Need some help

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Hello All,

I need help understanding how to best help my son.

has been seeing Dr. Goldberg for about 6 months now

and over all we have been very happy. I do however need help

with the following:

1. has done very well being on Valtrex, however he seems

to be regressing in the last 2 months. Is it possible that the

Valtrex can lose its effectiveness?

2. About 4 weeks ago Dr. G started on Paxil and he did not

do well at all. We have just recently changed to Celexa and the

first day I noticed that had a need to have his hands in his

mouth all day. As the days have continued his need for oral

stimulation has become less but he still has his hands in his

mouth a lot. We have noticed some improvement in potty

habits,

but he is still not doing as well as when we first had him on the

Valtrex solely.

3. has been on a GF/CF diet and we have now allowed

him to have some Gluten (not a lot) per the " does and don'ts of

the diet " . Should I keep him off of the Gluten completely?

4. My son is a VERY picky eater (like most of our kids). He will

hardly ever eat meat. Can anyone suggest a good amino acid

supplement that is ok with Dr. G.

Sorry for all of the questions, any help is appreciated.

Otila

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Hi everyone,

Does anyone know the answer to these questions in North Carolina? or are

they federal? Basically, i have received only quarterly reports from my

son's special ed teacher, nothing daily or weekly and he has not made any of

his goals. She did start a biweekly report that also goes for the typical

kids and gives me no relevent information--just he behaved or did not

etc--very vague. He is in a FOST classroom--part of the time with typical

kids and part in a resourse class. The other 4 kids are goiing on to first

grade and will be repeating kindergarden. (2 of the other kids have

repeated kindergarden) This was a new program this year and did not get

under way for a least 4 months. I feel like they have not given a

chance. He is in a verbal behavior school/home program in the afternnoons

and is doing good, not great. Any advice will be a big help. I asked for

lawyers before in my area, but cannot find my info. Was Joy ston one of

them? thanks, a stressed out mom in NC

need some help

> Hi Ms. ,

>

> I need the answer to a couple of questions.

>

> What kind of communication between teacher (special ed teacher) and

parent

> do the schools have to do? Both you and Martha have said parents should

> have daily/weekly communication about the childs goals/progress etc--does

it

> say so in writing anywhere? 2) The school just had my son reevaluated by a

> pychologist with little/no experience evaluating autistic kids and the

same

> with the SLP. Based on the information from their evals, they think he

> should go to a self contained classroom since he is not at the level of

the

> other 4 kids in the Fost program (only 2 diagnosed with Autism). The

> director at the school had the temerity to tell me 'Janine, at least

you'll

> get the more communication there.' I told her that communication should

not

> determine placement, we should have that kind of communication here as

well.

> We have not had our IEP meeting yet, they shared! this information with me

> at a meeting to discuss his psych eval. If we disagreed with this and

the

> IEP team insisted, is it a majority rules or if we do not sign the IEP, it

> cannot happen? I have heard that we can request an independent

evaluation

> with people experienced in testing autistic kids, is it better to do this

or

> to go get some evals done privately. We have had some done lately for our

> neurologist (research) i'm not sure if they were doing the same tests.

> Thank you for your help Janine Govert

>