Reply to Early Stages Autism Classification

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "Early Stages Autism Classification "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP. We are in a similar boat. DS is almost 3 and will start school in fall. He received speech through Strong Start but then they abruptly "graduated" him from the program, claiming he had no delays. Less than a month later ( he had already scheduled transition meeting to Early Stages) Early Stages classified him ASD! I am not certain whether he has autism but not ruling it out.
After much research (Including DCUM old threads lol) I came to understand it's my new job to help him fight for the services that will help in school, whether it's ultimately autism or something else. It's hard to diagnose anything before 7 but schedule a dev ped anyhow, they take months to get. Educational diagnosis is NOT a true medical diagnosis so just go with the flow is my opinion.
Be his advocate and learn about services/techniques that may help him and push for them in the IEP. If there are behavioral issues you want an IEP place so they don't automatically assume he's a "bad kid" with no home discipline.
It's so weird for us too because with no prior school or daycare experience it's hard to know specifically what issues will arise. As soon as school starts (with IEP in place) ask to schedule a 30 day review. That way you can address potential issues soon. Research your rights regarding signing IEPs, meetings and requesting IEP meetings.

I'm a newbie but I hope this helps! Good luck! [/quote]

You are  very naive. 
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics