Re: Re: Anyone else dealt with CPS yet? - Janice

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The US has special education services (sped prek) for ages 3 through

5. It's a federal law so I think most districts offer something or

pay to send your child to another distrct if they don't have

anything. Also, we have early intervention which is typically through

a MRDD board for those birth thru 2.

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> > He is absolutely too young to self-advocate. Gee, they sure

start

> kids in school in the US young, don't they? 3 seems to be so small

> to be going to school! This must show my age!

> >

> > I started teaching Mark about his dyspraxia when he got his

> official diagnosis in grade 1. It has been a steady process of

> learning self-advocating skills since then. He is very improved

now,

> at the juniour high school level.

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