classroom placement for a very smart aspie

October 24, 2009

Okay, so I am going to an IEP meeting on Monday and decided to check out the

class they are thinking about placing him in because they keep saying he is too

od for preschool (which I donot get. He just turned 5 in August and will be 5

the whole year). Anyway he is extremely smart. Can write his name as well as the

names of others. He can do EVERYTHING on the I can Do It checklist for

kindergarten except read, but he's close to doing that. He is literallly a

genius with numbers!!

Here is my issue. They want to put him in an early childhood class of kids with

autisms...I think on with Aspergers. They are all 3 and 4 years olds. There will

be very little there for him educationally and he will only be with 4 other

kids. They have a very limited schedule...my son will get bored. a couple of the

kids nap the whole afternoon, one for an hour, the other usually sleeps for

30-60 minutes. Levi hasn't taken a nap in 5 years. His little mind is active. He

rests for about 30 minutes in the afternoon when I let him watch tv.

My question is this? Do I allow this for the Iep to get established and

behavioral interventions to get in place, or do I ask for another option? What

so you all think? I just don't feel all warm and fuzzy about this, but I really

don't know what the alternative is, but he definitely needs to be included in a

more normal classroomat some point. He went to preschool last year, undiagnosed,

but the teacher was a natural and we had oll these behovior plans inplace and we

both did the same things ans used the same language and he did well for a good

part of the school year. He really needs a Behavioral intervention plan rather

than just an IEP. Most of his problems are the meltdowns.

Thanks in advance for all you suggestions and advice.

Kelley

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