Help for a Speech Impairment

When a school district failed to address the needs of a student with a speech impairment, the child’s parents and Cuddy Law Firm intervened.

A hearing officer ordered the school to develop a new individualized education program. The officer ordered the school to include counseling and speech therapy in the plan. The order required the school to provide testing accommodations to the child, such as granting more time for taking tests.

And the order required the school to place the child in a general classroom with support from a special education teacher who collaborates with the general education teacher, called Special Education Teacher Support Services, or SETSS.

The parents didn’t let the district ignore their child’s needs. Now the child finally has every chance at success.