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I had my son's IEP determination meeting yesterday morning.

I carefully listened to all the reports, including the woman who summarized the neuropsych report that I had done privately over a period of 9 hours (not through the school), as if I had never heard it before. I gently told her I spent a great deal of time with the doctors when she asked me if I had any questions about the report (eyes rolling...).

At the end they told me my son was not eligible for special services.

They all looked as if they were waiting for an explosion.

I smiled and said "I agree" and I heard a huge sigh of relief throughout the room (I have a reputation of being a pain-in-the-butt, disagreeable parent). LOL.

He is doing so well RIGHT NOW, this year, this year, that he doesn't require any special services at all. I am very happy to report this!! !! !

So glad to hear your son is doing well!! !! !!

I'm glad he is having a good year!

Are you getting any accommodations in the IEP, even if you aren't getting any services?

I've had a hard time letting go of my son's services as he's graduated from needing them, mostly because I worry they can't come back if things change. But, you know, we get to go through this every single year, and if things change, we CAN get the services back. So, yes, sometimes we do smile and say, "yes, I agree, we don't need any services." It does feel good

That is fantastic! (not that I think the school system's idea of "help" is worth crap in the first place).

I'm Aspie with two sons who are spectrum. My older son (4) went through for an early-intervetion program (eligible due to having a speech delay) which did nothing for him at all. I knew more than the therapists who came to help him and all they could do was telling me "you're doing everything you're supposed to." I'm working with him personally to get him to the point he hopefully won't have to deal with any of the IEP crap when he gets to school age. Too many bad school systems and not enough caring teachers.

I'm glad that your son is doing well, dealing with teachers and fighting for IEP accommodation is insane.

That is fabulous news! I know you must be over the moon!

Alright!! !!

That's great! It's nice to hear good news.

Excellent news!

Wonderful news all around!

They're phasing my son's aide out right now... it's a little scary but I can't help but agree that he doesn't need her like he used to and it's probably better not to have her if he doesn't need her.

I am always worried my son will regress. This scares me because the IEP process is so long! That's why I made it clear that I agree right now.

I can see why it could be scary to have the IEP phased out, but that's a good thing!

My son's almost completely phased out too. He's got one week left of PT and that's it, for now. I've been reassured that if new problems arise, that we can always revisit potential services. It's a lttle scary to let go, but I think that's sort of the theme to parenting .

Excellent Number5! BTW - LOVE your name, "Number5".