Re: question about classifaction of my apraxia son next year in Kindergarten

[Guest guest]

By pragmatic language disorder do you mean SPLD (semantic pragmatic language

disorder)? My son has a PDD-NOS diagnosis from one doctor with

clarification that it is SPLD (full autism from another and yet others have

said he definitely isn't autistic!) But this diagnosis helped because it

classified him as autistic which got him a parapro. I'm not thrilled using

the autism (mis) diagnosis, but heck I'll use it if it gets him what he

needs.

Like your son he's the non-squeaky wheel and he does get overlooked due to

his wonderful behavior. Having the parapro helped that a lot.

Miche

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 9:43 AM, stevenfmom <alyroch@...> wrote:

> He has Apraxia, Hypotonia, SID, expressive and pragmatic language

> disorder.

>

> My son has issues getting his needs met verbally, he cannot always

> bring up the words he needs to say and he is also extremely well

> behaved and usually gets left behind because he is NOT the squeaky

> wheel in the class.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi: First off, my son has same diagnoses as yours, probably w/ some

variances. He also got on or near grade level academically and was

mainstreamed completely this yr w/ the exception of an aid for

writiing for 40 mins/day( has difficulty organizing thoughts). His

classification changed to multiple disabled( r/t private eval

diagnosis of mild ADHD, PDD-NOS, SID and resoving dyspraxia) I highly

recommend supplementing his speech privately if you arent already and

getting a private eval to retain services . We went to Hackensack

Institute of Child Development. If it was left up to the school , we

may have lost the additional support. Fortunately, my case worker

listened to my concerns after multiple conversations and had to

consider the private eval recommendations. My son is 9 now and is

doing well in school so far. As he is challenged more academically ,

we may need to add more support ie. tutoring, but we are very happy

w/ his progress. We live in Essex County, NJ . If you ever want to

talk feel free to call. 973-680-4776 Kris

On Nov 30, 2008, at 8:43 AM, stevenfmom wrote:

> hi,

>

> I have a 4.5 year old son in NJ who is in the preschool disabled

> class.

>

> He has Apraxia, Hypotonia, SID, expressive and pragmatic language

> disorder.

>

> He is showing great improvement in Speech and his sensory issues. Of

> course he goes to 2 sessions of speech and 1 Ot sensory gym session

> outside of school, that give me the best backup.

>

> I am concerned about next year.

>

[Guest guest]

What is a parapro?

Thanks,

Yvette A.

Re: [ ] question about classifaction of my

apraxia son next year in Kindergarten

By pragmatic language disorder do you mean SPLD (semantic pragmatic language

disorder)? My son has a PDD-NOS diagnosis from one doctor with

clarification that it is SPLD (full autism from another and yet others have

said he definitely isn't autistic!) But this diagnosis helped because it

classified him as autistic which got him a parapro. I'm not thrilled using

the autism (mis) diagnosis, but heck I'll use it if it gets him what he

needs.

Like your son he's the non-squeaky wheel and he does get overlooked due to

his wonderful behavior. Having the parapro helped that a lot.

Miche

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 9:43 AM, stevenfmom <alyrochaol (DOT)

<mailto:alyroch%40aol.com> com> wrote:

> He has Apraxia, Hypotonia, SID, expressive and pragmatic language

> disorder.

>

> My son has issues getting his needs met verbally, he cannot always

> bring up the words he needs to say and he is also extremely well

> behaved and usually gets left behind because he is NOT the squeaky

> wheel in the class.

>

[Guest guest]

Para professional. Same thing as an aide.

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Yvette <y.anderson@...>wrote:

> What is a parapro?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Yvette A.

>

>