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From: Cindy
Date: 10 Oct 2010
Time: 13:06:56 -0500
Remote Name: 108.12.223.104
I have a 9 year old son who has not yet been formally diagnosed with a cluttering disorder but displays many of the characteristics. The school SLP is waiting for the classroom teacher to get to know him better before asking her to complete the cluttering questionnaire. He has seen a neuropsychologist who diagnosed him with a non-specific learning disability characterized by language based weakness. My first question is how is cluttering best diagnosed by a SLP? Are the questionnaires sufficient in making that judgment or is there some sort of testing? Also, the school views cluttering as a speech related disorder and our state sees speech therapy as a 'stand alone service'. Based on the current state guidelines, a child nine years of age and older is not eligible to receive stand alone services so they will not provide support for my son. Since cluttering is a more broad based disorder (effecting not just speech), can you give me some suggestions as to how to go about advocating for him?