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[quote=Anonymous]On pre-school -- please ask your federal agency what preferences they have for daycare.  Many federal agencies have daycare onsite or nearby, and for each one, certain federal agency/agencies have "top" priority, then if there's still open space any federal worker, then to the broader list after that.  For example, there is a daycare at the Federal Energy and Regulatory Agency on N. Cap near Union Station that we used (6+ years ago).  It is run by Bright Horizons company.  We were pretty happy with it.  It prioritizes FERC employees, but my DH is Peace Corps and we got in.  There are many other federal daycares on the hill (Senate, House, Dept. of Justice and more) plus private ones like at Georgetown Law (a great daycare).  Although there are "waiting lists" it really depends on when slots open and who is on the list with what priority. Early infant slots are hard to get and many more have openings at 3,4,5 because parents are pulling kids from the daycare and putting them into preschools in their neighborhood to make neighborhood friends or in public school, i.e. free preschool).  It is worth calling around.  You might get lucky.  Use the OSSE webpage and click on "child care connections" to search by zip code and qualifications (some of which are "deaf," "speech/language impair." etc.)

On River School -- you may be able to get some back door information by contacting "Chattering Children" which is a deaf/speech lang. service provider run by they audiologist who services River School.  Her name is Julie Verhoff.  Try calling to say you are scoping out services for your child and ask questions about River School and public schools too.  Chattering Children clearly has a contract with some area publics to provide speech/language/hearing services.

You must have an IEP for early intervention in your home state already, yes?  You might also want to look at close-in suburban MoCo schools and what MoCo offers in the way of hearing/language services under an IEP.  Ask MoCo specifically for IEP or income eligibility for preschool for 3+ up.  My impression is that deaf parents are happy in MoCo -- but not sure if that is accurate.  I have an older child with a SLD in writing and expressive language, and have not been impressed with what the school/teachers can actually provide, but that is a different type of disability.  I am not sure that any district really knows how to teach to my DS's particular profile.  But, whatever he gets is certainly better than what he could've gotten in DCPS.  Close-in MoCo requires a metro commute, which I think would fall within 30 minutes if you are in Sil Spring or Bethesda.  Trade off would be smaller living space/apartment.  Good schools for the 5 y.o. in general though.  Many parents say that Bethesda Elementary (mere blocks from Bethesda metro) does really well with special needs kids, so something to think about long term when your 3 y.o. ages up to elementary school.  [/quote]

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