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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know what he needs or what would benefit him, hence the need for an evaluation.  He absolutely needs social support, but what form that should take, I couldn't tell you.[/quote]

I don't want to sound like I am siding with the school (believe me!), but since the school's function is to educate, and the child is on target and meeting benchmarks (as indicated by the OP), the child is receiving an appropriate education.  At this point, even if an evaluation (internal or external) returned scores falling anywhere on the autism spectrum, no change should be made to the child's education because it is working.[/quote]

By that definition, any SN student with OK grades and/or who meet benchmarks would not qualify for an IEP.  As has been said many times on this board, you don't need to be failing or be below grade to get help/qualify for an IEP.  The standard for getting an IEP is these three things:

1) disorder which has a 2) adverse impact on education and 3) necessitates special instruction.

There is no requirement that the student be below benchmarks...  And it is accepted by most/all school systems that an ASD diagnosis has an adverse impact on education.

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I was not referring to eligibility criteria for an IEP, I was referring to the OP's request for evaluation.  As described, the school has no reason to evaluate because the child is progressing academically.

But switching gears to IEPs, yes I understand what you are saying.  So let's say this student was evaluated, it revealed ASD, the student was classified, and an IEP was created: what should change in the child's education?  The student is showing developmentally appropriate progress (without "special instruction").  Are we to now change what has been effective instruction?  Why?[/quote]

I have a child similar to OP's son, age 6 in first grade with ASD diagnosis.  He attends a language immersion school and has had an IEP since pK 4.  He is above grade level academically across the board.  Currently his main issue is starting and finishing his work:  needs prompting sometimes depending on his mood  :?  He gets OT, speech/social skills group, Sp Ed support in both languages.  1x a wk for an hour for OT and speech.  He is in an inclusive classroom with a Sp Ed teacher who is in the classroom 20 hrs a wk.  He also use to get PT in K and pk4.

In our case, his PK4 teacher is the one who suggested that DS may have issues and his school has been very accommodating[/quote]

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