Re: Starting Kindergarten- or should we? Need help!

[Guest guest]

We waited and it worked.

You need a great iep for reg school.

What city and state are you in?

Greg Wiatt

AutismNews.com

>

> Hello. I am fairly new here but have been reading all. My son will

be 5 in Feb. We have

> an IEP tomorrow and will be discussing placement for next (school

year). Wondering if

> anyone started their child school and wished they'd waited or

waited and wished they'd

> started or...? My son has autism and cognitive delay (borderline

MR to low average

> intelligence). He is verbal but very language delayed. He is not

toilet trained at all. He is

> interested in other kids, but not *that* interested. I'm sure you

all know what I mean. He is

> in a speech-language preschool and doing well there-however all

the other kids are

> passing him up. There are 2 other kids dxd with autism there one

moderate the other

> high functioning. My son is NOT safe near an open door. The

preschool is secure and

> indoors only. Sorry to ramble. Hope you all will share your

opinions. I have been reading

> all the horror school stories and my heart breaks for you that are

struggling. We live in

> the best school district in our county for special ed so that is

good.

> Thanks

> Deanna

>

[Guest guest]

Welcome Deanna---Welcome!! I don't have any school words of wisdom, as mine is 2 ---but I will say that this site is so wonderful...no infighting, just lots of support, lots of nuturing ladies!

Blessings to you...

e

To: AutismBehaviorProblems Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 1:32:03 AMSubject: Starting Kindergarten- or should we? Need help!

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[Guest guest]

> >

> > Hello. I am fairly new here but have been reading all. My son will

> be 5 in Feb. We have

> > an IEP tomorrow and will be discussing placement for next (school

> year). Wondering if

> > anyone started their child school and wished they'd waited or

> waited and wished they'd

> > started or...? My son has autism and cognitive delay (borderline

> MR to low average

> > intelligence). He is verbal but very language delayed. He is not

> toilet trained at all. He is

> > interested in other kids, but not *that* interested. I'm sure you

> all know what I mean. He is

> > in a speech-language preschool and doing well there-however all

> the other kids are

> > passing him up. There are 2 other kids dxd with autism there one

> moderate the other

> > high functioning. My son is NOT safe near an open door. The

> preschool is secure and

> > indoors only. Sorry to ramble. Hope you all will share your

> opinions. I have been reading

> > all the horror school stories and my heart breaks for you that are

> struggling. We live in

> > the best school district in our county for special ed so that is

> good.

> > Thanks

> > Deanna

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Deanna,

My advice is that you have any ? about it I would wait. I have a 6 yo

grandson who is in 1st grade now and my daughter and I both wish we

would have waited to send him. We were advised to go ahead and send

him because he was not academically delayed and it would be better to

keep him with kids in his own age group. Well that is all well and

good but socially he struggles and he has a fair amount of behavior

problems. We can't help but wonder if we had kept him back would his

maturity level been more appropriate. And the fact of the matter is

that in his 1st grade class he has many classmates that are now

turning 8 and no one really notices... there kids it's just not a big

deal to them.

Barb

AutismBehaviorProblems , " deannasommars "

wrote:

>

>

> > >

> > > Hello. I am fairly new here but have been reading all. My son

will

> > be 5 in Feb. We have

> > > an IEP tomorrow and will be discussing placement for next

(school

> > year). Wondering if

> > > anyone started their child school and wished they'd waited or

> > waited and wished they'd

> > > started or...? My son has autism and cognitive delay

(borderline

> > MR to low average

> > > intelligence). He is verbal but very language delayed. He is

not

> > toilet trained at all. He is

> > > interested in other kids, but not *that* interested. I'm sure

you

> > all know what I mean. He is

> > > in a speech-language preschool and doing well there-however all

> > the other kids are

> > > passing him up. There are 2 other kids dxd with autism there

one

> > moderate the other

> > > high functioning. My son is NOT safe near an open door. The

> > preschool is secure and

> > > indoors only. Sorry to ramble. Hope you all will share your

> > opinions. I have been reading

> > > all the horror school stories and my heart breaks for you that

are

> > struggling. We live in

> > > the best school district in our county for special ed so that

is

> > good.

