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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 32611" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Age 3 is too young to rule out Asperger's. Did the doctor use a formal assessment tool?</p><p></p><p>It's very common for AS kids to get along fairly well until they hit a point in school that gives them more problems than they can compensate for. Often it's a change such as to a new school or into middle school that is the brick road for them. My difficult child cruised through preschool and kindergarten and then things feel apart during first grade. What you may be seeing is a problem with the teacher, a problem your son is having with a major transition in his life to a new school, and/or to the increased demands over first grade. I know the latter can seem unreasonable when academically he's ahead but there's a lot more to first grade in terms of writing demands, attention to detail, etc. that wasn't there in K. I'd go into the meeting with an open mind that there could be all sorts of things going on here: teacher, child or both.</p><p></p><p>If you saw symptoms suggestive of AS and he is having difficulty now, in my opinion it would be worth having him reassessed by a neuropsychologist or developmental pediatrician to know where you stand. You don't have to let the school know that though.</p><p></p><p>The only school records that should be transfering are report cards, especially if he's going from private to public.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 32611, member: 701"] Age 3 is too young to rule out Asperger's. Did the doctor use a formal assessment tool? It's very common for AS kids to get along fairly well until they hit a point in school that gives them more problems than they can compensate for. Often it's a change such as to a new school or into middle school that is the brick road for them. My difficult child cruised through preschool and kindergarten and then things feel apart during first grade. What you may be seeing is a problem with the teacher, a problem your son is having with a major transition in his life to a new school, and/or to the increased demands over first grade. I know the latter can seem unreasonable when academically he's ahead but there's a lot more to first grade in terms of writing demands, attention to detail, etc. that wasn't there in K. I'd go into the meeting with an open mind that there could be all sorts of things going on here: teacher, child or both. If you saw symptoms suggestive of AS and he is having difficulty now, in my opinion it would be worth having him reassessed by a neuropsychologist or developmental pediatrician to know where you stand. You don't have to let the school know that though. The only school records that should be transfering are report cards, especially if he's going from private to public. [/QUOTE]
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