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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Have you talked to LEAP.  We went through LEAP for two years.  There was a range of kids, some having more behavioral issues and some very clearly related to speech.  They are not looking for perfect children.  They are looking for children who have language delays.  Most kids at 3 have some behavioral stuff due to the lack of understanding via receptive language and not being able to express their needs.

You could hire a nanny.  Maybe the Maddox or KTS school but they are very expensive.  There are not a lot of good options for language kids.  In the summer there are some very expensive language summer camps but other than PEP, LEAP or the expensive special needs school, there is very little.  Some privates preschools are more flexible than others.  I cannot imagine working between the school and therapies but obviously some do it.[/quote]

I've spoken to LEAP, was on the waitlist, but they told me that the behaviors I was describing aren't the behaviors they would normally want to have in LEAP. MCPS also wouldn't allow us to even discuss the Speech and Language Preschool option at our IEP meeting because of the extent of the behavior (hitting, pushing, and tackling, no biting).

Maybe what I really want is for MCPS to have some PEP parent conference across all the programs so that parents could at least have support from each other. I know there are conferences at individual schools, but we're assigned to a school where the majority of PEP parents are Spanish-only speaking, and we don't speak Spanish. We feel like outside of PEP, it's hard for our DC to have social experiences with peers, which is why it would be nice to have that full-day option that isn't 1:1 with a nanny or SAHP.[/quote]

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