Hi Belle,
The issue is that Speech and Language is classified as a disability and Occupational Therapy is classified as a related service. Only students with disabilities are entitled to IEPs (excepting states that have Gifted IEPs), and the only way to recieve a related service is to have an IEP. A related service is essentially defined as a service needed by a child with a disability in order to benefit from their special education.
There will be a limit as to how long the S/L services can be continued if your child no longer meets eligibility (mandatory 3 year review to evaluate continued eligibility--can only be waived if IEP team asserts that there is adequate data to support continued eligibility). Do you ever observe the sessions with the O.T.? Perhaps this would be a good time to find out whether some activities could transitioned to the classroom or to home (while there is still O.T. support for training/writing up routines and activities). However, I would also point out that Dyspraxia is a type of learning disability. Have you considered asking for a re-evaluation in that area? In general, it would need to be determined that the dyspraxia is preventing your child from benefitting from instruction. However, SLD criteria are not consistent from state to state, so you would want to carefully read eligibility rules for your state (probably available on the web site for your state's department of public instruction).
