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Comment on 3 Reasons Why School-Based Therapy Is Not Enough for Your Child by Cheryl Carlson

Cheryl Carlson — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 00:07:52 +0000

I worked in the school system as a Speech Therapist and also held a part-job going into home providing individualized therapy. I am in agreement that one on one therapy in a home setting provides participation and increased communication with a child’s caregiver i.e. parents, whereas communication between parents and school personnel is hard to maintain. The group treatment sessions were great for increasing socialization skills, and some kids did get one on one therapy….but without the carry-over across their natural setting success seemed to be slow-going. I am a Speech Pathologist with 17 years experience, so I have a lot of therapy tricks up my sleeve, and I wished I had time in my school schedule to design individualized home programs, but alas there were just too many kids and too little time as I served 4 different school on a weekly basis,

Comment on Debunking the Myths About Speech Therapy by Melanie Stinnett

Melanie Stinnett — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 19:40:05 +0000

Lillian, We are so glad that this post was helpful to you! An evaluation with a speech therapist could definitely shed some light on his current developmental level and how you can help support him in the best way!

Comment on Debunking the Myths About Speech Therapy by Lillian Schaeffer

Lillian Schaeffer — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:59:16 +0000

Thanks for bringing to my attention that speech therapy is for children who haven’t hit certain norms. My son has been having some issues learning to talk, and I feel like he should have certain things figured out by now. I want to make sure he doesn’t fall behind because of slow development, so maybe it would be a good idea to take him to a speech therapist and see if he could benefit from that.