Well, if the school will foot the bill, then I think it might be worth a try. Perhaps this tiebreaker person would have suggestions that would improve things for your DS, even though the school doesn't. I think it's a little unfair to ask the school NOW for what changes they would make with a Dx of Aspergers (if they are willing to pay - and I think that they might be required to pay in a situation like this) because there isn't any specific set of accomidations for Kids with Aspergers. I believe that the expression is 'If you've seen one child with Aspergers - you've seen ONE child with Aspergers.' So perhaps the tiebreaker specialist would have some reccomendations (or listen to you and adopt yours as his or her own) and that would have some weight with the school?
It's possible at least.
I have seen kids use the Aspergers diagnosis to get gradeskips and subject accelerations. Along the lines of 'since we can't met his social needs, we had better at least met his academic needs.' and 'since he can't control his behavior as well as regular kids, we had better not stress him by underplacing him academically.' Hard to believe that works, but I've seen it happen!
Best Wishes,
Grinity
Thank you so much!! I didn't even think about the other side of it. My head is still spinning from yesterday's meeting.
I don't feel he could emotionally handle another grade skip. I feel that he and I are kind of stuck, between a rock and a hard place.
If he does receive a Aspergers Dx, that may be a way to get the school work he needs, but if he doesn't get the Dx, where do I go from there??
The school is sending me a list of doctors. I told them I would only take him to a doctor that specializes in "smart" kids.(I avoided the term, gifted, since I don't have an IQ test) They all knew and greed with that commit, even his teacher said he was gifted.
BTW, the school will pay for the tests.