> > > Thanks

> > > Deanna

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

You got that right e. Deanna, we are all here for you and eachother and I am so glad you are here. e, remember all the talk about our starting to have a chat room for bible study and support of us moms with Autistic kids? Lets start doing that and planning it. i know we were going to before and then i started going through all my stuff and that kind of took over. I am really ready to start planning if you are.

Stacie

Welcome Deanna---Welcome!! I don't have any school words of wisdom, as mine is 2 ---but I will say that this site is so wonderful...no infighting, just lots of support, lots of nuturing ladies!

Blessings to you...

e

From: deannasommars <deannabeenana>To: AutismBehaviorProblems Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 1:32:03 AMSubject: Starting Kindergarten- or should we? Need help!

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You are so funny...now I'm so overwhelmed I can't see strait...I sort of like the way we do it when we say "religious in nature" and just share a verse or two....I agree it would be nice...

Just my tired too cents (laugh out loud)...

e

To: AutismBehaviorProblems Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:44:34 PMSubject: Re: Starting Kindergarten- or should we? Need help!

You got that right e. Deanna, we are all here for you and eachother and I am so glad you are here. e, remember all the talk about our starting to have a chat room for bible study and support of us moms with Autistic kids? Lets start doing that and planning it. i know we were going to before and then i started going through all my stuff and that kind of took over. I am really ready to start planning if you are.

Stacie

In a message dated 12/18/2008 6:06:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, ljdjd1234yahoo (DOT) com writes:

Welcome Deanna---Welcome! ! I don't have any school words of wisdom, as mine is 2 ---but I will say that this site is so wonderful... no infighting, just lots of support, lots of nuturing ladies!

Blessings to you...

e

From: deannasommars <deannabeenana@ yahoo.com>To: AutismBehaviorProbl emsyahoogroups (DOT) comSent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 1:32:03 AMSubject: Starting Kindergarten- or should we? Need help!

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two cents..

the thing we need to be respectful of is that this is a "behaviorl problem" group in nature...some of us pray through our children's behavioral struggles and some do not....so we need to, Like Pat K says, and make sure we post it in the subject line...this gives other parents the choice to read or not........

OK, I'm going to bed, cause I'm getting goofy... lol --- and wordy...and can't spell (y)

e

To: AutismBehaviorProblems Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:05:27 PMSubject: Re: Starting Kindergarten- or should we? Need help!

You are so funny...now I'm so overwhelmed I can't see strait...I sort of like the way we do it when we say "religious in nature" and just share a verse or two....I agree it would be nice...

Just my tired too cents (laugh out loud)...

e

To: AutismBehaviorProblems Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:44:34 PMSubject: Re: Starting Kindergarten- or should we? Need help!

You got that right e. Deanna, we are all here for you and eachother and I am so glad you are here. e, remember all the talk about our starting to have a chat room for bible study and support of us moms with Autistic kids? Lets start doing that and planning it. i know we were going to before and then i started going through all my stuff and that kind of took over. I am really ready to start planning if you are.

Stacie

In a message dated 12/18/2008 6:06:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, ljdjd1234yahoo (DOT) com writes:

Welcome Deanna---Welcome! ! I don't have any school words of wisdom, as mine is 2 ---but I will say that this site is so wonderful... no infighting, just lots of support, lots of nuturing ladies!

Blessings to you...

e

From: deannasommars <deannabeenana@ yahoo.com>To: AutismBehaviorProbl emsyahoogroups (DOT) comSent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 1:32:03 AMSubject: Starting Kindergarten- or should we? Need help!

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> > > >

> > > > Hello. I am fairly new here but have been reading all. My son

> will

> > > be 5 in Feb. We have

> > > > an IEP tomorrow and will be discussing placement for next

> (school

> > > year). Wondering if

> > > > anyone started their child school and wished they'd waited or

> > > waited and wished they'd

> > > > started or...? My son has autism and cognitive delay

> (borderline

> > > MR to low average

> > > > intelligence). He is verbal but very language delayed. He is

> not

> > > toilet trained at all. He is

> > > > interested in other kids, but not *that* interested. I'm sure

> you

> > > all know what I mean. He is

> > > > in a speech-language preschool and doing well there-however all

> > > the other kids are

> > > > passing him up. There are 2 other kids dxd with autism there

> one

> > > moderate the other

> > > > high functioning. My son is NOT safe near an open door. The

> > > preschool is secure and

> > > > indoors only. Sorry to ramble. Hope you all will share your

> > > opinions. I have been reading

> > > > all the horror school stories and my heart breaks for you that

> are

> > > struggling. We live in

> > > > the best school district in our county for special ed so that

> is

> > > good.

