Helping my Child with Speech Therapy: Private or School-Based

Helping my Child with Speech Therapy: Private or School-Based

Parents' Corner

In a recent blog post, “I Think my Child Needs Speech Therapy – Now What?”, I outlined the process of securing speech and language therapy services for your child. But let’s say your child has just begun or has been in therapy for some time? What then? Do you find yourself wondering, “how should I be helping my child with speech therapy?” This post is dedicated to providing tips for parents on how to maximize the services they are already receiving. Whether your child is receiving school-based or private therapy, there are many things a parent can do to empower themselves and ultimately, to make therapy more efficient.

[Photo: skyseeker, CC]

Continue reading

Collaboration vs. Pull-Out Speech Therapy

Individualized Education Program (IEP) Speech Therapy Techniques
Teacher In Classroom

Image source: speakandwrite.com.au

What is Pull-Out Speech Therapy?

The pull-out model of speech therapy refers to taking a child out of his usual classroom for speech therapy. This could mean either a group session or one-on-one work with the speech-language pathologist (SLP). For example, your child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) might specify that he will receive two 30-minute speech therapy sessions per week. Using the pull-out model, he will leave his regular classroom to go meet with the speech therapist during these times.

Continue reading