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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should focus on what would be a good fit for your actual child rather than "top" preschools. This is a bigger issue.[/quote]

Hold up a second and hard no on this.
1- I live in nyc and kid at private and at least 50% of boys in ny privates are asked for evaluations. It’s partly an insurance policy in case they need to counsel out to keep their tt/ ivies emissions in shape 
2 - many of our kids fall into a neurodiverse category now more than ever. We should never assume too tier privates can’t accommodate that - it depends on the kid. Pretty sure if they were at school in 2022 aged 8 that bill gates and Elon would have had their asd dx by age 8. Doesn’t mean they don’t belong in too tier private any more than op’s kid walloping some other 2 year olds means op should necessarily pull him out. If he’s unhappy? Yes. If his needs are not able to be met? Yes. We don’t know that yet
3. - tbe better we enable our kids to get to know themselves the more diagnoses we will find and schools need to adapt. Op - don’t assume your kid can’t run in the big leagues. Happiness first but you are his mother and you will notice if that’s being sacrificed. Don’t let anyone tell you differently [/quote]

Thanks. He’s in a regular daycare now but we wanted to apply for PreK3 or K.

The issue is the school now is ok but they are not sophisticated in their approach to these issues.

[b]A good school would likely have better teachers and staff who ate more sophisticated so I feel like he would receive more support. [/b]

It does not have to the very top but a good school who can afford to hire great teachers and staff.

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Nope. Re-think that assumption, OP!  The schools you perceive as "good" get and stay that way by rejecting or counseling out students who have these issues.  So their teachers don't have to deal with it, and so that they don't have to provide support!  It seems like you're looking to find a school with top test scores (or top something, dunno what) and just enough tolerance for special needs so that you can squeak in just over the acceptance line, but that kind of school *by definition* doesn't have a lot of students with special needs.  [/quote]

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