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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, our child has a very similar profile, we just finished up PK3 with DCPS and struggled with the same decision. We chose to stay in DCPS for PK4 with accomodations, because:

1 - The full-time, center-based ABA programs we toured were both depressing, and - practically speaking - too far away to commute every day reasonably with both parents working. Also felt like the RBT's were less qualified than the BCBA our kid works with in DCPS.

2 - The social-emotional aspect. I was homeschooled through high school (without any say in the matter) and dealt with serious feeings of isolation; I don't want my kid to be fully in a home-based ABA program without the ability to interact with other kids in a classroom environment, which is also valuable.

3 - There are other options in DCPS you can explore with higher supports like the 12:6 classroom or CES program, which is ABA based and targeted towards kids with ASD. There's a whole process to get a referral for CES, which can take a long time if you don't have an advocate. General ed is too much for our child, and the pace was too fast and also our child struggled with verbal instructions even with supports.

4 - ABA is still available after school and weekends, if you choose to supplement at home[/quote]

This is not similar. Your experience was 15+ years ago and op would probably just do it for a year.  I absolutely would try it. [/quote]

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