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[quote=Anonymous]My 3 year old boy has global developmental delay (expressive & receptive language, cognitive delay, and minor social-emotional delay) since he was 2 year old, and I have put him in a regular preschool for six months already. He is friendly & loves to play with adults/kids, willing to participate in every classroom activities, but sometimes has some disruptive behaviors (e.g. not sitting at circle time, fight toys with other kids, doing his own things as a weirdo, eat really slow at mealtime etc). Good thing that the preschool teacher (non special-need trained) & director have been accommodating & we have been trying to work on those behaviors as goals. He is happy being there, and he is talking a little bit more and playing more interactively with other kids in his classroom. He is also in PEP program that school bus come pick him up/drop him off from this preschool, and we also supplement him with outside private speech therapies.

Here is the question, he is just recently diagnosed with HFA a week ago, and I have notified his current preschool already. They are fine with it because my boy's behavior is not too disruptive, and the director/his teachers are also surprised with the diagnosis too. My boy greet them every day when he sees them at school with hug & words like "Hi!", "Bye", "I love you"!. He is a sweet boy. They say he acts like a normal kids just on the naughty side sometimes, and with language delay. However, I have been suspicious of him autistic long time ago because he has some repetitive behaviors, loves abc/numbers, and speech delay. I am surprised with HFA diagnosis because I thought HFA kids have no language delay problem.

With HFA diagnosis, does that mean I should consider putting him at a special-need preschool with more supports, eg. Karasik, Ivymount etc because they have more expertise & supports? He is learning in current preschool, and he loves it.  Even he is learning at his own rate (slower than other average kids), but I see progress over time, trying to catching up a bit. I hesitate to change his preschool because he loves it there & I am satisfied with the current preschool, but I am also concerned that maybe special-need preschool may help/support him more even though I hear mixed reviews about those special-need preschool (strict enrollment, some teachers/directors are not that nice/accommodating, and many kids with different special needs are sometimes put in the same classroom). What factors should I consider? Thanks![/quote]

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