On Friday last week, we re-convened the case conference for my son, Andrew. The principal let my husband and I "air our concerns". We all decided to focus on the Communication Disorder category of eligibility, instead of the Autism Spectrum Disorder category. They claimed that the speech eval from the hospital was a medical model, not an ( Read more... )

Well I think I've cooled off now to write about the meeting from hell. To make a long story short, the committe members denied Andrew services (speech, OT, and adaptive PE) based on the results of their psychoeducational testing. Their testing indicated that Andrew will be able to access his education despite his HFA diagnosis from Dr. Smith in ( Read more... )

That time of the year is here again. IEP meeting time. I believe Jake's meeting will go without incident. He is doing so very well; I have almost no concerns. I would even be receptive if it's decided that he doesn't really even need an IEP for next year. He doesn't need adaptive PE anymore; I think his fine motor skills are age appropriate now ( Read more... )