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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How are these programs being killed under the veil of equity? I read the article and I came away with they were being killed because of budgetary reasons. What are the equity reasons?[/quote]

I truly don't think there are any, which is what makes me suspicious of the entire "article," which is really just the equivalent of a blog post. It seems that MCPS is phasing out this specific approach, which is sort of a "magnet" for kids with autism. Current kids will finish, but new kids will attend geographically closer programs that serve kids with autism and other learning differences.

Now, I think there's an interesting discussion that folks could bring to the table about whether autism-specific programs are better than programs that serve a variety of kids on the diploma track, but I don't see those arguments being made. More importantly, the insistence that this is about "equity" makes it seem like the author is trying to turn it into a culture war discussion instead of a "how to best meet the needs of kids with IEPs" discussion. [/quote]

The components of this program are already considered evidence-based practice. Removal of this program will eliminate much of what’s considered EBP for ASD programs.

http://www.autismdiagnostics.com/assets/Resources/NSP2.pdf

https://ncaep.fpg.unc.edu/sites/ncaep.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/EBP%20Report%202020.pdf

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exactly. and these are the kids that PP is going to come back here crying about when MCPS decides they can just be mainstreamed and they act out. it’s astonishingly terrible. parents like this program. it should be replicated not gutted. my kid with HFA had on and off very bad behavioral issues mainstreamed in DCPS. he managed to grow out of them (knock on wood) but it was really tough for EVERYONE for a long time. and there were zero, I mean zero, programs for him, or even competent push-in ABA support. It was brutal. My heart really goes out to the Darnestown parents. [/quote]

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