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Let me just say that an ED classroom is the worst possible placement for your daughter.  Are you happy with the school, in general?  Have you asked for a new IEP, now that you have an Asperger's diagnosis?  You need to find a school for her where the IEP team, and teachers are willing to work "outside the box", in order to create the best possible program.  Aspies are tricky to educate:  Usually of gifted intelligence, but learning and socially disabled, with more than a few quirks thrown in for good measure.  Does she have an aide?  If not, this would be something to bring up at the IEP, because I'm sure that she has organizational issues that will only get worse once she starts middle school without the proper support in place.  Please feel free to ask me any questions.  I've been down this road...  J my daughter has an IEP. She has Asperger's too.
 J. gets speech, ot, behavior plan, social help and aid. She is in sped and regular classes. She is also on a sensory diet. We also have a daily chart , with stickers and a communication notebook. That way if J did something I'll know about it and not find out 4 month later, grr like last year..

Welcome to the forum.  I'm so sorry to hear you're struggling to get an appropriate education for your daughter, and struggling to get adequate communication about her schoolday.

The following topic on our forum has resources for improving school-home communication, including sample communication sheets that teachers can quickly fill out daily or weekly.

http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19561&am p;KW=communication

Here's a link to a hundreds of sample IEP goals in various categories

http://www.bridges4kids.org/IEP/iep.goal.bank.pdf

This article is a good introduction to what constitutes a "SMART" IEP:

S Specific
M Measurable
A Use Action Words
R Realistic and relevant
T Time-limited

http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/iep.goals.plan.htm

Good luck with everything!

 

[QUOTE=IBGECKO]Let me just say that an ED classroom is the worst possible placement for your daughter.  Are you happy with the school, in general?  Have you asked for a new IEP, now that you have an Asperger's diagnosis?  You need to find a school for her where the IEP team, and teachers are willing to work "outside the box", in order to create the best possible program.  Aspies are tricky to educate:  Usually of gifted intelligence, but learning and socially disabled, with more than a few quirks thrown in for good measure.  Does she have an aide?  If not, this would be something to bring up at the IEP, because I'm sure that she has organizational issues that will only get worse once she starts middle school without the proper support in place.  Please feel free to ask me any questions.  I've been down this road...[/QUOTE]

Why do you say the ED class is the worst possible placement for her? I think that is what her class is again this year in a private placement. I am not really happy with her placement right now but it is better than last year.I should be receiving the neuropsyche test results this week in the mail. Based on those recommendations I will have her IEP revised should I ask that she be moved mid school year?

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