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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't read all of the responses but I have/had a very similar situation with my 13 y/o 2e daughter who was diagnosed with autism just before her 13th birthday. She was previously diagnosed with ADHD at age 5.

Here are my biggest tips for you:

1. Get an advocate who can re-approach the IEP process with you. It will make things so much easier at home if you have the right supports at school. Join the Fairfax County 2e group and people can recommend names.

2. ABA, ABA, ABA. I cannot emphasize it enough. ABA, ABA, ABA. This has changed our daughter's life and our home life and INSURANCE COVERS EVERYTHING!!!! ABA is not what you think - it's nothing like the perception of kids being forced to make eye contact. We now have a contract with her about what she needs to do in order to earn rewards of screen time, etc, and we have providers in our home 15 hours per week after school each day sitting with her and getting her to do her homework, etc. Helping her clean her room. Making sure she showers. It has changed our life and she's so much happier now that she's on the right path. [/quote]

What do you mean by “reapproach the IEP”? I admit this is all very new to me, but I feel like school has been pretty great. What would an advocate do beyond what we already have?

As for ABA- does that require a diagnosis in order for it to be covered?

I feel like for our daughter, more than half of the issue is her personality and her automatic opposition to everything, and resistance to accepting her limitations and accepting help. She sees both as a failure. She won’t even take that first initial step.

Thanks for weighing in with your experience.[/quote]

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