5 year old on the spectrum, where should Mom begin?

babyontheway
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:14:53 +0000

Regardless of what was or was not mentioned in the brief and initial meeting, it would still be beneficial as a frame as reference to understand whether diagnosing LDs/medication/etc was a common and prevelant activity at the school or something uncommon and infrequent.

And whether or not medication will eventually be suggested for the OPs kid, many kids are medicated today and many of those have LDs. Whether or not hyperactivity will be diagnosed in addition to Aspergers remains to be seen. It very well could be, or not.

I’m a big advocate of listening and learning all the information that one can. In this case, learning the schools position and frame of reference would be very valuable.