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Why Pursue Private Speech Therapy?
There are different options available for early intervention and school-based speech therapy for children and students with speech-language needs. If your infant is significantly behind on their developmental milestones, they may receive speech therapy as part of Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) services from birth to age three. Once your toddler ages past 3, they may…
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Selecting an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) Provider
When you disagree with an evaluation completed by your local school district, you have the right to request an independent educational evaluation (IEE). Parents are entitled to one IEE at the school’s expense each time the district conducts an evaluation if the parent disagrees. When selecting the outside evaluator, it is important to consider whether…
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Supporting Your Child’s Neurodiversity Awareness
Perhaps your child has recently been evaluated and diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disability. Many parents struggle when attempting to decide whether or not to share the diagnosis with their child. Encouraging both disability awareness and self-advocacy is important for neurodiverse individuals, especially for children and adolescents. Previously, I wrote a blog about whether or not…
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Undetected Disabilities in Young Adults
I have often encountered young adult clients with undetected disabilities who somehow managed to complete highschool without receiving any accommodations or support. These individuals may have had supportive parents who acted as their unofficial executive functioning (EF) coaches while they were home or they were somehow able to muster sufficient compensatory strategies to fly under…
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Should Parents Tell Their Kids About Their Disability?
Often, I have parents ask whether or not they should tell their child about their recently diagnosed disability. Whether or not to share with your child their identified challenges is an important question. Personally, I feel that it is important to inform your child about both their strengths and their identified challenges. Given this information,…
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