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[quote=Anonymous]My 3 yr old son is extremely disruptive.  So disruptive that we've recently been thrown out of preschool.  In response, I'm going through Child Find, he's been evaluated by a dev pediatrician, and we are having an OT and SLP evaluation done.  A friend of mine is an SLP for the county.  I asked her to evaluate my son's language prior to the Child Find evaluation.  She did and said that yes, there is a problem, but it's not enough to qualify for county intervention.  Meanwhile, his language issue is impacting his behavior at school enough to get him kicked out.

I have health insurance that covers a lot of this and can afford to pay out of pocket for the therapy's that my son will need in order to get him ready for K.  I also have a flexible job that allows me to take time off to take my son to various dr appts.  But I did ask--what happens to people in my situation who cannot afford the necessary therapy's and early interventions and are not found eligible by the county?

The response--those children go to K and spend the first semester in the principals office and being sent home.  Then, once they've demonstrated that they can no longer access the curriculum, the county will step in.  Of course, once in school, it takes a while to get a 504 or an IEP in place and finding the right school for your child's needs that has space available is a challenge.

So yes, I think there is a correlation between SES and disruptiveness.  If you don't have the money to get dx and therapy's, then you send your disruptive child off to school.[/quote]

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