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<blockquote data-quote="eaterbooger" data-source="post: 33824" data-attributes="member: 3604"><p>Kinda glad that this was posted as it kinda directly relates to my question. </p><p>Situation is 4 year old boy who has the medical diagnosis of Autism. He has had this medical diagnosis since enrolling in preschool program 2 years ago. </p><p></p><p>His IEP states eligebilty as Developmental Delay and I was told that we didnt want to use "autism" because that will label him for life. I agreed not really knowing anything about this whole process. </p><p></p><p>But now the situation is I dont feel he is getting an appropiate education that cooresponds with his weaknesses due to autism. Many times he is taken to a room by himself and not included with many activities. Nothing seems to have changed since putting him in preschool. </p><p></p><p>So now am wondering if maybe they purposely left out the autism elegibity because it comes down to teachers/staff having the training and or ability to work with autism. They tell me in many IEPS they are getting trained in this or that, yet am I suppose to let his education go to waste (sitting in a room by himself) waiting for them to get the proper training and then utilizing it when they do get it.</p><p></p><p>The latest thing has been the use of some type of pictures for communication. I have heard this entire year that when they get going with it they will train me at home to use it with him, yet I have not recieved anything and when I ask I get something like "Yeah we are working on that"</p><p></p><p>Also his IEP reflects goals for Occupational Therapist (OT), PT and speech but nothing educational. Which brings me back to the whole autism elegibilty thing. By using developmental delay are they essentially ignoring the need for some education/classroom goals and saying his needs are going to be met by these services alone? Do classroom goals need to be addressed in preschool?</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts would be helpful. I have been reading like cfrazy on wrightslaw and other places but thought maybe some of you may have some suggestions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eaterbooger, post: 33824, member: 3604"] Kinda glad that this was posted as it kinda directly relates to my question. Situation is 4 year old boy who has the medical diagnosis of Autism. He has had this medical diagnosis since enrolling in preschool program 2 years ago. His IEP states eligebilty as Developmental Delay and I was told that we didnt want to use "autism" because that will label him for life. I agreed not really knowing anything about this whole process. But now the situation is I dont feel he is getting an appropiate education that cooresponds with his weaknesses due to autism. Many times he is taken to a room by himself and not included with many activities. Nothing seems to have changed since putting him in preschool. So now am wondering if maybe they purposely left out the autism elegibity because it comes down to teachers/staff having the training and or ability to work with autism. They tell me in many IEPS they are getting trained in this or that, yet am I suppose to let his education go to waste (sitting in a room by himself) waiting for them to get the proper training and then utilizing it when they do get it. The latest thing has been the use of some type of pictures for communication. I have heard this entire year that when they get going with it they will train me at home to use it with him, yet I have not recieved anything and when I ask I get something like "Yeah we are working on that" Also his IEP reflects goals for Occupational Therapist (OT), PT and speech but nothing educational. Which brings me back to the whole autism elegibilty thing. By using developmental delay are they essentially ignoring the need for some education/classroom goals and saying his needs are going to be met by these services alone? Do classroom goals need to be addressed in preschool? Any thoughts would be helpful. I have been reading like cfrazy on wrightslaw and other places but thought maybe some of you may have some suggestions. [/QUOTE]
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