Wednesday, May 4, 2011

What to do???


I am not getting ANYWHERE with early intervention! We went through the public school system and they would not accept him even with a diagnosis from a Pediatric Psychologist and I cannot get any of the Autism preschool centers to call me back. What on earth is a mom to do?? I am so worried that he is going to slip through the cracks during the summer. Does anyone have a home school program that they have supplemented with? I just don't want to miss this early time!

3 comments:

GB's Mom said...

You can appeal the school district's decision by filling out a one page from. If you request it, they have to supply it to you.

Gavin Bollard said...

At preschool age, most of the early intervention is done by the parents.

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If your child is testing too high at school, you'll probably have to continue these yourself.

Since you have a diagnosis, you should be able to organize an IEP for school but you'll need to think carefully about what you want because they're hard to change once they're in place.

Also - consider a tutor on weekends.

Random early intervention by itself isn't terribly useful. You need to work out exactly which weaknesses need to be pulled up; Speech? Reading? Mathematics? Listening Skills? Attention Span or perhaps just social skills.

Good luck.

Kylee said...

So sorry to hear this! My little siblings all used ECI, and it was great...unfortunately I don't know enough about this to help you out. I hope you find an incredible program soon to help your sweet boy!