Reply to apraxia of speech--your experiences

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "apraxia of speech--your experiences"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Quick poll:  how many of you had your child start Kindergarten on time (at age 5) or did you give them an extra year of preschool?  My DS (born late August) has apraxia of speech.  He will be turning 5 next fall, so we are trying to decide whether to give him an extra year of preschool or start of time.  TIA![/quote]

My DS (now in 5th grade) started on time because he had an IEP that carried over from the special ed preschool.  We were told by our advocate that she couldn't help us delay his entry into K AND keep him instead in the special ed preschool.  The IEP was developed to meet his needs. She was correct that FCPS wouldn't do it in our DS's case.  However, in hindsight, I wish we'd held him back a year, not necessarily because of his apraxia but because he was later diagnosed with ADHD.  DS has been hit with a double whammy and I believe he would have benefited from being held back from K. His current situation isn't bad but he is still delayed and likely to be until his late teens (at least).[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics