Thanks for all the info

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I thank all of you who responded. I'm at work all day today and

have a lot of information to look at and sort through. At least I

have a direction now. I am going to take him to get more

professional testing and find out for sure. I have ordered books

too, one just arrived. The shock is lessening and my anger is

increasing. My six year old deserves better than a preschool and

this school district is poor at best. I am so disgusted with them, I

really feel they just can't do any better. My initial reaction is to

get him out of there as soon as possible. I do feel they are dying

to ship him off, but isn't that better than him staying with

them? Camelot school in Hoffman

Estates called me and has set up a meeting with to see if

they can met his needs. The director said they have music therapy,

swiming once a month, etc. Does anybody know of someone who has

attended?

Everytime I have visited my son in his present school, he has

been sitting around a table with other children (all verbal) and a

teacher's helper sits right behind him and guides his every move.

They're usually making a craft project. He gets frustrated and might

throw a crayon and the helper just picks it up and does all the work

for him. This is his OT therapy. Yesterday, I emailed this OT

therapist and asked her if she always works with in a group

setting or is there ever any one on one. Also what specific

activities is she working on. Her response, " Yes I see Mikey in

group settings. That is how the program here is-I am part of the

program integrated in the classroom. We work on many activities such

as: cutting, drawing, coloring,manipulating small objects and hand

strengthening tasks. I hope that answered your questions. " Well I

guess she really got specific! Is this normal? They have never been

able to move beyond Mikey conforming to their simple schedule. It's

obvious that he is not on the other children's level and he has made

zero progress. He doesn't sit well for storytime, tabletime, etc.

Should a child be expected to cut out and color a bear before he

knows how to hold a crayon properly?

Sorry for going on and on. You all have helped the light bulb go

off in my head. I will have to fix this mess without this school's

help. THANK YOU....