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Re: Cluttering - qualifying him for services

From: Lisa LaSalle
Date: 12 Oct 2010
Time: 11:10:41 -0500
Remote Name: 137.28.24.25

Comments

I just talked to my colleague, Angie Sterling-Orth, SLP who teaches school methods here at UW-Eau Claire. It is her opinion that your son could be qualified if the cluttering disorder is classified under stuttering and related fluency disorders and then as a Primary handicapping condition. Of course state eligibility guidelines vary, but this would allow him to receive services. Many times we as SLPs need to make the diagnosis and classify the diagnosis as a disorder that is educationally handicapping. For example, untreated cluttering prevents a child your son's age - probably a 4th grader? on writing assignments, to do present oral reports successfully, etc. Good luck! And again I invite the opinions of others who have had more expereince with qualifying a child for speech services, either speech-related or stand-alone.


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