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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly-heard of many parents doctor-shopping FOR an ASD diagnosis, not the other way around.[/quote]

Can you point us to the data of children who were diagnosed as NOT having ASD but later turned out to have ASD and so missed years of therapy?[/quote]

I don't have data, but anecdotes.  My guess is that most of these kids were still given significant supports, and did not actually miss years of therapy.  The kind of ASD that actually benefits from intensive ABA is not likely to be missed.  False negatives would be more likely to be Asbergers/HFA.  Generally if parents are concerned enough to get an ASD evaluation, they're still going to get some services even without the diagnosis.  This is especially true since younger kids can qualify for the Developmental Delay label for IEPs.  My kid may or may not have ASD but he has gotten pretty much the same sorts of services anyway for the past 3 years.  [/quote]

It is the norm at our charter school that kids in prek3 and prek4 get their IEP under developmental delay even if they already have a diagnosis like autism.  It isn’t until they reach K that the IEP is put under autism, OHI, SLD, etc.   the goal is that the child gets the supports and services they need and it doesn’t matter under what category they qualify for the IEP.

Since this is a charter school, the only program available is full inclusion with pull ins or pull outs as needed.[/quote]

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