Working in both the private practice and school setting since my time here at Rehabilitation Specialists, I have heard this question often from both sides. My typical answer is, “I am certain your child is getting good therapy in the school setting and is making progress on their goals, but sometimes kids just need a little extra help.” This is the simple answer, but a lot of the time, I don’t convince a parent this way. So, today, I will be getting into a few different caveats of this answer and hopefully help a few parents out there understand the main differences between school therapy and private practice therapy. First, I think we need to talk about funding resources. Speech therapy funding in the school setting is free to families if the child qualifies for services. This is a major reason families will want to just have their child receive speech in school, which I totally understand as a budgeting parent myself. The funding comes from the state level for special educatio...