ESY Criteria/Recommendations/Strategies

[Guest guest]

My son is 6 years old and on the HFA/Aspergers side of the spectrum we believe

(the school has tested and suspected Aspergers and we have been to Kennedy

Krieger but are still waiting on a final diagnosis). We have successful gotten

him moved to a special program in our local school district based on the TEACCH

approach. He has been doing GREAT since we made the move about 4 weeks ago and

really making a lot of progress. We have an upcoming IEP meeting to talk about

ESY services and I wanted to see if anyone on the list knows the criteria in

land for ESY? Does anyone have any experience or recommendations with

various types of ESY services that would be beneficial for a 6 year old

(HFA/Aspergers)? I think the biggest thing that would be a benefit to him over

the summer would be services related to social skills and while we will seek

opportunities on our own we wanted to see what we might be able to do through

the school system (Calvert County). While I realize that regression/recoupment

are one of the primary criteria it does seem like there are other potential

criteria (that vary by state). In my son's case with his age we feel that an

argument could be made on the basis of windows of opportunity. Does anyone have

recommendations in terms of advocating for ESY services?

Thanks!

Guy