UPDATE: Already Referred for IEP -- What Do I Need to Know, help please!
DS had a great first week, madly in love with kindy and kindy teacher . . . but it is only day 5 and they scheduled an IEP meeting for us. A little unnerving for us! He did not make it through the speech screen - - he has moderate articulation issues, she thinks above level on the "language" part so didn't bother to test. The worrisome thing to me is that his handwriting is far worse than his speech. Far. Not to mention that while he has been improving he would benefit from some social skills and emotional regulation help as well. And we would give it 50/50 he has some sort of reading/dyslexia type of issue though I don't think that can even be diagnosed for another year. It is mostly the disconnect between his level of reasoning, problem-solving, math, etc and the letters/phonetics that has given us pause.
Anyhow, I have my first IEP meeting next week. DS will def. be rec'ing 2 pull-outs per week for speech therapy. Now that I have an IEP can I request OT for him? DS has a private OT evaluation mid-month at his preschool's recommendation and I am 99% sure he will score quite low on that evaluation.
Does the IEP work as an "all-in" where I can now request OT? They told me initially when I called last spring that OT was only covered if the child has an IEP. But, now I will have an IEP, right? Or do I need to establish some third disability??
Also any other advice for the IEP meeting? TIA!