Haven't been here in quite a while. My son has dx of PDD-NOS and ADHD. He recently had the ADOS completed through the school district and did not meet the cut off for autism or an ASD. The district attributes most of his problems to ADHD, although knowing my son and through therapy, we strongly disagree. Most of his behaviors are anxiety driven .
Trevor currently has 3.5 hours of pull out services for ELA and math. He has reduced assignments and a much smaller class size. He is doing well, but I've noticed he is also not being challenged. It's frustrating to me that he can do the work the rest of his peers are if only there were not 31 kids in the room. Is there anything we can do to challenge him academically a bit more? We have a meeting on 11/2 to discuss the ADOS and other issues.
Re: Finding a balance?
Excellent points Auntie. Last year was so difficult for all of us. His anxiety was through the roof due to both being overwhelmed academically and the huge class size. I think I will just let the academics slide just a little this year and focus on the social difficulties (no real services in place arghh). The school does seem to have a one size fits all IEP, which should not be the case, but as a teacher I know just comes with the school being overwhelmed. In general, I am happy with the progress he has made since last year and Trevor seems to enjoy school.