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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting reads.  My DS (now 6) was evaluated in preschool by FCPS child find.  Both FCPS, and the play therapist we had been working with felt that there was a strong chance he had Asperger Syndrome.  From what I knew as an educator myself, I tended to agree.  We saw a Developmental Pediatrician, who in addition to looking at all the evaluation pieces from the county (which involved some cog. testing, speect/hearing, 90 min observation by the psych, long questionnaires for teachers and parents) met with us alone, and met with ds (who at that visit remained almost entirely under the chair).  Though she felt he had some Asperger characteristics, she felt he did not have AS.  Her reasons were that ds 1) had a strong desire for joint attention/sharing his ideas and 2)Had a strong amount of expression in his voice and his face...  He has STRONG obsessions.  He has been on Egypt for many months now, every single drawing/school paper that came home had some egypt theme to it.  Every day at recess he plays "Egypt".  He has major attention issues, poor eye contact as well.  I am not sure how it will pan out, I still think very possibly he has AS, but I think sometimes, it is hard to tell when they are little?  He has had a good year with an IEP, and one in place for 1st.[/quote]

I have the 4 yr old diagnosed with AS by 3 different evaluations this yr:  My DS appears NT except for his strong interests in elevators, and fans.  We did not know there was an issue until he started preK - his first time at a group setting with same age peers.  He has good eye contact and his attention, desire to share and joint attention with adults appeared normal and actually very good/superior for someone his age.  However when he started school, he appeared autistic in the classroom:  wandered aimlessly, did not participate or play with other children.  His neuropsych told me that his social communications is actually in the normal range but it's his obsessions and repetitive behaviors that qualifies him for an Asperger's diagnosis.  I have no doubt he has AS and his IEP has made a world of difference:  When his developmental pediatrician observed him in the classroom in Dec, he told me he did not need to be told which child he was suppose to be seeing b/c DS was obviously the one in the classroom with "issues."  Now with supports and services, he appears to be NT in the classroom - a very bright, well behaved member of the class who's popular and liked by his peers and teachers.

We weren't sure he could stay at his current language immersion charter but he's doing great, socially and academically.  For him, a lot of the social problems stemmed from his low tone/motor deficits - he has trouble keeping up with his peers and navigating playground equipment.    He loves school and will be staying for K.  Since all his deficits are being addressed, I  don't worry about the diagnosis at all.

Sounds like your rising 1st grader is doing well!  Seems the diagnosis depends a lot on who's doing the evaluating and as long as they're getting support and services and are doing well, does it matter?

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