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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 216926" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Hi Judy,</p><p> </p><p>It sounds like you've made some progress, even if it's not as much as you'd like to see. I just groaned when I read about the school psychiatric ruling out Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) because he'd made eye contact--you can't believe how many variations of that I've read. </p><p> </p><p>Since your child is so young and the school district is being so inflexible, if I were in your shoes I'd hire an educational advocate. An advocate is one who is familiar with special education law and has a handle on how the local school districts like to fulfull or not fulfill those obligations. For instance, legally the school district cannot deny services based on a specific diagnosis like Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). By federal law, services are always based on <em>need</em> alone. Need--not diagnosis-- should drive placement so if the Autism class was the most appropriate setting then that's where he should have been placed regardless if the diagnosis was exact or not. They can help with other things like helping make sure the school puts in place steps that may help towards anxiety reduction (such as classrooms breaks) and an aide on the bus. You can use an advocate in a consultant role only but many parents will bring them along to the IEP meetings. If your district isn't at all cooperative, it's worth the investment early on because I can assure you that the services your son is legally entitled to will cost enormous amounts for the long haul.</p><p> </p><p>Also, one additional thing you can do is to get the doctor to advocate for you. Surely they sent you home with a report including recommendations to the school? When schools are uncooperative the doctors often are willing to tweak the diagnosis just to get them the services and/or write strongly worded letters which can sometimes help. </p><p> </p><p>Just a word about the diagnosis: it's possible there is more than one thing going on here or that you're seeing overlapping symptoms. It's really common in younger children for the diagnosis to be unclear. What is really important is they get the kinds of intervention they need, and really good teachers and therapists can take that early working diagnosis that's "in the neighborhood" and run with it. </p><p> </p><p>As for your blog, we strongly advise parents not to post anything here or links elsewhere that could in any way identify your child--whether that's through pictures, locations, descriptions of situations, etc. We have had situations where others (ex-spouses, school districts, doctors, etc) have found the site and recognized the child. If you're unsure, you can send me a link through private messaging and I can take a peek.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 216926, member: 701"] Hi Judy, It sounds like you've made some progress, even if it's not as much as you'd like to see. I just groaned when I read about the school psychiatric ruling out Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) because he'd made eye contact--you can't believe how many variations of that I've read. Since your child is so young and the school district is being so inflexible, if I were in your shoes I'd hire an educational advocate. An advocate is one who is familiar with special education law and has a handle on how the local school districts like to fulfull or not fulfill those obligations. For instance, legally the school district cannot deny services based on a specific diagnosis like Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). By federal law, services are always based on [I]need[/I] alone. Need--not diagnosis-- should drive placement so if the Autism class was the most appropriate setting then that's where he should have been placed regardless if the diagnosis was exact or not. They can help with other things like helping make sure the school puts in place steps that may help towards anxiety reduction (such as classrooms breaks) and an aide on the bus. You can use an advocate in a consultant role only but many parents will bring them along to the IEP meetings. If your district isn't at all cooperative, it's worth the investment early on because I can assure you that the services your son is legally entitled to will cost enormous amounts for the long haul. Also, one additional thing you can do is to get the doctor to advocate for you. Surely they sent you home with a report including recommendations to the school? When schools are uncooperative the doctors often are willing to tweak the diagnosis just to get them the services and/or write strongly worded letters which can sometimes help. Just a word about the diagnosis: it's possible there is more than one thing going on here or that you're seeing overlapping symptoms. It's really common in younger children for the diagnosis to be unclear. What is really important is they get the kinds of intervention they need, and really good teachers and therapists can take that early working diagnosis that's "in the neighborhood" and run with it. As for your blog, we strongly advise parents not to post anything here or links elsewhere that could in any way identify your child--whether that's through pictures, locations, descriptions of situations, etc. We have had situations where others (ex-spouses, school districts, doctors, etc) have found the site and recognized the child. If you're unsure, you can send me a link through private messaging and I can take a peek. [/QUOTE]
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