The past few weeks have been filled with testing. With a doctor's diagnosis of pdd-nos, we now are going through a process for school diagnosis. Last week we had an in home interview, and an occupational therapist watched him at preschool on Friday.
This past Thursday Bryce had the ADOS test. I was pretty nervous for this one, as its an official test and he was monitored by several people while he played with a teacher. And Friday when I picked him up from speech they were testing his pencil grip/handwritting skill.
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| on the way to the ados test. i snuck it in as he often doesn't like me to take "face" pictures :) |
I'm torn and feeling stressed, I'd love for them to come back and say he doesn't qualify for special services and doesn't need "autism" to be added to his IEP. On the otherhand, I've seen the papers he comes home with from speech class, and he is tracing and writing letters. Something private preschool (and myself) and myself has had little success with (public speech + preschool does a good job of keeping things very structured)
Pray for our continued wisdom. For us as parents and for our sweet Bryce. How he will best learn next year, and how we can minimize his anxiety and transitions each day. Prayer that we'll be considerate of peer influences especially as we apply for kindergarten next year (Minnesota has an open-enrollment policy but a lot of the good schools are hard to get into) And for his Momma's peace. I have a meeting Wednesday morning to discuss his results.
7 comments:
Julia we are praying for all of this. This is an intensive process!
thanks amy! what kindergarten did you decide on for david? is he going public or private?
Julia, while it's hard facing the truth of having a child on the autism spectrum, the services provided with that diagnosis will give your little guy the therapy and other things he needs to become all he can be. A lot of children have been mainstreamed later after early intervention has come to work with them, their parents and teachers. The therapists teach everyone the best way to teach the children with autism. Too much therapy is better than not enough! I personally think there is never too much therapy though! I am in your shoes as you very well know that we have 2 girls with autism and Nathan is getting evaluated too this coming week. The worst thing you can do is feel a sense of shame. Just do your best to accept what you can't change and change what you can. Also find a support group. You'll be amazed that other people have gone through and are going through the same things. Don't isolate yourself. And well-meaning people not trained in autism might not know what is best for you or your family. I've found that to be true in our case. I had to do my own research, no matter how loudly, judgmentally and downright accusatory people were. But God knows what is best for Bryce, you and the rest of the family. Take time to seek Him out because God always gives wisdom to those who ask.
thanks ronda! great insight. we will continue to pray for wisdom!
Will continue to pray for Bryce and you and Lee. We Love you all!!
thanks mom, love you too!
Julia, I have put together a website with resources and products that have helped our girls with autism. I'm sure you are familiar with some of them already but there might be others that you could explore whether it would benefit Bryce too. Hope it helps!
http://pageautsim.blogspot.com/
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