bigben2: Many parents push and beg and plead with the BOE to give their child therapy. Believe me, I know quite a few cases as well as the many stories I’ve heard from the different therapists my daughter has had over the past few years.
My daughter is deaf and truly needs to have speech therapy. Unlike many parents, I feel that if my child does not need the full amount of services she was given in her mandate, I do not use it! She was approved for a few services of which she only really needs a few sessions of the speech and a few sessions of one other service.
I get her evaluated before the school year to make sure she did not fall behind in those other services that she was approved for, but in general, we use only what we need.
This is not the case of most children. And I’m not referring only to the children who have real disabilities and really need these services. I’m talking about those parents that find loopholes, find contacts, pull strings, etc.. to get their child free services.
So, yes, there are many children that have therapy and the teachers do give them more attention.