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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 75143" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Go ahead and send the letter formally requesting the evaluation at school now. The school psychologist can do some assessments for Autism even though it's not a medical diagnosis it may be enough to open the doors to school services. They would also assess for Occupational Therapist (OT) (sensory and motor), as well as the areas of speech and social skills. </p><p></p><p>Schools will have a bunch of kids referred for assessment in this early part of the school year so I'd get him on the list because it can take several months for a child's turn to come up (and/or the legal timeframe they must assess to pass).</p><p></p><p>Sorry things are so difficult right now...been there, done that and it ain't fun! Hopefully some answers and help are just around the corner for you. In the mean time, lay low on additional expectations, give him lots of downtime at home if it helps him. You might want to pick up a copy of the book The Out of Sync Child by Carol Kranowitz and see if there's some sensory stuff going on. Often that flares up big time with the start of school.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 75143, member: 701"] Go ahead and send the letter formally requesting the evaluation at school now. The school psychologist can do some assessments for Autism even though it's not a medical diagnosis it may be enough to open the doors to school services. They would also assess for Occupational Therapist (OT) (sensory and motor), as well as the areas of speech and social skills. Schools will have a bunch of kids referred for assessment in this early part of the school year so I'd get him on the list because it can take several months for a child's turn to come up (and/or the legal timeframe they must assess to pass). Sorry things are so difficult right now...been there, done that and it ain't fun! Hopefully some answers and help are just around the corner for you. In the mean time, lay low on additional expectations, give him lots of downtime at home if it helps him. You might want to pick up a copy of the book The Out of Sync Child by Carol Kranowitz and see if there's some sensory stuff going on. Often that flares up big time with the start of school. [/QUOTE]
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