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awinky82
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ASD Eval Yesterday
awinky82
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Well, the day finally came. We had my DS ASD evaluation yesterday, and it wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. I came prepared with his current IEP, a list of questions/concerns and a packed lunch for him since the appt was planned for 8:30 a.m. - Noon. He did amazingly well during the speech portion, attention and responses were great and pretty close to what I feel like is his age level. He struggled with the action words, but we knew he hasn't gotten that far yet anyways. The psychologist was next, and although I'm sure she was perfectly competent, she couldn't have been a day over 22. Also, she kind of made me feel like an idiot. She would ask certain questions, then if I offered more then a sentence about the answer she would rush me through and move to the next question. I know I wasn't rampling on forever, I'm pretty brief and concise, but I found myself rushing through and worrying that I missed telling her something important. DS sat nicely and played with her iPad that she offered, which was a nice break. When she took a moment to alert the assistant that he was ready for the play based, I fed him a snack. When they returned to start the play based, they proceeded to put out some potato chips and fruit snacks. It irritated me, since the three of us just had a conversation about how DS was on a gluten free diet, and we were avoiding color/additives as much is possible. So, we had to remove their snack items, and replace them with items I brought. I'm used to this, but both were trying to reason with me that it would be fine 'just this time' which really is not the point of changing his diet. He didn't do so hot with the play based. He didn't pay much attention to the toys or the assistant, except for a few minutes each time she found a toy he did like. He mostly wanted to leave, and finish his lunch-so I'm not for sure they got the best sample of a typical day. So now we just wait, I go back next Monday for the follow-up appointment.
While the day went pretty well, it was still exhausting for both of us. We got in the car, DS almost immediately fell asleep and I had a good cry that it was finally over. It all just makes me sad, confused, worried, angry, every emotion possible-including denial and wondering how I could be cut out for this job of SN mom. I have no idea what the outcome will be. Half of me wants a Dx so that he can continue in full day preschool next year, be eligible for plenty of OT/ST/PT as necessary. The other half believes our OT who says she would be surprised if we got a Dx, and that we need to prepare for that as well. It all just sucks 
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Re: ASD Eval Yesterday
Getting an answer and having a plan in place will help. Hopefully the process moves along quick.