Our School Appointment - really long post

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Well, yesterday we had our appointment with the local school district

to determine placement etc for both children for next year. Next

year will be their second year in CPSE. It will be their final year

in preschool before beginning kindgergarden.

As expected, both children qualified for the summer school program

and the special preschool program for next year. will

continue in an integrated class (1/2 special needs 1/2 not special

needs) and will receive PT and OT. She tested out of speech by a

tremendous amount which we expected and we are ok with. The

preschool recommended and the school district approved a neuropsych

evaluation for Becca. She is mouthing everything, and whines and

cries for no reason. She appears to be anxious about things that she

expects to happen. Her speech therapist recommended play therapy,

but that can't be approved until after the evaluation which should

take place shortly. After that, we will need another meeting with

the school district, but I think I will handle that by conference

call and let my husband attend in person (I commute and he works

locally).

As for , he will continue in a segragated class. I had hoped

for him to transition to an integrated class, but he just isn't

ready. He is finally starting to interact with the other children

instead of engaging in solitary play, but this is a very recently

emerging skill. In addition, he is very defiant and will not follow

the school routine. Therefore, they cannot shift his class. He will

continue to receive PT, OT and speech. The only problem that I had,

was I requested 1 additional speech session outside of school (so as

not to pull him from the classroom any more than he is already

pulled) and since the speech therapist didn't put this in her report,

I didn't get it. 's speech therapist is now out on maternity,

but he is working with Becca's and if we wait a month and she

recommends this (and she will) the school district will approve it.

It does mean another meeting first though.

We also spoke briefly about kindergarden. Our local elementary

school does not have a special ed segregated program. They only have

an inclusion program. They believe they will be able to accomadate

Becca, but is another story. It really depends on how he does

between now and next Spring. If not, they have an agreement with the

school district next door to us (an extra 5 minutes from our house)

who has a special ed program. I have heard wonderful things about

it, so I will not worry about this until next January.

I did ask if there was additional therapy we should be looking at

since there is a real possibility of ADD (inattentive, not

hyperactive) and was told that since is already in a very

structured program the best thing to do was become more structured at

home and stick to our guns regarding limits.

Jodi - do you have anything else we should be doing?

Judith, Steve, (RSS - prilosec, zantac, periactin, miralex, GH,

gtube) and (non RSS with her own set of issues) 4 year old

twins

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-Hi this is mom to s, WOW do we have the

same issues, I would love to talk to you via e-mail or however,

Sounds just like what I am going through with ...he has so

much other things wrong besides RSS and he has oppisitional Defiant

Disorder, I know what you are going through!!!! He is going to start

kindergarten also and is the same ..ot.pt,speech.I really want to

talk to you, does bang his head or bite himself? Throw stuff at

you? Whew, I just wrote a post to jennifer you should read it says

Re: to jenn something like that..we are going

through ...Whew with G H shots right now!! If you will Please e-mail

me or reply on here. I really think we have two kids in common!! Hugs

to ya, , 5 Rss 25pounds 35 inches prevacid Growth

hormone's

ect......

-- In RSS-

Support , " Sidny27 " wrote:

> Well, yesterday we had our appointment with the local school

district

> to determine placement etc for both children for next year. Next

> year will be their second year in CPSE. It will be their final

year

> in preschool before beginning kindgergarden.

>

> As expected, both children qualified for the summer school program

> and the special preschool program for next year. will

> continue in an integrated class (1/2 special needs 1/2 not special

> needs) and will receive PT and OT. She tested out of speech by a

> tremendous amount which we expected and we are ok with. The

> preschool recommended and the school district approved a neuropsych

> evaluation for Becca. She is mouthing everything, and whines and

> cries for no reason. She appears to be anxious about things that

she

> expects to happen. Her speech therapist recommended play therapy,

> but that can't be approved until after the evaluation which should

> take place shortly. After that, we will need another meeting with

> the school district, but I think I will handle that by conference

> call and let my husband attend in person (I commute and he works

> locally).

>

> As for , he will continue in a segragated class. I had hoped

> for him to transition to an integrated class, but he just isn't

> ready. He is finally starting to interact with the other children

> instead of engaging in solitary play, but this is a very recently

> emerging skill. In addition, he is very defiant and will not

follow

> the school routine. Therefore, they cannot shift his class. He

will

> continue to receive PT, OT and speech. The only problem that I

had,

> was I requested 1 additional speech session outside of school (so

as

> not to pull him from the classroom any more than he is already

> pulled) and since the speech therapist didn't put this in her

report,

> I didn't get it. 's speech therapist is now out on maternity,

> but he is working with Becca's and if we wait a month and she

> recommends this (and she will) the school district will approve

it.

> It does mean another meeting first though.

>

> We also spoke briefly about kindergarden. Our local elementary

> school does not have a special ed segregated program. They only

have

> an inclusion program. They believe they will be able to accomadate

> Becca, but is another story. It really depends on how he

does

> between now and next Spring. If not, they have an agreement with

the

> school district next door to us (an extra 5 minutes from our house)

> who has a special ed program. I have heard wonderful things about

> it, so I will not worry about this until next January.

>

> I did ask if there was additional therapy we should be looking at

> since there is a real possibility of ADD (inattentive, not

> hyperactive) and was told that since is already in a very

> structured program the best thing to do was become more structured

at

> home and stick to our guns regarding limits.

>

> Jodi - do you have anything else we should be doing?

>

> Judith, Steve, (RSS - prilosec, zantac, periactin, miralex,

GH,

> gtube) and (non RSS with her own set of issues) 4 year old

> twins