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Not the OP, but could you please elaborate more on CAPP? I asked I&T about CAPP and understood that it is only for children with an Autism diagnosis..My DC has the diagnosis and she will turn 3 this year and so we have to tour the PEP classes..I am also interested in knowing more about CAPP..my DC has a lot of behavioral issues and language is now in 2 word phrases but she keeps repeating words over and over or keeps singing rhymes all the time. I was told that based on her skill set in a couple months we will know whether she will qualify for 5hr PEP or 10 hr or 15 hours or 25 hours and county decides this based on the evaluation..I thought as parents we have the right to choose what her class she can go to if she already has a diagnosis..a bit confused..[/quote]

Hi there, I posted about CAPP back in November. I personally think CAPP is far superior to PEP, and is likely the best autism pre-school program in MOCO. They do ~23 hours of ABA a week, and intermixed they have ST, OT, and if necessary, PT. My son is in school for the entire elementary school day, which on occasion is exhausting for him, but he will take a ten-minute power nap in the day if he really needs it.

The PEP program does not do any ABA. To be honest, I am not entirely sure what happens in that program, but it is not at all rigorous, and it is generally half-a-day. i know that there are a bunch of different PEP programs, and one of them is all day, but again, you will see them when you do the tour. As well, ask that they give you a tour of the CAPP program as well. our family did both, and we recognized immediately that CAPP was the much better fit for our son.

Without doubt you can fight for your kid's placement at the IEP meeting. This weird misdirection from your I&T coordinator is very frustrating to hear, as I did not experience any of that. Your child DOES NOT even have to have an autism diagnosis to get into CAPP. Also, you have to make it very clear to your I&T person that CAPP is where you want your child to be (if this is what you end up wanting), and that is the placement that is most appropriate for her. [/quote]

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