Question for you from a family that is just starting down this road

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We had our first meeting today with the Special Ed. Coordinator,

School psychologist etc today at school and they said that after they got the

results back from my daughter’s Psych-Ed tests, they would do others and

the results would determine whether she qualified for Special Education

assistance. One of the things that they said that they would be looking at are

her grades. She is pretty much an A/B student with some Cs. If she doesn’t

qualify for Special Ed, what types of things are out there to help us?

Theresa

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It's likely she suffers from poor social skills - which is not academic but can be addressed in school by counseling in a group... my son has this 2x week and we've just signed up for a group outside of school 1x week.You might also make sure they're testing pragmatic language -- which can also be taught by a speech therapist. Once such evaluation is the TOPL- 2.You'll need to think about the areas where the child needs help as every aspie is dfferent and the needs are different. My son needs OT for sensory and fine motor

skills, he needs PT for gross motor skills, speech for pragmatics and an auditory processing disorder and social skills ... PLUS testing accommodations. It's overwhelming to say the least.Good luck, From: theresa <footetm@...>Subject: ( ) Question for you from a family that is just starting down this road , AspergersCircle Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 2:56 PM

We had our first meeting today with the Special Ed. Coordinator,

School psychologist etc today at school and they said that after they got the

results back from my daughter’s Psych-Ed tests, they would do others and

the results would determine whether she qualified for Special Education

assistance. One of the things that they said that they would be looking at are

her grades. She is pretty much an A/B student with some Cs. If she doesn’t

qualify for Special Ed, what types of things are out there to help us? Theresa

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The tests school learning consultants give are unlikely to

reveal common Asperger learning issues. You can request in

writing that because your daughter is diagnosised with AS

you would like to have a nueropschological test done.

Many AS kids do have a very specific type of learning

disorder.

A neuropschological evaluation is considered the " gold "

standard of special education testing. If she has a AS

type learning disorder there is " no " way they can

ignore that.

Read up on Non verbal learning disorder and you will

see the vast array of accomodations that AS kids may

get. My daughter gets them all extra time on tests, no homework,

shorten assignements, small class room with 4 classmates in many

classes, modified PE, social skills training, lunchroom aide etc.

I had to advocate for years.

Once you have the neuropschological test done you have a

major tool for advocacy.

best of luck,

Pam

- In , " theresa " <footetm@...> wrote:

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> We had our first meeting today with the Special Ed. Coordinator, School

> psychologist etc today at school and they said that after they got the

> results back from my daughter's Psych-Ed tests, they would do others and the

> results would determine whether she qualified for Special Education

> assistance. One of the things that they said that they would be looking at

> are her grades. She is pretty much an A/B student with some Cs. If she

> doesn't qualify for Special Ed, what types of things are out there to help

> us?

>

> Theresa

>

[Guest guest]

oopps bye the way my daughter always got A's and scored

above average on state standardized tests. We still got her

classifed and in a special education school. It is so sad that services are

often only put in place if the parents fight for it.

Pam

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> We had our first meeting today with the Special Ed. Coordinator, School

> psychologist etc today at school and they said that after they got the

> results back from my daughter's Psych-Ed tests, they would do others and the

> results would determine whether she qualified for Special Education

> assistance. One of the things that they said that they would be looking at

> are her grades. She is pretty much an A/B student with some Cs. If she

> doesn't qualify for Special Ed, what types of things are out there to help

> us?

>

> Theresa

>