Speech Therapy?

I would like to get my 2.5 year old evaluated for speech. My ped recommended it last week at her 2.5 year visit and I just had a meeting at DD's preschool and she also suggested it.

How do I get the process moving for this? We live in Nassau County and the ped gave me the names of 2 places to call...

Kids Therapy and Multilingual Developmental Agency. Anyone have experience with either of this or do you have another one you recommend?

ANd how does this work? You call and they send someone to evaluate my daughter?

Any insight would be helpful.

TIA!

Speech Therapy?

I would call early intervention for your county and request an evaluation from then.

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What kind(s) of speech issues do you think your daughter is having? I would start with Early Intervention through the county, as others have said. They will give you a list of providers that are eligible to evaluate your child. However, if it is purely an articulation issue, E.I. will not provide services. It can't hurt to get the eval done though. If she doesn't qualify for E.I. but the evaluators feel there is an articulation issue, they may suggest going through the school district, once age eligible. This happened with my daughter. Her only issue was artic; receptive language and cognitive skills were high so she didn't qualify for E.I. but ended up qualifying through the school district. We're in Suffolk though so no advice on those two companies you mentioned for the eval.

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Pretty sure you need to contact the county first- b when you pick your evaluation I highly rec Kidz therapy. We loved Fran there.

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Contact your county. They will meet with you, do a social history and give you the list of evaluating agencies. Kidz therapy is on the list, ans is excellent. EI is up to age 3, and doesn’t cover articulation (because poor artic is still the norm for the age group). But poor expressive and receptive language skills otherwise would qualify your child. If language is the only area of concern, your child has to be 2 standard deviations below the average ( which falls about the 2nd percentile) to qualify. If they don’t qualify, they may through private insurance. Once your child is 3, the school district takes over, and artic IS included (although an agency still does the testing/services - the district just manages and makes decisions).

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Def contact EI
we did w my son, after that you can call Kidz Therapy they will do an evaluation as well
1st time we used Kidz Therapy for an evaluation and the 2nd time was Little Village, in which he was approved for services

We just went thru this w my son last year and still receiveing speech Therapy

When is his bday? i belive the school district has a cut off where he can be in the
PRESCHOOL CPSE (3 TO 5 YEARS OLD) program.

PM me w any questions.
My son was approved for CPSE in Feb, when he turned 3 in April

Message edited 1/31/2018 4:34:10 PM.

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When is your child's birthday and what are your concerns? Usually by 2.5 they are looking towards evaluation by the district. Children age out of EI by there third birthday unless they have been evaluated by the district and found eligible to receive services then they can continue in EI until August of December depending on where their birthday falls.

Generally EI does not approve for articulation but that is not always the case. I depends on how it impacts their speech. Also it is easier to get approved through EI.

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Call your county's EI number. Then you pick from a list of agencies to do the eval.

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Thank you everyone for your responses! I called Nassau County EI and have an appt for someone to come to my home and go over the process with me and to pick an agency.

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Message edited 2/1/2018 1:05:05 PM.