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Hello, I'm hoping I am in the right place, and can find some advice here. I have

an 11 year old (6th grade) that is being tested for Asperger's in February. He

is a true vision of Asperger's...my sister has 2 Aspie boys, and all three boys

are clones of one another behaviorally.

My son lives with me, my husband (his stepdad) and my older daughter (13). He

rarely sees his dad now, but did live with his dad/stepmom last school year, and

did ok. He will NEVER go back to live there due to the horrid environment we

found him living in.

THis year quite simply, has been hell at school. We just had his 3 year eval for

IEP. He has been receiving ST since age 4, his diagnoses are/were ADHD, SPD,

Depression, Anxiety, and mild CP. I finally got them to bring back his OT at

school, who initially was there for handwriting. That has done no good at all.

Her focus now will be keyboarding. His SPED teacher has some fidgets and other

OT sensory things, but is obviously not trained in that nor uses them properly.

He also feels he is bullied all the time, part of it is true, but part of it is

his social perceptions.

Most recently, he has been " not participating " in class. He has gone from A's

and B's to D's and F's. He is on his 4th day of in school suspension tomorrow

for not participating in class. They are aiming for expulsion, which is soon if

not this week if he has another ISS.

He has a behavior plan but doesn't react to rewards anymore. If he gets

expelled, I don't know what I will do. And because of his IEP, we can not open

enroll him in other school districts. I have tried.

So the obvious answer is to homeschool him. Now I'm not being selfish but in 6

months I will have completed my bachelor's degree. In a year from now I will

have $600/month student loan payments. I HAVE to work! Either that or my

children will starve!

I'm lost as to what to do. Rural SOuth Dakota is not conducive to children with

disabilities, and I'm frustrated beyond belief. HELP!