Guest guest Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Hello Everyone, My son who will be 5 in Feb. is due for his annual IEP and reevaluation planning. He was diagnosed as severe apraxia when he was 2 1/2 years old. He also has sensory seeking behaviors and he has his 2nd neurologist visit with Dr. Cargan next week to determine if he has ADHD or just sensory Intergration Disorder (sensory seeking). Anyway my questions are should I have the LDTC reevaluate him if so Why? and if not why not? He will have his speech reevaluated but I know he has made so much progress here, because he is 85% intelligible. (WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL HIS HARD WORK). Is there any other questions or thing that I should have them put into place before Kindergarten. Thanks for all your help, Dana in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Dana, Is this your son's entry into K-12? Kindergarten I would assume. If I were advising a parent, I would recommend that you request in writing a full psycho-educational evaluation by a psychologist (or neuropsychologist). Although LDTC's have 24 credit hours in specific areas of learning disabilities and testing you can not be sure if they have all the knowledge necessary to rule out all sorts of processing and other neurological issues which may likely be present, but not yet obvious in your child. A psychologist, or I prefer neuropsychologist for any neurological issues, is much better qualified to evaluate your child's true profile in all areas of function and abilities across the board. Apraxia is a neuromotor disability that certainly can result in limited strength, vitality, and alertness. If this is the case it should give your son an OHI (Other Health Impaired) status for IEP, according to federal guidelines- by the way ADHD is written into Federal guidelines as OHI as well. I am pretty sure sensory integration disorder as well can qualify if it interferes with the child's ability to learn and thrive in a school environment in some ways...and if your son is being evaluated for ADHD this is probably the case. Although you feel he has made significant progress at this time, it wouldn't be prudent to remove him from the IEP supports until he has matured. K - 2 years are quite easy for children. The true test is third and especially 4th grade. You may be tempted to remove his supports before that age, but I would hold fast and keep him under the IEP window. As his parents and equal participating members of his IEP team you must agree to release him from the IEP. If you do not, he must remain in the category. It will be much easier for your child to maintain an IEP which can be evaluated every six months (or more if you feel the need) rather than to have to go through the arduous process of re-establishing his status later. Also, many learning and processing issues are not manifested until the child begins more detailed memorization, processing, decoding and more intrinsic problem solving tasks. More of the work is supposition and not so black and white as it is for younger children. It seems like most of the parents on this list have younger children and I am dismayed that they seem to not understand the hurdles they may face in the gradeschool years when the tasks assigned to their children are so varied and multi-faceted. As an advocate, I must say that seldom do we see a child who simply has apraxia. A very good psycho ed report will reveal a good breakdown of strengths and weaknesses. These evals must be done every three years at least, but may be done more often at the parents request or if the IEP team feels there is a need for more frequent testing. As far as having his speech re-evaluated. You want him to have more than 85% intelligibility. As he matures, so will the need for his vocabulary. Language is spoken, written, heard, and read. A good psycho-ed eval should address all areas of language testing, but I would specifically request an eval that is strong in language based testing as well as full scale. Even though you feel he is 85% in speech at this time, try to keep ST included in his IEP as a fail-safe. This can always be looked at later. Just insist that the new environment, transitional issues, etc., necessitate that you maintain what is " working " at this time, rather than a complete change in addition to having him " go it alone " . Hopefully all will flow smoothly. I have seen so many of the other side of the stories that I prefer to err on the side of caution. Good luck, Brigett > > > > Hello Everyone, > > My son who will be 5 in Feb. is due for his annual IEP and > reevaluation planning. He was diagnosed as severe apraxia when he was > 2 1/2 years old. He also has sensory seeking behaviors and he has his > 2nd neurologist visit with Dr. Cargan next week to determine if he has > ADHD or just sensory Intergration Disorder (sensory seeking). Anyway > my questions are should I have the LDTC reevaluate him if so Why? and > if not why not? He will have his speech reevaluated but I know he has > made so much progress here, because he is 85% intelligible. (WE ARE SO > PROUD OF ALL HIS HARD WORK). Is there any other questions or thing that > I should have them put into place before Kindergarten. Thanks for all > your help, Dana in NJ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 > > > > > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > My son who will be 5 in Feb. is due for his annual IEP and > > reevaluation planning. He was diagnosed as severe apraxia when he > was > > 2 1/2 years old. He also has sensory seeking behaviors and he has > his > > 2nd neurologist visit with Dr. Cargan next week to determine if he > has > > ADHD or just sensory Intergration Disorder (sensory seeking). > Anyway > > my questions are should I have the LDTC reevaluate him if so Why? > and > > if not why not? He will have his speech reevaluated but I know he > has > > made so much progress here, because he is 85% intelligible. (WE ARE > SO > > PROUD OF ALL HIS HARD WORK). Is there any other questions or thing > that > > I should have them put into place before Kindergarten. Thanks for > all > > your help, Dana in NJ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 > > > > > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > My son who will be 5 in Feb. is due for his annual IEP and > > reevaluation planning. He was diagnosed as severe apraxia when he > was > > 2 1/2 years old. He also has sensory seeking behaviors and he has > his > > 2nd neurologist visit with Dr. Cargan next week to determine if he > has > > ADHD or just sensory Intergration Disorder (sensory seeking). > Anyway > > my questions are should I have the LDTC reevaluate him if so Why? > and > > if not why not? He will have his speech reevaluated but I know he > has > > made so much progress here, because he is 85% intelligible. (WE ARE > SO > > PROUD OF ALL HIS HARD WORK). Is there any other questions or thing > that > > I should have them put into place before Kindergarten. Thanks for > all > > your help, Dana in NJ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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