Well...Emmie has been in the LAUSD therapy program for over a year now. It started off with a referral from the regional center when she was almost 3 to be evaluated for and IEP (Individual Education Plan) and from there Emmie had some testing to determine if she was a good fit for therapies. After going through testing and pleading our case she qualified. All the LAUSD reps and therapists we met were very nice and really tried to help us. Although a little unorganized when the school year changes and holidays are taken...overall a good experience. We've gotten more therapy for her than we thought we would and all has been covered by the state programs for kids with special needs.
Emmie has had 4 therapies every week:
1) Occupational (at the local elementary school)
2) Speech (at the local elementary school)
3) Physical (at the local elementary school)
4) Physical in a gym setting (Hughes Center in Woodland Hills has a therapy gym for kids)
At the end of the school year she was reevaluated and the IEP was updated. They want to add one more therapy to Emmie's schedule. They are saying that its because she is so responsive and try's so hard to do what they are asking...she wants to try and they are seeing great results from it. She's such a sweet soul and brings a smile to everyones face she meets.
Im so proud.
RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA:
1) LAUSD http://home.lausd.net/
2) NORTH LOS ANGELES REGIONAL CENTER http://www.nlacrc.org/
3) CALIFORNIA EARLY START http://www.dds.ca.gov/EArlyStart/Home.cfm
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