> > > > Thanks

> > > > Deanna

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

> > > > >

> > > > > Hello. I am fairly new here but have been reading all. My son

> > will

> > > > be 5 in Feb. We have

> > > > > an IEP tomorrow and will be discussing placement for next

> > (school

> > > > year). Wondering if

> > > > > anyone started their child school and wished they'd waited or

> > > > waited and wished they'd

> > > > > started or...? My son has autism and cognitive delay

> > (borderline

> > > > MR to low average

> > > > > intelligence) . He is verbal but very language delayed. He is

> > not

> > > > toilet trained at all. He is

> > > > > interested in other kids, but not *that* interested. I'm sure

> > you

> > > > all know what I mean. He is

> > > > > in a speech-language preschool and doing well there-however all

> > > > the other kids are

> > > > > passing him up. There are 2 other kids dxd with autism there

> > one

> > > > moderate the other

> > > > > high functioning. My son is NOT safe near an open door. The

> > > > preschool is secure and

> > > > > indoors only. Sorry to ramble. Hope you all will share your

> > > > opinions. I have been reading

> > > > > all the horror school stories and my heart breaks for you that

> > are

> > > > struggling. We live in

> > > > > the best school district in our county for special ed so that

> > is

> > > > good.

> > > > > Thanks

> > > > > Deanna

> > > > >

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Deanna,

is 8 and in second grade. He is able to be in the reg. ed classroom with a full time aide. Some of his work has to be modified. Anything concrete can get easily- addition,subtraction,telling time, sight reading but he is behind on almost all conceptual things. I know that going forward more and more of his work will be based on conceptual thinking so we are really working on this. His behaviors sometimes get in the way but we have been able to work through them with the addition of meds (i don't like giving them but the changes I have seen are really great), a behavior plan and a token system. earns a card with a picture of our home computer and the words 5 extra minutes for each task he does like a worksheet, reading a book etc. he can earn up to 1/2 an hour of extra computer time a day. This really motivates him since he loves the computer. Everyone at his current school is

great. Even the secretaries in the office know and talk to him every day. The principal is awesome and so are his teachers and aide. We are truly blessed. did start early puberty this summer and we have some trouble with OCD issues. It has been a struggle but the meds and behavior plans are really helping. I would love to hear more about Seth and how he is doing. Have a very merry Christmas! asked me if Santa would bring him 20 presents this year. Up until the last year he didn't understand Christmas but always loved the decorations. This year he is very excited and keeps saying the day and the date. Today is Tuesday December 23- NOT Christmas and then he frowns. It is really cute. Wishing your family a Very Merry Christmas and I am looking forward to getting to know you better in the new year. Kellie

Subject: Re: Starting Kindergarten- or should we? Need help!To: AutismBehaviorProblems Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2008, 7:14 AM

> > > > >> > > > > Hello. I am fairly new here but have been reading all. My son > > will > > > > be 5 in Feb. We have > > > > > an IEP tomorrow and will be discussing placement for next > > (school > > > > year). Wondering if > > > > > anyone started their child school and wished they'd waited or > > > > waited and wished they'd > > > > > started or...? My son has autism and cognitive delay > > (borderline > > > > MR to low average > > > > > intelligence) . He is verbal but very language delayed. He is > > not > > > > toilet trained at all. He is > > > > > interested in other kids, but not *that* interested. I'm sure > > you > >

> > all know what I mean. He is > > > > > in a speech-language preschool and doing well there-however all > > > > the other kids are > > > > > passing him up. There are 2 other kids dxd with autism there > > one > > > > moderate the other > > > > > high functioning. My son is NOT safe near an open door. The > > > > preschool is secure and > > > > > indoors only. Sorry to ramble. Hope you all will share your > > > > opinions. I have been reading > > > > > all the horror school stories and my heart breaks for you that > > are > > > > struggling. We live in > > > > > the best school district in our county for special ed so that > > is > > > > good. > > > > > Thanks> > > > >

Deanna> > > > >> > > >> > >> >>