Defiant behavior and preschool
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Anonymous
They often get kicked out. Happened to my nephew. If your kid needs help, get him some. |
Anonymous
Not private but at a public charter: The prek teacher told us that DS needed an evaluation. The school did a psychoed eval, speech, OT, PT. Got an ASD diagnosis and an IEP and supports and services. We also got private evals which also diagnosed ASD. The school added an aide to the classroom so it became 18kids:3 adults. Starting in K, the aide was a Sp Ed teacher. DS is at an language immersion charter and still there now in third grade but now we have an ADHD, combined dx, in addition to the ASD. DS does very well academically without supports but receives a lot of social communication and behavioral supports through the IEP. |
Anonymous
This is very close to our situation. We did both. Our son was much better behaved in his afternoon county child find preschool. In fact, he was the best behaved in the class, which give him a lot of confidence and boosted his self-esteem. The private preschool was fantastic and helped us get into Child Find, but they just didn't have the specialized training to work with kids like mine. We ended up doing a reward system that was pretty immediate - if he could keep it together for one hour, he got to go do something he wanted to do (dot markers or whatever), then the same for the second and third hours. We found that he was NEVER getting his third hour reward, so we just cut back his hours and only sent him for 2 hours to the private preschool. In the county preschool, they would give him very frequent choices instead -- like, "we're going to be in circle time and do some fun things. Do you want to join us or do dot markers by yourself?" He'd normally join, so after 2-3 minutes, they'd ask again, "do you want to stay and do X fun thing in circle time or go do playdough by yourself?" He ended up usually choosing to stay in the circle and so they made the time before the question longer and longer. Those kinds of "tools" really helped to get him to a place where he had ZERO defiant behaviors in kindergarten or first grade. (In the classroom, at least -- home is a totally different story!!!!) So, I agree with a pp -- if you can qualify for Child Find and have that kind of specialized help as an option, seems like total upside to be able to continue with both private and public. |
Anonymous
This is not really necessary, because this is the SN board, but thank you, Captain Obvious. Do you really think anyone on here is trying to avoid getting their child help? Please. |
Anonymous
| We were denied by MoCo child find because, although they acknowledged he had significant sensory issues and could not sit still, he knew a his letters, had only mild speech delays, could sort blocks,etc., so they found no educational impact. We struggled through and had his OT and psychologist provide some suggestions to the teacher but it was basically a disaster. This was a church basement type preschool with teachers that were caring but basically untrained (a lot of empty nest mom types), our younger child is in a more expensive preschool that has more professional teachers, continuing education for them, etc. My younger one does not have these issues but I see that some of her classmates do, and the teachers are just so much better prepared to handle them. This is also a school that has a lot of physical activity built into the day, which is great for all of them. |
Anonymous
| Found a better school with more engaging teachers and activities. Surprise! Behavior stopped. |