Advice Needed

[Guest guest]

I'm wondering if you or anyone in the group has any ideas as about

this. I just finished my first IEP eligibility meeting and they say

my 1st grade Son does not qualify for special services... I'm only

asking he be put into social skills group with an emphasis on

pragmatics and social communication as well as coping skills for

sensory overload. During school testing he was in the 97% for

verbal and suprisingly did fairly well on problem solving (although

he is having trouble in math, spelling and class participation). He

keeps it together all day and has a tantrum(s) when he gets home.

Shows atypical behaviors like topic perserverance and hand flapping

especially when anxious or stressed. Says he wishes he was not

alive every couple of weeks during a tantrum and for a week straight

when bullied on the bus by older kids early in the year (1st grade)

and last year. Had issues with hypersensitivity to smell and

noise... threw up before going on the bus and after getting off due

to nerves and I later found because he was sitting near the garbage

can as they sat him in the front of the bus to avoid bullying.

I stated that I have been doing role playing at home with social

skills, but cannot do a group of peers scenario. Teacher said he

talks to whichever child sits directly across from him and usually

when it's a boy, but doesn't talk to the children on the sides. Is

this common and does it have to do with sensory issues or something

else?

I'd narrowed down my requests to very reasonable ones and have been

treating him during the IEP evaluation process (GFCF, suppliments,

ThreeLac, role playing social skills, treadmill/PT, handwriting

practice, etc...) and he has been improving. The Pediatric

Neurology Doctor only met him once, but made some suggestions and

mentioned she didn't think the school assessment seemed acurate.

I've requested an IEE at public expense so we'll see what they say.

Thanks for any input you have,

Bill