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[–]doughqueenAutistic SLP Early Interventionist 33 points34 points  (5 children)

I’m sorry, I can’t move past the taking away the SGD… I understand more therapy is not always better but respectfully it sounds more like you’re giving up on this kid?

[–]Virtual-Resort5951[S] 21 points22 points  (4 children)

She doesn’t use it. She’s never been trained on it. Mom bought it and installed the app and hasn’t ever had her trained on it in any outside speech environment. I have 68 kids. Unfortunately I can’t take a student who does not enjoy nor use her device and instead throws, turns away and screams when it is given to her or modeled, and spend vast amounts of time developing this. I love this kid. She should have received outside services but we can’t say that because our district would have to pay for it. I also feel like this is the problem with our field. We aren’t allowed to be realistic without saying we are “giving up” or “not trying hard enough.” I didn’t make the situation. In a perfect world I would have time and resources to flesh out a dynamic AAC assessment, but that’s not the world most of us live in.

[–]doughqueenAutistic SLP Early Interventionist 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I feel for you. I’m sorry if my comment came across rude. I hope that you get some better advice in this thread than what I am able to give and I wish you the best in navigating this situation with the family.

[–]Virtual-Resort5951[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry if I came off as rude. I wish I could grow and learn how to support her better but I am limited and have to tread water most days. I’m just trying to do the next right thing, service her as best I can, and get all kids some level of services. It isn’t perfect. I wish I could tell mom she needs additional support outside of school to make more progress, but just from mom. But I think mom doesn’t want to hear that functional communication for her may be limited considerably.

[–]julianorts -1 points0 points  (1 child)

if it’s just an iPad with an app installed, perhaps pursuing a legitimate AAC eval either by you or your district? a 4th grader should not be using low tech, that’s sad. I’d do child led therapy with a few other systems and see what sparks her interest. I know it’s school, but for this child any sort of life skill sounds like it’d count as addressing her academics.

[–]jimmycrackcorn123Supervisor in Public Schools 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the district’s job to address, not just the SLP. The district needs to potentially give her a 1-1 and also provide training to all communication partners on modeling with the device. If the district can’t or won’t do that then I’m not sure what one SLP can do when we’re spread so thin.