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[quote=Anonymous]I understand where you are coming from.  We went through Child Find at 4 on the rec of our preschool, and did not make it past local screening.  Fast forward one year to 5, and we did again, and he breezed through Local Screening (the first step, where they decided whether he would get further evaluation).  At that time, FCPS did a host of testing (speech, hearing, cognitive, parent and teacher questionnaires as well as a lengthy observation by the county psychologist, who was also our case manager.  In the end, ds was found eligible for special education for developmental delay/social emotional.  The county psychologist mentioned that many of his behaviors were consistent with Aspergers, as did the play therapist we had worked with for months (the process was long, and we wanted to do something), but after seeing the developmental pediatrician, she felt that he was not on the Autism spectrum, though he did have some traits, and 100% needed accomodations.  So, he started K this year with an IEP, and has had a really good year.  He is very well liked, but as you mentioned, I do worry that as he gets older, friends will not be as patient with his extreme rigidity.  I actually would not be surprised if down the road, we end up with a diagnosis with Aspergers...the dev. ped looked at all the evals that had been done, and met with ds (and separately with us) and said that as he gets older, things may become clearer, as we see if he catches up with his peers socially, or is left behind (not her exact words).  As far as what we do to help, imagine this conversation from this evening.  Ds is having a playdate tomorrow
Me: DS, when friend comes over tomorrow, he might not want to do only Egypt stuff (his current OBSESSION). DS: But he likes Egypt, just like me Me: But what if he wants to play something different? DS: Well, if he wants to pick another country, like China, we could play China games Me: What if he does not want to play games about countries? DS: Well, I guess we could play dinosaurs. but they better be from the same time period!  For me, that conversation was a win, and I praised DS for being flexible.  We use that word alot, our play therapist was big into social thinking, Michelle Garcia Winner, and Superflex, and DS really responded to those ideas.[/quote]

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