There are so many children in need of Speech therapy at three schools that are within miles of each other that the 2 therapists (the old one and the newly hired one) are being split between all the children at those 3 schools so they are having to travel between all 3 locations. The old therapist has been around for a long time so she is being put as the lead therapist and most of the children that were assigned to her were labeled "priority" children with high needs...the other newly hired therapist is taking the other children who need services....my son only needs 2 30 minute sessions a week so is considered low priority and went to the new hire. Our county had massive budget cuts this year which is causing this sharing between schools instead of each school having their own therapist like they had last year.
I had planned on what Cathy A shared - I am just going to have his old teacher call her and talk with her about my son and will bring in some materials for her to use and hope for the best.
I just get so frustrated because I saw this a lot when I was teaching before I had my son...the minute a child shows that they are "not the norm" to teachers who have very little patience or creativity, they are written off as a problem child.
Last edited by Belle; 10/03/08 09:58 PM.
