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[quote=Anonymous]9 yr old DS has had an IEP since he was 2.5 yrs due to speech delays, started in FCPS non-cat preschool. Got speech, OT, reading help etc. all through the years. He is now at grade level in his testing- 4th grade. Above grade in Math, good in other subjects, but still a little behind in reading.
However he has severe fire drill anxiety, throws up and needs to be told/taken out. He also needs social help with peers in classroom in large unfamiliar group settings. Overall needs help with flexibility to deal with unfamiliar situations and unplanned occurrences.
In addition to fire drill support, he gets lunch bunch twice a week for peer/social skills in school.

His re-eval is coming up. We moved and started new school this year, still within FCPS. School has been very supportive, but in his re-eval meeting they think he does not need IEP since he is at grade in his academics, and IEP is only for specialized instruction. 
They advocate a 504 to manage his anxiety and also recommend private anxiety therapy.

The problem is that in private settings/social skills groups he gets comfortable after 1-2 sessions and does very well and gets dismissed. We have done CBT, social skills etc. He gets nervous only in large unfamiliar settings like his school which has 900+ kids. It is hard to emulate that environment elsewhere.  I think the school has not seen the full spectrum of his anxiety yet over fire drills. He threw up at home in Sept before the weekly fire drills, and Oct they had it very early so he has been more relaxed.

I did not get much time to talk to the teachers yet, we just agreed to the re-eval testing.
 
So my questions are: What kind of support will he get with 504, will we still have access to special ed teachers? Should we insist on IEP as I think he only gets guidance counselors with 504?[/quote]

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