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[quote=Anonymous]@15:25. OP here. Thanks for all that info..very helpful.

@17:23 How are you handling your son's anxiety? Looks like my DC is headed that way. As of now, we do not have a formal diagnosis for ASD but eventually we would need an evaluation. My DC is able to understand things when given more attention (as in smaller group settings) and does quite well with academics. But behind in social skills. At 5 1/2 DC still expecting a teacher to ask what is wrong when something happens in class. If a child hits DC, doesn't tell teacher. Something that happened a week ago may bring on a melt down today etc. But when DC gets comfortable (which took 4 months in a new class setting) DC will talk to peers (peers have to initiate though). One advantage is DC will be one of the oldest in class when K comes around.

I had the initial draft of the IEP (the one sent by school) with me 2 days ago. We are now done with IEP meeting and I will receive the finalized one in mail soon.

I have to say the class teacher and the Pre-K coordinator were really instrumental in DC continuing to get the IEP  for Fall. Of course, everything may change next year in March based on what the home school decides. But for now there is an IEP. I suppose we have time to get DC evaluated before then.

We do know that DC needs to be evaluated, but since we have been getting supports (which have helped DC come this far - we had started out with speech, OT) we are just waiting it out so there will be a more accurate diagnosis as DC gets older. For now we have the DD code. We were informed that when DC turns 8 there has to be a different code and DC cannot go with a DD code.

Thanks to all who have shared your experiences and provided suggestions and input.

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