My son is 8 years old with high functioning Autism. He is in 2nd grade this year and has been placed on an IEP for 1 hr. Speech therapy a week in a small group instruction for social skills. He is attending public school. The schools speech therapist apparently lives in another state and is only physically at the school 1 week a month. I have concerns of the speech therapy being effective when my son and 3 others are talking thru skype on a computer. Anyone have any experience with this? Iā¦ read more
The ideal situation would be a 1 on 1 SLP in person. Technology is great however I do think this situation is not setting your child up for success. Does your child receive any other therapy outside school? Insurance should cover speech therapy at an approved vendor. Keep advocating Jasmine!!