01-22-2008, 04:17 PM
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Yes keep him home til he's 6.
In my district students do not qualify for ESE services and headstart is ESE or Title 1, unless there is at least a 25% lag in a developmental field. It seems as if in many areas he does not meet that sort of criteria but that the OT may think she is "helping" by labeling him with the sensory issues. We know sensory integration is directly tied to a student's ability to master higher level concepts. At the Title 1 schools in my district all K student sare given 30 minutes of sensory integration activities daily. Of course it's fun and the kids love it.
In my district parents have right of refusal of services even after testing. However refusal is all or nothing. So here if you refuse OT the speech disappears too.
I'm not able to speak from a non-biased place on these issues. I was an early interventionist for 8 years. I am also the mother of a child with disabilities. Albeit many less disabilities than he had initially thanks in part to the services we took part in when he was very young.
Currently we are continually asking our children to do things they are not developmentally ready for. Schools know it, and teachers know it and everywhere we go we tell everyone that it's wrong. However we do not have the power to change it. Parents do. The last PTA meeting I went to there were 12 teachers and 4 parents. If parents don't put a stop to all this it will continue.
In my district students who get into preschool on ESE or Title 1 are usually labeled DD with no specifics. The once in school at 6 their label has to be reviewed to see if any further diagnosis is needed or have they simply caught up.
Not sure any of it helped but I understand where you are coming from.
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