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An Angry Vent about a doctor (long)
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<blockquote data-quote="tictoc" data-source="post: 359713" data-attributes="member: 7916"><p>Hi,</p><p>Just wanted to comment on getting your difficult child into social skills classes...I don't think it is correct that your child has to have an autism spectrum diagnosis to qualify for an IEP under the "autistic like behaviors catetory," nor should she have to be placed in that category to get social skills help at school. I know that a lot of school districts claim that this is so, but it really isn't. The child's needs, not the particular label, are supposed to drive the services. So, if she could benefit from social skills classes, then she should receive them, regardless of her diagnosis or lack of diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>My son, for example, has a formal diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome and ADHD. He qualifies for an IEP under the "other health impaired" category, but he receives social skills classes through his school's autism inclusion program. The school fought us on this, but we only had to push back a little before the school conceded that they had to offer difficult child autism services even without the autism diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tictoc, post: 359713, member: 7916"] Hi, Just wanted to comment on getting your difficult child into social skills classes...I don't think it is correct that your child has to have an autism spectrum diagnosis to qualify for an IEP under the "autistic like behaviors catetory," nor should she have to be placed in that category to get social skills help at school. I know that a lot of school districts claim that this is so, but it really isn't. The child's needs, not the particular label, are supposed to drive the services. So, if she could benefit from social skills classes, then she should receive them, regardless of her diagnosis or lack of diagnosis. My son, for example, has a formal diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome and ADHD. He qualifies for an IEP under the "other health impaired" category, but he receives social skills classes through his school's autism inclusion program. The school fought us on this, but we only had to push back a little before the school conceded that they had to offer difficult child autism services even without the autism diagnosis. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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