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Questions about school department transition

kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member
edited September 2013 in Special Needs
1. Can school psychiatrists diagnose asd? I know as part of the transition process that's one person who evaluates. We have our neurodevelopmental pedi appointment next month and she's pretty convinced she's not on spectrum due to functional/pretend play skills but I'd love a second opinion. I know I could get a referral from her but I'd rather not have her go through two different evals if its not necessary.
2. I'm probably putting the cart before the horse here, but I was hoping for my daughter to get a placement in the inclusion classroom that's composed of nt/sn kids. My service coordinator was saying how she'd likely be placed in a self contained classroom and if she improves that might be something for her for the following school year. I'm not really sure what kind of needs end up in contained classrooms (and can't ask her since we're getting a new service coordinator since she resigned) and what about her profile made her think that placement would be appropriate. Can you give me some insight on this?
3. How do you feel about iq testing on 3 year olds? I know this is something the school psych does. I'm considering opting out of it. Talk me into it (or tell me I'm doing the right thing).
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  • kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member
    Ah, maybe I will look into a private psych then. It seems like all the testing she's had to done to date is pushing her to perform and it frustrates her. If its a much more casual testing with more questions for me/observing her that's not a big deal.
    When I say functional play its playing with toys the way they are mean to be played with. If you give her a train she would bring it to a train track, push it and say "choo choo" as opposed to fixating on the wheels. I don't believe her pretend play is a learned behavior from her brother--he's never been into taking care of baby dolls and she will feed them a bottle/pretend food from a plate with a spoon, put them to sleep, use a doctor kit to take blood pressure/listen to heartbeat/give shots/bandaids etc. beyond dolls she also has a play kitchen, will use a toy broom/mop/vacuum, will help my dh fill in holes with her toy shovel, etc. it doesn't seem to be scripted--when i interrupt her play to join (or a therapist does) and add something else she would happily let me join in and will mimic. She has completely typical, age appropriate play skills.
    Our school district tends to house the majority of kids in inclusion classrooms and the minority in more self contained classrooms. Her social skills with kids/adults are also considered average so that's not something she currently needs extra support with. She has severe language delays. She is very interested in other children and has obtained a lot of skills from mimicking what her peers do in groups she's currently enrolled in so I'd hate her to lose out on that. If the master plan is to put her in an intensive language program I will definitely look into private play based preschool for the pm.
    In terms of why I'd want to opt out, I feel like it would be inaccurate due to language delays and it could cause unnecessary worry. I wouldn't doing it when she's a few years older if she still is as delayed as she is now-just not now. The link was helpful along with the other info--thanks.
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