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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 165872" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Ugh. Dara, we had the same experience when Lucas was five. They said he'd "outgrown" his difficulties and he tested "normal." He did go to regular classes, but he still got speech. In a few years, we forced the school to continue Occupational Therapist (OT), PT and social skills classes. It wasn't fun to get them to do it. Lucas had a run of wrong diagnosis., including bipolar. But we found he did best in a combo of Special Education and regular classes. Eventually he did so well that, now that he is entering high school, his classification is only Learning Disability (LD) and he will be mainstreamed without an aide for all his classes. He has really "normalized" for lack of a better word, yet he is still different enough that we'll have to watch him carefully to see what the future holds. At any rate, his teachers and classmates LOVE him. We are considering a two year tech school for him when he is eighteen. At one time it looked like no college at all and assisted living. He may still need assisted living, but probably just an apartment that is supervised (maybe a roommate). It started out seeming so much worse. Try to get as much help as YOU feel he needs. He doesn't have to be away from "typical" kids to get those services. Good luck <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 165872, member: 1550"] Ugh. Dara, we had the same experience when Lucas was five. They said he'd "outgrown" his difficulties and he tested "normal." He did go to regular classes, but he still got speech. In a few years, we forced the school to continue Occupational Therapist (OT), PT and social skills classes. It wasn't fun to get them to do it. Lucas had a run of wrong diagnosis., including bipolar. But we found he did best in a combo of Special Education and regular classes. Eventually he did so well that, now that he is entering high school, his classification is only Learning Disability (LD) and he will be mainstreamed without an aide for all his classes. He has really "normalized" for lack of a better word, yet he is still different enough that we'll have to watch him carefully to see what the future holds. At any rate, his teachers and classmates LOVE him. We are considering a two year tech school for him when he is eighteen. At one time it looked like no college at all and assisted living. He may still need assisted living, but probably just an apartment that is supervised (maybe a roommate). It started out seeming so much worse. Try to get as much help as YOU feel he needs. He doesn't have to be away from "typical" kids to get those services. Good luck :) [/QUOTE]
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