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Originally Posted by jeffreys mom Michelle, This is in response to our last posts about services. It seems with your sons dx that he should qualify for more services than he is getting. I remember from a prior post of yours that you said you were still waiting for his written evaluation. Have you received this yet? If not, this is the tool to getting more services based on the recommendation of the dr. doing the eval.
Kolby should be getting ABA services whether it be in your home or in school which addresses many issues including food issues. How old is Kolby? Is he already three? |
Kolby is now 3 1/2 turning 4 in December of this year. In March he just had his 3 year evaluation done and was diagnoised then. Prior to that (his 3 or so hours of therapy) were only based on a speech delay and sensory intergration dysfunction. Since now he has been dx with autism they put him in a class. In fact his first day was today. OMG how hard it was to leave him. I handed him over to the teacher and he covered his eyes. I had to walk away while he cried. I got home, called the teach and she said he was fine. That made me feel better. And OMG was he the dearest little guy when I went to pick him up. He had this big back pack strapped on him and he was walking out of the school like a big proud little man. He thought he was going on the bus and was all ready to do so. He saw me and broke from the line and gave me a hug. But quickly wanted to get back in line to take the bus. I told him next week he would start taking the bus. Well that eliminated my fear about his fear of the bus. Perfect day!!!!
I think things went well today and he even tried to tell me what he played with at the school. Now Kolby doesn't make conversation but it seemed like he was trying. When I asked him what he played with at school he said "Played numbers". Like your son he loves the numbers. They have the foam ones there that he has played with before. So maybe he was trying to tell me where he was cause he thought I didn't know.
Now back to therapy....I knew in my heart that he was autistic the summer of 2004. But when they came to the house to test him, he passed their test.
He did show lots of signs of sid so they have been treating him for that. It saddens me that this all takes so long because Kolby should have had his 3 year evaluation back in December. He would have been placed in this class since then and would have been further along. But it is what it is now.
When your son turns 3, will he have to be evaluated again and be switched to a different program? Under 3 in my area is called early intervention.
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