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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve been down this road with my son. I know what it’s like to agonize when people are telling you something may be wrong and you don’t really see it.

It sounds like you’ve been going to your regular pediatrician?  Try to get an appointment with a “developmental pediatrician.”  It will take a few months to get in. They have more expertise than a regular ped. They’ll give him about an hour of small tests and will let you know next steps. I’d let them know you’ve had him evaluated by social workers and they don’t see anything. But definitely mention the no eye contact, the parroting and the schools concerns. Just lay it out there even if you don’t agree.

In my son’s case, the developmental ped is just “watching” him for now...we go back every six months. The dev. ped is watching him for ADHD inattentive type. But he said if it’s there, it seems to be pretty mild.

The dev ped said speech therapy was optional for my sin’s mild articulation issues.  He wasn’t saying “l” and “th” and “v” clearly. So we did that. My son wasn’t making eye contact with certain adults in school and not following directions sometimes also. Turns out the speech therapist thinks he has a mild receptive language gap. They are working with him and it’s improved a lot.

My point is—the school sees something—it may be nothing or it could be mild, which is why he may not have qualified for services. Seeing a developmental ped will pacify the preschool for now. I also wouldn’t hesitate to move him if you aren’t comfortable there and the environment isn’t for him.

Good luck to you!  The preschool are NOT a medical professionals, but I would get to the developmental ped. It will make you feel better. They will tell you if nothing is wrong.

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