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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP.  Am I correct to read that your child has "graduated" (for lack of a better term) from everything outlined as goals in the IEP except for speech?  So the only services that you are still receiving are speech?  Thats amazing--congrats!!

My son had speech delays which have driven other social, etc. delays (because, obviously, if you can't talk to other kids you can't play with them, etc.).  As a result, he also has an ASD diagnosis which has resulted in more insurance coverage for speech therapy than we would receive otherwise (as well as ABA which has helped him "catch up" re: how to interact with peers).  He doesn't have the social challenges any more (he learned to talk, he learned how to play with kids), and I wanted to get him re-evaluated.  Mostly tbh because I wanted the diagosis off of his record.  DH disagrees--he feels that *just in case* we need more services (additional ST, something else) its easier to get them, and insurance covers more with the ASD diagnosis than without.

Granted, our situation is different than yours: DS is 4.5 and is currently in private preschool with services coming in via FCPS/we go to private speech/ABA but are about to finish that due to catching up to age appropriate levels.   While I'm concerned about the class sizes at the local FCPS ES just like you are, at this point I feel that FCPS will offer better overall IEP support if needed moving forward than a private will.  And, is much cheaper.  So we are going to start with public elementary and see how it goes.  [/quote]

OP again. Thank you for sharing your experience! Yes, my son is only receiving speech at this point. His IEP goals are both speech and social skill-related and he is progressing well towards them.

Did you end up going through with the re-evaluation?

Your reasons for choosing public are basically the ones that have me not 100% on board with going with the private school. We have some other considerations as well. Our younger child could do preschool at the private and both would be in the same aftercare which they're very much enjoying this year.[/quote]

I can't remember if you stated this above, but how does the private deal with kids who need support such as ST, etc.?

Also, the progress your child has made.  Is this progress compared to an NT kid, or compared to where they used to be?  Because I thought my kid was making ALL SORTS of progress and was coming along nicely.  Which he was compared to where he was coming from.  But compared to other kids, he is still not an average kid, if that makes sense.

How would this private deal with a kid who isn't an average kid?  [/quote]

He's now testing low average in speech, so technically within the typical range but given his cognitive scores and abilities in other areas obviously low for where he "should" be. We're still working on mixing up pronouns and also random word ordering issues, which typical kids would have down by now.

The private school would not provide speech so we would have to do that privately, which our insurance covers. We're told that his current speech issues are not actually affecting how he's performing in the classroom - he responds to questions fine, participates in circle time, etc.

So I'm not even sure what I'd want from the school. I guess just to make sure kids aren't mean to him if he messes up a sentence or accidentally calls a girl "he." He's been able to make friends in his preschool but I don't know if it would be an issue in the new school or not.
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