Worried the school will drop our son!

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Hello everyone,

I'm looking for a bit of collective wisdom. Our son started in the Special

Education preschool program this past Sept. He is doing quite well, his speech

is coming along nicely. He is 3.4yrs. old and speech wise rates at a 2 yr. old

level. My concern is he is doing so well in speech that he will now only qualify

in one catagory - physical. He has a great deal of motor planning issues

(Apraxia - motor planning issues), not running or jumping. Again he is about at

a 2 yr. old level. I keep requesting an OT IEP meeting and I keep being told

he's already receiving services by just being in the program. I stated I wanted

something in writing to back up goals etc...

I know May is a long way off but I can't help but be afraid of all the what if's

if they drop us.

I currently have him enrolled in karate and last week two of the 4 yr. olds

made fun of him regarding his lack of running and moving slowly - poor motor

planning. Fortunately our son didn't catch on to their comments but it effected

me considerably. I can't help but wonder what a " regular " preschool could do to

batter his self esteem.

Any thoughts out there?

Tammy

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