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[quote=Anonymous]I would take the middle road.  The public school's obligation is to offer a program that they think meets your child's needs completely.  It sounds as though your child benefits from preschool, so their suggestion of preschool makes sense.  They can only suggest their own programs, but if you've found another program that you like and he's thriving then I'd keep him there.

But I don't see the harm of having him keep his IEP, and receive speech therapy from the county.  If he was getting speech therapy during his "language explosion" then I'd be open to the possibility that it contributed to his growth, and I'd keep it up. Worst (best?) case scenario, is he continues to progress wonderfully, and you'll never know whether the speech therapy contributed to the progress or was a waste of time.  On the other hand, if he still has delays at the beginning of Kindergarten, then having a good working relationship with the county will be crucial for that transition.

Given all that, I'd probably split the difference, I'd reject the apraxia diagnosis at this time, and the language class, but keep him seeing the county speech therapist once a week, and continue with an IEP under a speech language impairment label.  [/quote]

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