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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP Here -- Thanks for all the helpful responses that actually addressed how to find a shadow.  Craigslist sounds like it will be a good start.  Has anyone had any luck with Care.com?
  
For what it's worth, we're not using the OT for diagnosis.  My son has already gone through the Child Find process and will receive some services in the fall, and we are currently going through a private evaluation to try to put a finer point on what is really going on.  Those processes take time, so I was looking for advice on how to deal with the aggression issues in the interim.  It seems likely that keeping him a school environment with typically developing peers is going to be helpful for him in the long run, and I'm looking for a way to do that.  [/quote]

An full evaluation is a good thing.

Personally, hiring through Craigslist makes me nervous.  I think on Care.com you filter people by those who've at least had a police background check, which doesn't say much.

The purpose of a one-to-one is to help the child replace positive behaviors with negative ones and phase out their own position.  It takes solid training to be a good one-to-one.  I could be wrong, but I think Ivymount is the only SN school that uses one to ones.  So truly I would start there for recommendations.  There are organizations that certify for behavioral training.  That may be another source for an aide.

I would also research the public option and therapeutic or inclusive nursery school options as a fallback.  GL. [/quote]

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