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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 641064" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Sonic got an Occupational Therapist (OT), PT and social skills through the school. No need to do it outside of school and pay any $$$. The school SHOULD handle it, which is why I suggested an advocate.The schools are cheap and often try to get out of the interventions so an advocate is mandatory for the best outcome for services. I don't see any reason to try doing it alone when this service is available to everyone. The school personnel tend to treat us like idiots unless somebody who KNOWS THE LAWS come with us...that's the advocate. We had a kick arse advocate and got everything we asked for fairly quickly as she would have had no problem taking the district to court, and they knew it. She'd also won in court. And it didn't cost anybody anything...except the school district to take it to court. Luckily, they gave in to Advocate and we didn't have to do that. The Advocate can be found at your state's Dept. of Education. Call and ask for the Special Needs Director then explain you need the free advocate for your district. Don't skip this step. It is very important or you will only get half or no satisfication. Schools do not react well to parents who come alone.</p><p></p><p>Me, they treated like a moron. Her, they listened. I can't think of one thing we asked for that we didn't get from the district once the advocate sat in our IEP meetings and kept in touch with the Special Education Director. Frankly, I think he was afraid of her. That was a good thing or we would not have gotten half of what we'd asked for, including possibly not the school switch, which was tremendously helpful.</p><p></p><p>It is amazing how well Sonic is doing. I never dreamed he'd be the young man he is. He is just awesome.</p><p></p><p>Confused, I have to chuckle when you talk about autistic kids meeting other autistic kids. The parent group I was in had events for the children and adult autistics, but, honestly, they did NOT interact AT ALL. The kids stayed with their families or siblings. They are as inept with each other as with other kids that they don't know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 641064, member: 1550"] Sonic got an Occupational Therapist (OT), PT and social skills through the school. No need to do it outside of school and pay any $$$. The school SHOULD handle it, which is why I suggested an advocate.The schools are cheap and often try to get out of the interventions so an advocate is mandatory for the best outcome for services. I don't see any reason to try doing it alone when this service is available to everyone. The school personnel tend to treat us like idiots unless somebody who KNOWS THE LAWS come with us...that's the advocate. We had a kick arse advocate and got everything we asked for fairly quickly as she would have had no problem taking the district to court, and they knew it. She'd also won in court. And it didn't cost anybody anything...except the school district to take it to court. Luckily, they gave in to Advocate and we didn't have to do that. The Advocate can be found at your state's Dept. of Education. Call and ask for the Special Needs Director then explain you need the free advocate for your district. Don't skip this step. It is very important or you will only get half or no satisfication. Schools do not react well to parents who come alone. Me, they treated like a moron. Her, they listened. I can't think of one thing we asked for that we didn't get from the district once the advocate sat in our IEP meetings and kept in touch with the Special Education Director. Frankly, I think he was afraid of her. That was a good thing or we would not have gotten half of what we'd asked for, including possibly not the school switch, which was tremendously helpful. It is amazing how well Sonic is doing. I never dreamed he'd be the young man he is. He is just awesome. Confused, I have to chuckle when you talk about autistic kids meeting other autistic kids. The parent group I was in had events for the children and adult autistics, but, honestly, they did NOT interact AT ALL. The kids stayed with their families or siblings. They are as inept with each other as with other kids that they don't know. [/QUOTE]
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