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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't agree with starting with your pediatrician, unless you are asking for a referral. This is not their area of expertise. If you are concerned you should see a) a developmental pediatrician or b) a child/family psychologist. [quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't agree with starting with your pediatrician, unless you are asking for a referral. This is not their area of expertise. If you are concerned you should see a) a developmental pediatrician or b) a child/family psychologist. Either one could be extremely helpful.

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And while you are doing this, you should formally request an IEP -- they have up to 120 days in DC, so it could take a while. Document all the issues that the teacher is reporting to you; if the teacher tells you something verbally, send her an email summarizing the conversation.

Many developmental pediatricians have long waits. I suggest Paula Elitov, a developmental psychologist who will do school observations as part of her evaluations and has more reasonable availability. If you are seeing these problems at home, I also suggest Dr. Dan Shapiro's parenting class: http://www.parentchildjourney.com[/quote]

DC special Ed laws changed recently to shorten the wait times. But anyway you should request an eval stat since his behavior is affecting his classroom performance. Are you in DCPS or a charter?[/quote]

Op here:  Do you mean request an evaluation from the school or a psychologist?  He's in DCPS.[/quote]

DCPS historically takes their sweet old time - up to the limits of the law or beyond. Our charter was faster, as they wanted to solve the problem, and were generally (some exceptions) fairly cooperative.

You can look at Wrightslaw for for how to word the request for an IEP eval. or people here may have suggestions. But I wouldn't wait long. Unfortunately DC still has up to 120 days, until that part of the law changes next June: http://www.childrenslawcenter.org/sites/default/files/attachments/resources/2015%20Special%20Education%20Legislation%20Effective%20Dates%20Chart_0.pdf

My son was like this and getting supports in place was important to the improvement (along with the eval, etc). For one thing, such behavior is likely affecting his ability to form and maintain age-appropriate friendships, and if he's sent to the office, that may be having an effect as well, even if he's not below grade level.[/quote]

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