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[quote=Anonymous]Well, these are the facts OP presented: 1) the teacher has suggested testing. 2) the school has identified your child as needing social skills therapy 3) your child had a speech delay 4) your child has some atypicality's surrounding conversation 5) has had issues with eye contact that may be better? 6) he has few friends at school 7) he has anxiety 8) can have hyper focus on subjects he is interested in but doesn't follow group conversation well

These things would suggest a need for further evaluation by a professional. Whether he is in crisis now or not, is beside the point. I wouldn't jump to HFA... it could be something else.

Let's imagine that next year, your school gets a child who has an actual IEP and no longer has the space/time to offer your child social skills group?  Let's imagine that next year is more demanding socially and academically. Next year may require more executive functioning skills, more group or independent work. Will your child be able to excel... keep up even?[/quote]

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