My daughter will be starting 2nd grade this fall and we plan to start homeschooling. Last school year she had been receiving speech therapy at school for her tongue thrusting. I was wondering if anyone knows if she can continue with the speech therapy since we are residents of the district, or does she need to be enrolled at the school to qualify for therapy? Thanks!
S.
Thanks for all your replies. The school office is closed for July, so I will call them in August to find out how to arrange her therapy. My interactions with the educators at her school in the past have all been positive, I hope that continues even though we have opted to homeschool now. I am not good at jumping through hoops, but I will do what I have to do.
Thanks again, S.
As far as I know any child is allowed to receive therapy or help through their local school district even when homeschooling. I would call them and ask how to set that up. They should be able to help you or direct you to who can help.
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It would be logical that she could and you are a taxpayer I am assuming that helps provide these services with your taxes...so, I would call the actual speech therapist who might nudge this along or if you want to go through thirty answering machines at this time of year, call the school district. Clearly at this time of year you will have a harder time reaching people who are out. You could write a letter (I heavily rely on the written word) because it is a documented request and direct it to your superintendent. Tax money is paid out by the citizens of most communities irregardless of whether or not their children are in school. The highest percentage of my taxes goes to our school district.
I have always understood that services are for students. If they are not enrolled the school does not receive tax money for them so they have to charge a person not attending the fees. I could be wrong so you should call the school admin. office and ask them.
Students can be dually enrolled - in private(home school) and the public school for the purpose of sped services. Or a student can be enrolled in public school part time in order to be considered a student and receive sped services. The best place to access basic guidelines is Illinois State Board of Education. I would contact them directly - http://www.isbe.state.il.us/HomeSchool/faq.pdf.
It depends on where your school district allocates their special education services for studdnts who are not enrolled in the public schools. To guarantee services, they do have to be dually enrolled, meaning they have to attend public school for one graded course per day (p.e., math, etc.). The district gets a certain amount of funding from taxes for special education services, and the district where I have worked was only able to provide LD and hearing impaired services - due to the amount of students receiving service, all other services were not able to be funded.
You are not entitled to services just because you pay taxes (I always thought you were, but I was wrong!). When you chose private or home schooling, you opt out of your right to a free and appropriate public education. That said, there are a lot of districts that can provide the services and you would just be a walk-in. Another option would be private speech therapy.
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Your district is still required to fulfill your daughter's IEP services, since you are homeschooling. (I assume your home is within the district's area.) The only thing that might need to be changed on the IEP is if she was receiving any services within the classroom. The most recent law on this says that the district where your child is being educated (whether it's your home or a private school) is responsible for fulfilling the IEP terms.
We are dealing with a similar issue; My son just had his annual review this last spring, and I am sending him to a private school next year, which, unfortunately, is located in a neighboring district. I will have to have a new IEP meeting with this new district, since my child is being educated within its boundaries, rather than in my home district. Public schools are required by law to provide services dictated by the IEP for students within their district boundaries. (This changed from before, when it was your child's home district, no matter where they attended school.)
You shouldn't have any problems, but if you do, please let me know, and I can give you more info to help.
M.
Your daughter can still get speech but you will need to bring her to the school. Make sure that the district special ed office is aware b/c they will need to rewrite her IEP.
As long as you are in district, they are required to provide her any therapy services she needs until she tests within an acceptable range.
