School and moving to another state

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Hi all,

We recently moved from Louisiana to Missouri and my son, Gage, (4years) has

started getting assessments for cognitive/ pre-academic, communication, fine/

gross motor skills and so on for him to recieve services through the school. He

was recieving PT, OT, speech, vision, and was in the pre-school class at his

previous school. His assessment today was for communication and after the

assessement the lady told me that he most likely will not qualify for speech. I

don't understand why since he cann't even say his own name or correctly

pronounce most words. I do feel that he has a good vocabulary, but he is hard

to understand. I was also told last week that he most likely falls in the

category of average for cognitive/ pre- academic. Again, I don't understand

where they come up with that. He does not know any colors, shapes, does not

recognize a single number or letter. He still is not potty trained and is 100%

dependent on most daily activities. I recognize that my son is doing much

better than those significantly affected from PMG, but as a mother or even a

bystander, I can see that my son is not an average 4 year old boy. His

assessment for gross/ fine motor skills are next week and I can say that I am

nervous that they are going to say that since he can walk, he doesn't need any

services. (He wears DAFOs, falls often, cann't walk up/ down stairs unassisted,

cann't jump, cann't truely run, has tightness on his left side, and on and on).

Has anyone had problems moving to another state and getting the proper services

through the school? My concern is that they will deny him of things he truely

needs now and make it even more difficult for him in the future. As we all have

been told, it is better to work hard with them when they are young because if we

don't it will make it more difficult for them in the future to " catch up " or

reach their highest potential. Please help! Any imput would be appreciated.