::Update in Comments:: I had to take a hiatus.

Princess_Lily

I had to take a hiatus, I felt I needed to clear my head and focus my energy on the long process of DS's evaluations, and facing certain outcomes...as well as focus on the impending birth of his little sister - I hope you understand.  Also I think DH & I facing 4yrs of unanswered questions, caused some highs and lows in our emotional state...I'm glad we are at the end of the road on the eval process - but it has caused for many sleepless nights; I'm not sure if this is a common reaction to eval's, but man its been a rollercoaster...

I wanted to give you an update though, since its been months...  DS has ADHD (and possibly some anxiety & ODD signs).  A full gammut of tests were conducted (IQ, LD's, ASD, etc). THere have been several q&a's with us (his parents) as well as his teachers too.  Its been several months, and we're emotionally tired - our last appointment re: the eval is next week.

The doctor was quite impressed with my knowledge of the dx process, and my knowledge of the probable outcome if I had placed DS into the schools earlier - when DS's difficulties were at their peak.   The doctor proceeded to tell me I can get a copy of DS's entire file (including all testing which had been conducted), and an evaluation report so that we could provide the findings to FDLRS, so DS could have the best transition possible when he gets into kindergarten.  Due to DS's defiance issues (some ODD may be present as a direct result of his experiences) a smaller class setting may be suitable for him until he could get a better handle on things, emotionally.

I'm so happy we have a good team around DS - as the doctor confirmed early intervention is the key to helping young children!  I'm glad we went the medical dx route, so we have clear cut answers to what exactly we are dealing with when it comes to DS - its been 4+yrs of unanswered questions!   

kcisthebombdotcom

Congrats on the baby and welcome back!

funchicken

Congrats on your new little one! Having a medical diagnosis has really helped us get services from the school--I hope it helps you, too.

macchiatto

Congratulations on your baby girl!
I can understand how draining the eval process and unanswered questions can be. I hope things go well with getting all the services he needs and then transitioning to Kindy.

Princess_Lily

fredalina: Oh man, but how is school going for your daughter.  Well I hope. This process is probably the most nerve-wracking, because you want answers when all you can do is be patient and wait.

Auntie:  I'm prepared for this to be an ongoing process, BUT I'd much rather have the medical knowledge in front of us, so we could make the best decisions necessary.  As DS gets older we/he could handle any problems he may see head on later. We figure any official medical knowledge we receive will only help him (and us help him), but it also may bring up challenges too, who knows.  Regarding your questions about theIEP/504...as soon as we have the official documents (this week or next) we plan to submit them to FDLRS.  A rep there said that since we received a private evaluation from a medical doctor, they won't eval but help with placement.

We are very fortunate, because the doctor that we are working with has worked for many years in the school DS is planning on attending (a public school).  I'm not sure what *exactly* will be provided, but one step at a time right?