I did all this, and more. When Jitter Bug started school he was already on a 6 month waiting list to see our local pediatrician. Another word to the wise. The second you think something may be a little different about you child, get them on a waiting list. It's better to get the all clear from your pediatrician than to wait until life is unbearable and still have to wait for months and months.
Anyhoodle, within a month of starting senior kindergarten Jitter Bug was assigned an EA, put back a year in Junior Kindergarten and put on half days every other day. So on Monday, Wednesday and every other Friday, he went to school for a half day in the morning, and went to daycare in the afternoon, as I was now working full time. On Tuesday, Thursday and every other Friday, he went to day care full day. Yeah, it wasn't at all confusing for the boy that has issues with transitions.
The Pediatrician visit came and went and since Jitter Bug was able to answer questions that the Doc asked him without jumping up and down 100 times, Doc found no need for an assessment. W2TW if the school offers to have their special ed counsellor attend a pediatrician appointment or referral appointment with you it's usually useless and inhibits what you would actually like to say. Just saying.
However even as I was leaving I just knew he was wrong. There was something different about Jitter Bug I couldn't put my finger on, different than many children I had worked with, and I had worked with some doozy's. Always trust your parental intuition, because as you will find out, it's damn reliable
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