Moms with Child Who Receives WRAP AROUND SERVICES Bec. Child Has as Diagnosis

One thing you can do is, armed with your diagnosis, apply to your county assistance office for Medicaid/Access for your daughter. Having such a diagnosis, you will receive benefits regardless of your income. Even if you have more than enough funds of your own, you will open up programs that would be closed to you. Additionally, once she gets into school, the school district will be able to tap into funds to help with the cost of the additional help she will need to succeed in school. We were told to do this, and it has been a great help to both us and the schools, who have been wonderful. Our son has been kept in the regular curiculum (IE, no "special ed"), with personal aids and programs to help his succeed. AS children are typically very intellegent and just need assistance to help with the focus, social and physical therapy issues that present. Don't worry, she'll likely be fine, but get that federal assistance.

Hi!
My son is also 3 and was diagnosed with Mild to Moderate Autism when he was 2. He is what most consider mild as well. He did the whole Early Intervention routine and is now in an Autism Support Classroom in our school district. Our county also has Developmentally Delayed classrooms which was also an option for us but Wyatt really needed to start at the bottom because of his speech delays. (My girlfriends son is in a DD classroom and is 3 as well.) We currently have what they call Wraparound Services for him as well because of his aggression and tantruming. We have a BSC (Behavioral Support Coordinator) that observed him for HOURS and wrote a plan for him. There is now a TSS (therapeutic support staff) in our home with him on Fridays from 9-2 to help implement this behavioral plan and to go into the community with me.

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Happy Thanksgiving!
L.

Early Intervention is KEY! I can tell you this, listen to and get any & all of the services the rec to you. A good friend of mine has a son who was Dx'd with PDD-NOS and he is now in 2nd grade and the school is unaware of his previous diagnosis! The services he gt were invaluable! Good luck to you and your daughter.

I used to supervise an agency that provided "Wrap-Around" services...

If you have any specific questions, message me. I'd be happy to answer... :)