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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has he completed the ABLLS-R? What’s his EVT/PPVT scores? Have you had ADLs evaluated? How often is he getting services outside of school? Why have you allowed mainstream placement when he has so many difficulties? [/quote]

Yeah, the school did testing for the IEP, and the ABA company does testing as part of the annual renewal of prior authorization. The common theme is that they all warn that certain parts of the scores don't mean anything because he won't cooperate.

I've tried to maintain hope because in some cases I know he has skills that he won't demonstrate. For example, he was able to spell before he demonstrated reading, since he wouldn't read on command and generally doesn't talk. And his vocabulary is decent based on what he can type. So I had hoped that speech could pull more of that out of him, which would also help with school, but progress has basically been stallled for a few years.

He probably shouldn't be in a mainstream classroom, but his doctors and therapists have heavily recommended he stay in that placement because lower elementary self-contained classrooms are poor environments academically and for peer interaction. I've seen the program he'd probably alternatively go into, and there wasn't a single verbal child in the group.[/quote]

We're in a VERY similar situation, OP. We agonized over the decision to move from mainstream to self-contained. Our daughter is bright and has been able to read since toddlerhood. But she doesn't do the work at school.

I'm assuming you know about PDA...? If not, look into it. Some of the recommendations are very helpful, like using declarative language and reducing demands.

I wish there were better placements out there for our kids, but there doesn't seem to do. We're just limping along, hoping for the best.

In my experience, both as a parent and an educator-- kids learn when they're ready to learn. We play a much smaller role in learning than we'd like to think...

Parent of a 7 year old[/quote]

How do you avoid/reduce demands in a general education setting? [/quote]

It is pretty much impossible. That’s why a lot of parents with PDA kiddos end up homeschooling/ unschooling.

I’ve been inspired by happyhandswith_hallie on Instagram. She’s doing great things homeschooling her PDA little girl [/quote]

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