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[quote=Anonymous]DS7 has ADHD, and even when medicated still has some behavior issues in class. Has a 504 plan where he receives some support from social worker, and we're working on getting OT for handwriting. He has a behavior improvement plan as part of the 504.

Teacher is concerned about autism, and school psychologist gave each of us (teacher, parent) the GARS-3 (Gilliam Autism Rating Scale) form to fill out. We just got them yesterday, so they have not yet been scored by school psychologist—I haven't turned mine in yet. But, teacher let me take a picture of her completed form since we had an appointment with the dev ped today. Her responses would most likely come up as likelihood of ASD.

I presented teacher's concerns to the dev ped (who has been seeing my son for several years) and dev ped doesn't agree that he has ASD and thinks it would be a mistake to pursue that diagnosis when it's not clear that it fits. I have the same concerns, especially since I'm not sure he would get much more from the school in services than he already does.

Teacher's form will be scored. My question now is do I fill out my version of the form? Even if I do and it scores likelihood of ASD, does that do anything?

This process is so confusing.[/quote]

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