Rehabilitation Specialists, Inc.

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...

Hello all! Happy New Year! If you follow us at all, you may have noticed that we took a few weeks off from the blog and social media for the holidays. We are back and ready to take any suggestions for blog ideas or questions you may have about what we do or what you can do for a loved one who may have a speech or language issue. In our office, we have had two retirements and two new hires this last month! Nicole Ezikanyi joined our team as our new full time office manager and Madison Minick joined us as an SLP Aide working at our contracted sites. Kathleen Helfirch-Miller, our wonderful boss since Julie and I both graduated from graduate school, officially retired as of the new year. You will still see her around here though, helping us take over the ship! Additionally, Sharon Helfrich, our wonderful Office Manager for 17 years, is also retiring. Both Kathy and Sharon are going to be spending a lot more time with their grandkids! Look for updated photos on our website of all ...