So Your Kid's on the Autism Spectrum
After a million follow-ups and other rigmarole (plus some scary mental health challenges related to a peer conflict that became a bullying situation) last school year, we added another layer to the "this is how you must support my kid" saga by learning that DD is definitely on the autism spectrum (not that I'm surprised but it's really nice to have a thing to explain why "the usual" advice doesn't click for us) in the "needs coaching to extinguish harmful behaviors like head-smacking & social skills assistance but does not show additional developmental delays" (I think DSM-V calls it "Level 1")
I have a short list of recommendations/next steps and my brother & SIL will serve as my educational advocates to get the District to fix her IEP and support access (IOW, they're helping me write a re-evaluation request letter; it's been 3 years since her last eval) so she's in a better place to head to high school next school year.
What else should I be doing?
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Liz
DD (3/2010)
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