Hello. Here's a brief rundown of the situation: my child is 4 years old. During birth, a vacuum and…

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Hello. Here's a brief rundown of the situation: my child is 4 years old. During birth, a vacuum and forceps were used, which caused her an injury. Later, it turned out she has a separation between her 3rd and 4th vertebrae. An osteopath worked with her, but unfortunately, it was too late by the time we found out about all this. There were speech issues: after the MMR vaccine, there was a regression in her speech skills. She's currently seeing a neuropsychologist and a speech therapist. She's now 4 years and 4 months old. We went through an assessment, and she has no psychological disorders, only a severe speech impairment (NPR). Recently, the kindergarten psychologist called and said she's moving our group. The paperwork is being processed, and my daughter will be transferred to another kindergarten located at the end of the city. The situation there is very difficult: the children have not only speech problems but also cerebral palsy and psychological disorders. I don't want to send her there. Do you know why? I'm afraid that seeing children like that, she'll think it's normal. This carries a risk of regression not only in speech but also in her psyche and overall development. I heard that the kindergarten has a group suitable for our case (the so-called "DNR"), but it's small, and I'm fundamentally against placing her there. I've called other kindergartens in the city – all the speech therapy groups are already full. I have one option left: either stay without kindergarten at all, or go to the 15th kindergarten to the "TNR" group, but I don't want to send her there. She's only just started speaking normally. Do I have the right to keep my child at home until she's five, go through the assessment again, and get into a group in a different kindergarten? I think I do. But the psychologist said, basically, with our speech impairments, don't expect anything. I've got the feeling they're trying to get rid of us so they don't have to deal with it. At first, she said I had rights but strongly advised against staying, so we wouldn't have to bother ourselves. What would you do in my place? Where would you send your child? I don't want to make things worse. I've already called the education department; there's a woman in charge of this, but she's currently on sick leave. I don't know what to do. I understand my child needs socialization, and I'm not against it; I just don't want to worsen anything. I'm thinking about the best course of action, that's all.
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Kristina
You know, the PMPK diagnosed my son with a neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) in April. Over the summer, we saw a private speech therapist to help him start speaking, and I worked with him at home on my own. His speech began to develop, and now he's also working with a speech therapist at a regular kindergarten, and he's doing better and better. Don't be afraid of this NDD, it's all fixable.
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Irina
You don't have to transfer your child anywhere; you can take them to any kindergarten.)
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Elena
First, to be transferred to another kindergarten or group, you need to write an application or join the waiting list for the TNR group. They cannot transfer you without your consent and documents. Second, if your diagnosis is TNR, you must be transferred to a TNR group specifically, without any other diagnoses! And no other. This is what happened with my younger daughter. Her diagnosis was TNR. The kindergarten planned to open either a TNR or a ZPR group, depending on which diagnosis had more children. In the end, they opened a TNR group and didn't admit anyone with a ZPR diagnosis. To get her into this group, we had to re-register for a spot in our kindergarten, specifically for the TNR group. It was a new voucher and a contractual experience.
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natalya
Why can't you keep your child in the current kindergarten?
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natalya
natalya So what? Is she a danger to others? If not, then it's fine. They can hardly force you to transfer her. You can take her to specialists outside of the kindergarten separately.
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Iva
Do you think it would be better for her if she stayed in the garden program and had speech therapy and neuropsychology sessions twice a week privately? Then, from age 5, she could transfer to a speech therapy group where there might be fewer spots available.
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Iva
natalya She's not dangerous and has no mental illnesses, only speech issues.
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natalya
natalya That's great! If your intuition tells you it's best not to change kindergartens, then don't. The situation might actually get worse due to the long commute and stress.
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Marina
Every year, no, every day counts! You have only 3 years to get her out of TMR and back to normal before school. Time flies so fast. She won't be able to go to a regular school with TMR. And that's much worse than a speech therapy kindergarten or group.
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anastasiya maltseva
No one has the right to force you to transfer. You can stay in your current group and also see specialists, either paid or free, depending on your local situation.
Next year, we'll see if the sessions have made progress. If so, you might not need the speech therapy group. It really depends on the speech therapist; if they're a good specialist, it will be beneficial.
I had doubts with my middle child too. We were in this speech therapy group for two years, and the therapist couldn't help us with the sounds. In the end, we went to a private speech therapist in the first grade.
The only advantage of these speech therapy groups, in my opinion, is the small class size. There were half as many children as in a regular group, so the teachers could pay more attention to the kids. My child really opened up during those two years.

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Churkina (Belous) Diana
The sooner specialists start working with her, the better. But what if there are no spots in speech therapy groups by age 5? Where will they come from?
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Elena
Elena Does the academy make a difference to all the other children in kindergarten? You are moving to TNR, and she will be interacting with TNR.
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Yuliya
They don't have the right to translate without your consent. Another thing is that in this current setting, there's probably a weak speech therapist. You can refuse the translation, but I would recommend finding a good private speech therapist.
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Iva
Yuliya She has a speech therapist, paid, twice a week.
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Yuliya
Yuliya Is there a result?
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