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<blockquote data-quote="Janna" data-source="post: 249033" data-attributes="member: 2737"><p>Honestly, in our experience with schools, diagnosis *does* matter.</p><p> </p><p>Because, if you go in to a meeting with a diagnosis of ODD or some type of Mood Disorder (or even ADHD, which is what we almost faced with J), here in this S.D., they put you in an Emotional Support classroom. That is a smaller (or at least, it's supposed to be), structured setting with a teacher and an aide. They work on behavior modification type things, like charts and rewards and all that good stuff. There, you have behaviorally challenged kids that throw chairs and curse the teacher out and things of that nature.</p><p> </p><p>If you go in with an Autism Spectrum diagnosis, ESPECIALLY low functioning, you can look at Autism specific classrooms, where you can get a 1:1 and get Autism specific interventions.</p><p> </p><p>But, not every S.D. is the same. Maybe some throw everyone into 1. I dunno. That's why I have been working so hard at getting D's diagnosis clarified. I don't want him in the Emotional Support classes. He doesn't belong there. There's no good fit. He needs to be with other Aspies. So, yes, in that case - for us - it makes an enormous difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janna, post: 249033, member: 2737"] Honestly, in our experience with schools, diagnosis *does* matter. Because, if you go in to a meeting with a diagnosis of ODD or some type of Mood Disorder (or even ADHD, which is what we almost faced with J), here in this S.D., they put you in an Emotional Support classroom. That is a smaller (or at least, it's supposed to be), structured setting with a teacher and an aide. They work on behavior modification type things, like charts and rewards and all that good stuff. There, you have behaviorally challenged kids that throw chairs and curse the teacher out and things of that nature. If you go in with an Autism Spectrum diagnosis, ESPECIALLY low functioning, you can look at Autism specific classrooms, where you can get a 1:1 and get Autism specific interventions. But, not every S.D. is the same. Maybe some throw everyone into 1. I dunno. That's why I have been working so hard at getting D's diagnosis clarified. I don't want him in the Emotional Support classes. He doesn't belong there. There's no good fit. He needs to be with other Aspies. So, yes, in that case - for us - it makes an enormous difference. [/QUOTE]
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