Rusty Ferrell
New Member
Hello:
I have a son who will be 5 years old in two months. He has issues with social and emotional developmental delay according to the special education board. As such he has often misinterpreted social cues from his friends and adults often resulting in a perceived threat and subsequent hitting, pushing, kicking, etc. He was recently expelled from preschool because we just can’t seem to keep his behavior in check. Some days he is good but he can snap and act aggressively in a second. His psychiatrist diagnosed him with ADHD and noted that although he can’t be formally diagnosed until age 6, “he exhibits many of the symptoms of high functioning autism.”
He often cries and screams for what seems to be meaningless matters even for a kid his age. He has a sense of defiance as well and can be difficult to convince him to go along with things. To further complicate matters he has celiac disease and has some digestive issues. We put him in a new private school thinking it may be the environment of the old school he was expelled from. He is exhibiting most of the same behaviors although, his responses are sometimes better since we started Aderall. Recently, the special education committee found him eligible for services because of a “significant social and emotional developmental delay.” Of course the private school does not offer full time classroom based special education where he is placed with two teachers and 6 other kids like the local public school. His current classroom has 20 kids which is a lot of socializing and dealing with a lot of personalities. He continues to not adapt well there.
It’s really hard for us. We are trying to decide whether to do the program where he is at his current school a half of day and goes to the special ed classroom at the other school the other half. My gut tells me just to move him where there are full services all day given his challenges. Although, it will be his third school in 6 months, we now know about the formal recognition of social and emotional developmental delays and the psychiatrist diagnosis as well.
I’d like somebody’s thoughts on this who has a child with autism.
Sincerely,
Rusty
I have a son who will be 5 years old in two months. He has issues with social and emotional developmental delay according to the special education board. As such he has often misinterpreted social cues from his friends and adults often resulting in a perceived threat and subsequent hitting, pushing, kicking, etc. He was recently expelled from preschool because we just can’t seem to keep his behavior in check. Some days he is good but he can snap and act aggressively in a second. His psychiatrist diagnosed him with ADHD and noted that although he can’t be formally diagnosed until age 6, “he exhibits many of the symptoms of high functioning autism.”
He often cries and screams for what seems to be meaningless matters even for a kid his age. He has a sense of defiance as well and can be difficult to convince him to go along with things. To further complicate matters he has celiac disease and has some digestive issues. We put him in a new private school thinking it may be the environment of the old school he was expelled from. He is exhibiting most of the same behaviors although, his responses are sometimes better since we started Aderall. Recently, the special education committee found him eligible for services because of a “significant social and emotional developmental delay.” Of course the private school does not offer full time classroom based special education where he is placed with two teachers and 6 other kids like the local public school. His current classroom has 20 kids which is a lot of socializing and dealing with a lot of personalities. He continues to not adapt well there.
It’s really hard for us. We are trying to decide whether to do the program where he is at his current school a half of day and goes to the special ed classroom at the other school the other half. My gut tells me just to move him where there are full services all day given his challenges. Although, it will be his third school in 6 months, we now know about the formal recognition of social and emotional developmental delays and the psychiatrist diagnosis as well.
I’d like somebody’s thoughts on this who has a child with autism.
Sincerely,
Rusty
