It sounds like you're on the right track. Good work!

You are entitled to make-up service as well.
Request an IEP to determine the need for compensatory services!
Keep up the good work!

Thanks Msmomm

I do get respite for my son through the regional center. I was blessed with two special need kids and as a single parent it sure comes in handy. I will place a call with my coordinator and see about getting him into a social skills class.

Trooper I agree, the school should have an intervention in place. They have been great in doing what is best for my son as well as the rest of the class. My son has been at this new school for only 4 weeks. The district was slow in getting the paper work for his aid and a behavioral specialist in place along with the transfer. The new school was great about putting in an additional support in the class until my son’s 1-on-1 transfers. After several calls and complains to the district that they were in violation per the IEP. I finally got a call back yesterday telling me I can call the agency to have them start immediately.

Hopefully once we get the additional support in place we can see improvement. When things are going great he’s a pleasure to work with.

time4me:

Yes, speak with your coordinator at your Regional Center. They should be able to provide you with names of agencies they use for group social skills. Your Regional Center can provide a lot more information and services than you may think, so definitely "pick their brain" for services.

My son has been going to a weekly Saturday morning social skills class for over a year. He's with other boys around his age, and the facilitator uses different techniques to get the boys to socialize with each other.

You may also be able to request respite care for yourself. Respite care is not a babysitting service, but someone who comes to your home for a designated period of time to take care of your son while you go grocery shopping, or run errands. I utilized that service for a while, until my son matured enough to no longer need that service.

Also, keep on the special ed. person at your son's school to get him the 1-on-1. Your son's outbursts are a safety issue, for both him and the other students.

Also, I know your son is at an age where he probably doesn't want a 1-on-1 shadowing him during lunch and recess, but since he's in a different school, you should put in his IEP that you want the 1-on-1 with him during those times, to help introduce him to other kids, maybe get a conversation going. Many kids with autism and/or Asperger's have a one-way conversation about topics that only interest themselves, and since they don't read "social cues" well, they don't know when to stop. This is where the group sessions help out, to make our kids more aware of these social cues other kids are sending.

Please keep me posted on your son's progress. You can always send me a private message, as well.

Your son's IEP should have interventions in place to help diffuse these situations. This is the nature if the disability. I would call for an IEP meeting to address if they are implementing the necessary supports. If they say they do not have the staff to do it - then they need to find a setting which can accommodate his needs.

Yes my son has an IEP. He transferred out from another middle school and his aid's paper work was not transferred along with him. The V.P. of Special Ed put in a fill in 1-on-1 and the behaviorist should have been in place a month ago. After several calls to the district I got a response and the agency I chose will be there tomorrow. I just feel so bad because he loves his new school and teacher but I guess not having anyone to pal around with and being able to maintain friends is taking its toll. As you know it can be a lonely place for a child with special needs when he doesn’t have others he can relate to.

Thanks for the invite to the two sites I will definitely join. As parents sometimes it can be pretty lonely if you also don’t have others to share and relate to.

I don’t have my son in any social skill classes but I do have a behaviorist come to the house 3 days a week for 2 to 3 hours a day and work with him. They do go over social skills. I guess putting him in a group setting would be ideal. That way he can roll play as well as interact with others in a more controlled setting. Is that something I ask the Regional Center about?

Does your son have an IEP in place? Is he currently on any medication(s) for his ADHD?

I can understand how your son would be frustrated because he really wants to have friends, but cannot connect socially.

Do you have your son in any social skills classes designed specifically for kids on the spectrum?

I have a 12 year-old son who has Asperger's Syndrome, a high functioning form of autism.

If your son has an IEP currently in place, he should have a 1-on-1 aide assigned to him, for safety reasons (his own and others).

I have a group here called Autism and Asperger's Syndrome, and I invite you to join my group:
community.greatschools.net/groups/18940

We also have a group called Learning and Attention Difficulties, which I invite you to join. Many parents have kids with ADHD, and can provide good advice on ADHD-related issues:

community.greatschools.net/groups/11554

Please keep us posted on your meeting with the behaviorist. You can also send me a private message, if you like.