Tips for affording special needs therapies

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How can you pay for these therapies? It's really difficult for families, but there is help out there. For example, for behavior therapy, the state has something like a regional center, where they provide free service to your child. When you see that your child is having difficulties, you get them assessed and the regional center comes in and provides behavior therapy. In different states, California is one that calls it the Regional Center. Different states have different names, so check with where you are from to see what they can provide for you. Also, speech therapy is often covered under insurance. It doesn't cover the whole amount, but it will cover some of it. Sometimes the state will also cover speech therapy. The same with occupational therapy. School Districts offer speech and OT. Sometimes, not as much as families want or as much as the child needs, but they are required to give you an appropriate amount of service that they feel is necessary. Sometimes you have to fight a little bit harder to get what you need, but there is help out there.

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Sarah Clifford Scheflen, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

Sarah Cilfford Scheflen, MS, CCC-SLP is a pediatric clinical speech–language pathologist who specializes in working with children with autism and other developmental disorders. She works exclusively with children, primarily between the ages of 12 months to eight years.

Sarah is the founder of Scheflen Speech–Language Pathology, Inc., her private practice in Santa Monica, California, as well as the co-founder (together with autism advocate Jenny McCarthy) of Teach2Talk, LLC, a producer of quality educational products including video–modeling DVDs that teach children a variety of skills including appropriate behavior, social skills, play and language. 

She is also the senior speech–language pathologist on staff at an intensive partial–hospitalization program for autism located at a major public research university located in Los Angeles, California, where Sarah has provided therapy to hundreds of children with autism spectrum disorders and conducted research into various treatment modalities. 

Sarah is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer, and her research focuses on teaching play, social skills and language to children through video modeling.

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How can you pay for these therapies? It's really difficult for families, but there is help out there. For example, for behavior therapy, the state has something like a regional center, where they provide free service to your child. When you see that your child is having difficulties, you get them assessed and the regional center comes in and provides behavior therapy. In different states, California is one that calls it the Regional Center. Different states have different names, so check with where you are from to see what they can provide for you. Also, speech therapy is often covered under insurance. It doesn't cover the whole amount, but it will cover some of it. Sometimes the state will also cover speech therapy. The same with occupational therapy. School Districts offer speech and OT. Sometimes, not as much as families want or as much as the child needs, but they are required to give you an appropriate amount of service that they feel is necessary. Sometimes you have to fight a little bit harder to get what you need, but there is help out there.