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[quote=Anonymous]OP again -

Thanks everyone. To answer some qs:
1) I had him evaluated by developmental pediatrician and pediatric neurology and they ruled out autism, but who knows what his deal is. I just mentioned the flexibility /easy going piece because I thought ABA was primarily for disruptive behaviors. His main behavior issue is brushing teeth, but that is more sensory, so I'm guessing OT would be the appropriate therapy. (His only out of school therapy at the moment is speech.) But I admittedly don't know a ton about ABA.
2) Yes, he is going to K in 2025. 
3) His therapists now were also his former itinerant therapists, and his OT and PT say he is growing more at his new school and working harder/less distracted (speech was always pull out so she does not have specific insight).
4) Where we live (not DMV), we would lose out on IEP services if we delayed K. 
5) We *do* have budget for possible private school and/or tutoring and/or private therapy, but my instinct is that, since we don't have a specific school for developmental delays, public would > private for him. I'm not aware of private therapists who make school-calls but I can put that on the action list. There are members of his team I think would be candid with me about sending to private pre-K even though that is not the "party line." Assuming he does go to K on time, I'm hoping to lay the groundwork to retain him.
6) His IEP doesn't include ELA goals. It is more like pre-writing skills (bilateral hand activities, crossing midline), playground skills, speech goals, expanding his play schemes. He has met or is making good progress to all his goals except OT goals are floundering a bit.
7) Re  maybe he "needs additional supports that are not in the current IEP" - that's exactly what I am wondering about. I will ask about the pictorial reminders, seating charts - any other ideas?
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