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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public schools don’t work for a lot of ASD1 students. If the child can access the curriculum FCPS will only offer minimal support.
Private might work better for OP’s child.[/quote]

Right now (in PK-4 setting with an IEP for OT, PT, SPED minutes) I'd say DS's main challenge is needing multiple prompts to get through tasks and his lack of motivation to do the work. He also has difficulty initiating some tasks and needs help to have them broken down into smaller, do-able parts. At home it is exceedingly difficult to get him to do anything he does not want to do at that particular moment (and certain tasks/activities he just never wants to do). So any sort of learning/working on letters/letter sounds/etc., is almost a non-starter, because he will just not engage. It is different at school where he understands the expectation, but he is resistant there as well. Ultimately he does not refuse tasks at school, but still is not a jump right in and do it type of student and likely complains and makes negative comments (which we hear a lot at home). I feel sure there is an aspect of anxiety involved, and maybe some performance demand challenges mixed in with some autism rigidity? I'm guessing that as scholastic demands increase we will learn more about what his challenges.

What I can tell you is that his ST says he does not need social skills class and that he can phase out ST (which was done in a group/classroom/playground setting with a main goal of facilitating peer-to-peer engagement). We will need to focus on finding a great play-based therapist and eventually a talk therapist, as his various providers all agree that DS will need help learning to live in and navigate the world and the rules we all have to play by.

Can anyone tell me what DS's profile means in terms of his ability to access the curriculum? Or how various school systems might view/approach DS's scenario?[/quote]

This is so individual, but since he currently has an IEP that definitely gives you a basis for some level of support in kindergarten. I don't know what that would look like necessarily.

My kid was a little like this at age 4 and is still very difficult to engage academically at home. At 4 would need a lot of handholding to complete tasks that she was cognitively able to do - she was just very anxious. Now she just finished K in Montgomery County Public Schools and she has truly flourished in school. Can follow routines with no issues, completes tasks, independently participates in class, has made friends, just has some minor accomodations in a 504 plan.

We never had an IEP (long story) but do weekly OT and social skills classes outside of school and that seems to have really helped. But not sure how 1st grade will shake out.[/quote]

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