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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kindergartner with autism. He's bright and verbal but he has autism-related behavior challenges like lack of flexibility, difficulty transitioning, poor social skills, etc. His neuropsychologist recommended that he go to a school with small classes and a high teacher/student ratio, gen ed setting with pullout and pushin special ed support. Do schools like this actually exist?

So far I've found
-Private schools with resource support, but big classes 
-Private schools with small classes, but no real resource support 
-Public schools with robust special ed, but big classes unless you're in the self-contained classrooms
-Dedicated special needs schools which are unaffordable, don't offer financial aid, and aren't gen ed settings

Am I missing something? I live in Hyattsville.[/quote]

The "soft" special ed schools like Maddux. My now-19 year old autistic child tried almost all those settings and that's what worked best.[/quote]

I haven't found any of these schools that offer significant financial aid. Otherwise I would totally be looking at these. But I simply don't have $20k+ to spend on his school, even if I get to deduct it on my taxes. :/[/quote]

Schools like Ivymount are $80k. If $20k is out of reach, then you'll need to start in public school, with as robust an IEP as possible. "Appropriate" unfortunately doesn't mean "best."[/quote]

I hear this, but the problem is that I don't think the public school has an appropriate placement for him, but I think they will say that they do. [/quote]

The only choices are public schools and private schools. Private schools cost money. For public school to agree to pay for nonpublic, your kid has to fail first.

Disability is expensive.[/quote]

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