Issues with the school

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My 7 year old son James was recently clinically diagnosed by the neuroligist with ASD/PDD-NOS. SO I am gonna do my best here to keep this short. First of all I do not totally understand the diagnosis. I understand the abbreviations mean autism spectrum disorder/ pervasive developmental disorder- not otherwise specified. So what I am actually confused about is. What is the differnce between that and if she were to say James has autism?

The main thing I need help with is an IEP meeting was held on May 18th for James at the school. At the school level they diagnosed him with emotional impairment. I did not sign the IEP because I wanted the final diagnosis from the neuroligist first and also because I have had many many issues with the school in the past few years and they have him on a very unstructured plan that I am not happy with. So my question is why does a school not have to follow a clinical digagnosis ? and what can I do to make them come up with something other than what they already have.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Elizabeth

Hello, and welcome to the forum.

We have a nice welcoming basket for you full of cookies. The problem is you gotta find them and they are very well hidden. I am still looking for my basket.

Anyways, I unfortunately have no advice for you about this issue, but I can suggest something that may help. Try posting your question on the parents forum:

http://www.wrongplanet.net/forum19.html

That is the forum devoted to all things parent/autie child related. You will probably get more specific advice there then in this general forum. Also, you may want to send a personal message to somebody called 'Natesmom'. She is a professional special education counselor as I understand it. She will probably be able to help you figure out the details of IEPs, and all that other school related stuff.

I'm just gonna bump this to the top so the OP can find it.

Good idea / advice

I just posted in parent discussion. Thanks for your help