question about classifaction of my apraxia son next year in Kindergarten

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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.

I have in my a typical preschool 3 X a week and special ed each

afternoon. He is doing wonderful in the typical preschool with 20

children. The typical preschool teachers are extremely organized and

structured, which works for my son. He knows what to expect even

during play-time and is doing well socializing under structured play.

Academically (non verbal) he is over a year ahead of himself.

I wanted to hear from others about what the road ahead looks like:

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.

If he looses the classification and only receives a 504 for speech

and PT, I am afraid of him getting completely lost in the system and

his needs will not be met.

I would love to hear from others as to what their children did at

this timeframe in their lives and if any of them do not have the

classification and how it works for them etc. Also how the

classification does work for them?

Thanks so much,

Alyssa F

4 1/2 year son

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