Motivated_Mom

My 2yr old son gets services bc he is on autism spectrum. Currently receives 1 hr/wk of each special instruction, speech, and OT. He has made some progress that past year. Turns 3yrs in July, just had his transition IEP meeting. They're really skimping on services I think. Their first offer is 30 mins/wk of each and they want itinerant services. I’m not going to be able to get him to their school bc my husband and I both work FT. What’s the most sure fire way to get him into their delay classroom? My thoughts: 1)their offer cannot feasibly be carried out so it would equate to no services. 2)he benefits from consistentcy and repetition- 30 mins/wk is not consistent enough. Don’t know where to go from here - All I know is I told her I disagree that this plan meets my sons needs.

Tysm for clarifying. That’s odd because he has been in this classroom since the SY began, but they’re just now adding it to the IEP (he did just have a RR). He’s at our neighborhood school in a classroom ranging from 1st-5th graders.

What is the purpose of this new SDI?: _____ will realize meaningful educational benefit from placement in a classroom in which the age range of students exceeds the range prescribed by law because (a) the placement will ensure continuity of instructional grouping in a setting as close as possible to his home; and (b) the developmental and institutional levels and needs of the students in this setting are within an appropriate enough range of each other to enable appropriate group instruction to occur

After a re-evaluation I got an invitation to develop a new IEP (even though he already has an IEP). Is it technically a new IEP?

He has always been OHI. I do not see that changing, even if she does think autism should be included in there somewhere. He is medically complex with a feeding tube. I’m not sure the autism would change much in fact, he is very much globally developmentally delayed, with the sensory needs and the communication issues intertwined. I’m not sure where the benefit would take us either, aside from hopefully helping them understand his specific needs a little better. The placement piece is where I’m scared, I don’t want them to try to push him out to a different school based off that alone. He is currently ~60% life skills class & ~40% gen Ed at his neighborhood elementary school.

My son has trisomy 21 and I believe could also have autism (my younger son was just diagnosed and he displays signs for a dual diag). I told the school I’m working on getting him evaluated for it (don’t know the timeline yet). The school psychologist said she could work in 1-2 additional autism-specific assessments during his re-evaluation he’s due for anyway. Is there anyway agreeing to this with them could back fire on me? We do not have an official diagnosis for Autism yet, but I do think he could have it. She said she cannot make an official diagnosis BUT could see if he meets the ‘educational criteria’ for it.

It has to be a day/time that works for you (and gives you time to do your background work), so I would just say you cannot make that date work and propose a couple others that you can make and are maybe a couple weeks out!