Dd’s Services | Autism PDD

I'm just curious if everyone thinks dd's services are decent. She is in K this year in a mainstream classroom with primarily push-in services.

She is getting RSP 5 days a week for 1/2 hour each day.
Speech 2x a week for 1/2 hour each day.
OT for 1 hour a week for sensory and fine motor.

Are these decent for a higher functioning child? My dd was just dx a month ago and I'm not sure if her dx changes what I should ask for being as she had a autistic-like qual. on her IEP in April.

I have read a lot of posts about ABA and have no clue really what that is. Is that something she should get? Is it just for behavior issues? She does not have stims or behavior issues.

I don't want to overload her because she thrives around her peers. I do want to be sure she is getting what she needs.

I also have her enrolled in ballet 1 day a week for 1 hour to help work on more of the gross motor skills. She does not qualify through the school for gross motor but still could use some help with balance and coordination.

I'm also looking into getting her a into a pragmatic speech group outside of school.

That sounds about right to me hun

the OT could do with bumping up a bit

but for HFA yes its sounds good

what they tend to do with HFA and AS is give then room to breath to see if skills have been picked up and used in the right context

where has with low functioning autistic children need constant prompting

shell

my son doesn't have stims or real bad behaviors but we do ABA 27 hours/
week. we do it privately. around here i won't get it via the school system.

what are her speech sessions like? when my son was in the pre-K
classroom his speech was "group" and that was not good enough. he has
severe articulation problems and needs 1:1. plus he is shy on top of
having problems with peers so there was no way he was working well in a
group. now we do 1 hour 1:1 1x a week and then she sends me off with
parent training and things to work on during the week with our ABA team.

as for an IEP, make sure there are clear measurable goals in it. a lot of
times they don't like to have "measurable" goals b/c it is a lot of work and
a lot of taking data, etc. i also find that mainstream teachers do not really
know how to work with an IEP and they themselves need training so keep
on top of that.

hope some of this helps. as for the amount of services that is something
you need to determine for the level of your child. even though our son is
"mild" we pound him with therapy with the hopes that by the time
kindergarten rolls around he can go in without an aide and maybe
without an IEP in place!

Lit sound great to me. if she can learn and participate well in an nt group enviroment i think what your are doing sounds just right.bonus,

Her goals are very measurable. I'm not sure if it is a product of the two districts we have been in or just being in CA, but they are generally pretty specific here with the goals.

We have lucked out with her K teacher. She is very willing to learn and use ideas from the special education staff. She also has been good about meeting with me before school started and keeping me updated since school started.

Dd does not have an aide nor do I feel she needs one at this time.

On a side note, I think I have to take a break from thinking about all this. I have been having dreams about special education the last few nights!