Recommend a school for an older ASD kid with "behaviors"

[Anonymous]

Anywhere in Washington Metro area. Behaviors involve running when anxious, hitting/kicking if people get in the way of the "escape." So many schools will not deal with this kind of problem. We are dealing with it in private therapy and have mostly eradicated the problem outside of school, but need a school that can work on it and eradicate it as well. Academically normal so don't need LD help, just social/emotional. In a perfect world we would get funded, but that's probably not going to happen, but hopefully we will receive some financial aid. Thanks for any suggestions you might have.

[Anonymous]

What age? My friend has a dc like this who has had a pretty miraculous turnaround in a Fairfax special education ED elementary class. I don't know if they go through middle school.

[Anonymous]

OP, the Exceptional School Fair is coming up on October 28:

http://exceptionalschoolsfair.com/About.html

[Anonymous]

We are in the District. Late elementary, early middle. Anyone know anything about DCPS ED programs? I have been concerned since autism is the primary diagnosis and I don't want to end up in a program that doesn't understand those challenges, but obviously the aggression is the primary concern at this point.

I am planning on attending the fair, thanks. I just find that most of the private special needs schools won't deal with the aggression and especially the flight (which I totally understand, just want to find someplace appropriate). Luckily he doesn't run out of the building, but he does get around.

[Anonymous]

Try the Oakmont primary program at Frost school (Rockville, MD - Aspen Hill area).

[Anonymous]

The Auburn School also has a summer camp program that might be helpful for your DC.

[Anonymous]

I replied to another poster on another thread about considering homeschooling and the OP of this thread asked me to post here. I homeschooled my own DS with Aspergers from 6th -- 8th grade so we could work on both behaviors and academics. His behaviors were more on the line of 'weird' verbal outbursts that he thought were funny, but other kids just thought were weird. He couldn't pick up on the social cues and didn't know when he was being made fun of or bullied. We were in small homeschool groups that let him practice his social skills without being overwhelmed in a large group. We could also pick and choose our groups. He maintained contacts with public school kids with involvement in a local chess club and eventually went back to PS. Homeschooling can be a really good option for kids with disabilities and socially I think it can be more beneficial if it is structured correctly than a large school setting.