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[quote=Anonymous]NP here. We were in a similar position, except we had one stay-at-home parent for awhile and one (mild-to-moderate-functioning) ASD child with behaviors who clearly wanted to be in an all-day program. Half-day MCPS PEP wasn't working to keep him regulated the hours he was home. After a year(!!!) of searching for full-day options that didn't require us to provide a 1:1 aide, we found Karasik in Silver Spring and have been thrilled. Our child is happy, we're happy, and we all get to work while he spends all day with other kids with loads of supervision (and he's getting his MCPS services on-site at Karasik).

When he was diagnosed the developmental pediatrician told us that one of us would have to stay home with him until he entered kindergarten because no private program would ever be willing to take him. He really spooked us and we were very upset. Based on our experience speaking to various day cares, we believed him.

I honestly don't know where we'd be without Karasik. We're now a two-income (yay!) household and we are all pretty happy. We do therapies in the evening and I have a flexible job where I can telework on days he has appointments during the day. If we ever do decide to send private therapists to Karasik, we know they are very receptive to in-center therapy. Other things that may interest you about Karasik is that they multiple full-time nurses and there is at least one nurse on-site at all times.

Good luck! It's really hard getting through all of this and I really wish you and your family the best, OP.[/quote]

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