SPECIAL NEEDS BY STATE IN FLORIDA · FREE SAMPLE · FICTIONAL EXAMPLE
Provider question guides
This sample shows: questions for four provider types, general access and cost questions, and a practical way to record answers.
Bring to any provider conversation
- What experience and qualifications do you have for my child’s age and support needs?
- What are the waitlist, referral requirements, fees, insurance arrangements, and cancellation terms?
- How can we arrange communication, sensory, mobility, or other access supports?
Occupational therapist · three examples
- Which daily activities would you prioritize with our family, such as play, dressing, or using learning materials?
- How would you adapt activities around my child’s interests, comfort, and current access supports?
- What practical ideas can you show us to use in our existing routines?
Speech therapist · three examples
- How will you support all the ways my child communicates, including their existing AAC?
- How will you choose communication goals that matter in everyday life?
- How will you help us use communication supports across home and school routines?
Tutor · three examples
- How will you adapt instruction to my child’s learning goals and access needs?
- How will you find an appropriate starting point without assuming ability from a diagnosis or age?
- What work samples or observations will you share so we can review progress?
Educational evaluator · three examples
- What questions can this evaluation answer, and what falls outside its scope?
- How will the evaluation account for my child’s communication, sensory, motor, and access needs?
- How will you explain the findings and their limitations in language our family can use?
Example conversation notes
| Question | Answer recorded by parent | Next step |
|---|---|---|
| AAC access | Provider offered to discuss the current system and access method before the first visit. | Parent reviews and shares the relevant part of the learning profile. |
| Progress updates | Provider described using examples from agreed everyday goals; reporting schedule not confirmed. | Ask when written updates are provided. |
| Costs and waitlist | No written information received yet. | Request fees, insurance details, and a realistic next contact date. |
My notes to bring
- Family priority
- Alex communicating a choice during ordinary routines.
- One question still open
- Who will coordinate with school or other providers, and only with whose permission?
- Next contact
- Sample Parent to request written information on October 5, 2026.
This sample includes selected questions from each type of guide. The full tool provides a nine-question sheet for the selected provider type, including general and specialist questions, with space for answers and next steps.