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[quote=Anonymous]I find it interesting one of the PP assumed needing an aide meant behavior problems. People use an aide for so many reasons with a kid that young. I haven't heard of it used in a private special ed setting, but an aide is sometimes used with a child on the spectrum in a regular preschool setting to help a child process language, follow directions and function well in a regular size class.

Now that you have provided more info, my first choice would be an inclusive preschool or one with an aide. We found several church preschools near us open to inclusion even though they didn't have a formal program. I would start preschool as soon as possible. I think the more exposure to typically developing kids the better. You can always do other interventions before and/or after preschool and on days when your child doesn't have preschool.

If a traditional and/or inclusive preschool doesn't work out or isn't enough then you might look into the more specialized preschools mentioned. They are expensive and the cost may be prohibitive, but if it isn't you get a very small class size where every teacher has special education training. People don't need aides for processing there because the school personnel are well trained and the class size is so small. Re:behavior issues-even if that is the case, your child is still in the 2s and you are getting intervention so it is hard to know what will go away with OT and ST, what is age appropriate, etc.

One last piece of advice if you go the private route-do a search on here and/or talk to a developmental ped or school consultant. At some schools it is better to describe the child's strengths and weaknesses in detail, but omit an autism label even if what you describe is an ASD. We found regular preschools very open to the word autism, but we were told with some private SPED preschools the word autism scares people even though there are kids on the spectrum thriving there.
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