaired children who are in the class. This class goes from 8:30 to 2:30, but really, from noon on is lunch and nap. So you’re really only looking at at extra hour.
My personal opinion as a public school special educator is that few children with real language based disabilities get the services they need through the school. I’d be completing the outside evaluations (including speech/language, possibly OT, and possibly auditory processing depending on the S/L results) and then supplement the pre-school with private therapy if you can possibly swing it. This is an important developmental time and the more effective therapy she can get now, the better.