What to expect at FCPS Local Screening meeting for 1st grade HFA?
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Anonymous
| 22:39. Ok. My son "tested" average overall on OT despite that some of the sub-scores, if considered seperately, would qualify. And, on a different test, he got 2% on written expression! Yet he still doesn't qualify for OT. He is 7, so while the normal range narrows with age, I think the bar for services gets higher! particularly because there has to be an educational impact. So many hoops! |
Anonymous
| PPs with social skill support on IEPs, what school systems? How many appeals did it take? Did you all need consultants or lawyers? |
Anonymous
I'm the pp with the first grader. We are at a DC charter and had zero issues with getting an IEP in preK. The school eval and all our private evaluations gave a diagnosis of Asperger's/ASD. DC is above grade level in all subjects and never had behavior issues/disruptive. Nor have we ever been told that we will lose the IEP b/c DS did not need "academic help". No appeals were needed but we are both lawyers (nothing to do with Sp Ed) and we had DS's developmental pediatrician, Dr Shapiro, and an educational consultant, Rich Weinfeld, involved in the IEP process from the very beginning. One of the primary reasons Asperger's was included in ASD in the DSM-5 was to prevent what you are going through, OP. Some states like California and Wisconsin did not automatically provide kids with AS with IEPs. Now that AS is no longer a stand alone diagnosis but included in ASD, school systems are suppose to provide supports and services like all other kids who are on the spectrum. |
Anonymous
| Hi I an PP denied first time to evaluate. I did not use consultant. I just read a bunch of books (Wrightslaw, etc,) and got my requests in order to strenghten my request and also did alot of private testing (OT eval, pediatrician visit, neuropsych). I also sent letter after denial expressing my strong disagreement with decision. You want that in the file. |
Anonymous
| 6:53. FCPS. Had 3 LSCs with help and denied every time. On 4th took consultant and private OT eval and got approved for testing. Just now got IEP...2 yrs later. |
Anonymous
| Wow, that sucks, 23:05. Glad you finally got it. |