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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I think you REALLY need to understand that the kids in mainstream privates in this area are also all very bright AND don't have ASD. Is it fair to force your kid into that situation - only you know the answer to that. [/quote]

You don't know her child and that's unfair to decide he will not be successful just because other kids aren't.  A mainstream privates was exactly what my child needed.  I cannot imagine what would have happened with public given our experience with public.  There are decent schools with very decent people who are willing to give our kids a chance and help them be successful if they are able.[/quote]

Curious, what kind of supports did your child need in K?  My child is very mildly affected, but this is what he got at his public school with an IEP:  K class with 21 kids and 1 classroom aide (very experienced aide finishing her degree);  10 hours of push-in support from the special ed teacher; weekly OT; weekly social worker.  When the push-in special ed teacher wasn't there, the classroom aide would act as a de-facto push-in aide and make sure my child got situated and participated in specials etc.  The other 2 kids I know with HFA have even more supports - one has a 1:1 aide all day plus everything else; the other is in a excellent autism inclusion classroom.  I have a hard time believing that any mainstream private could come close to this.  [/quote]

Prek-2nd we had 8 kids in a class and often had an assistant.  21 kids would have been a disaster early on.  In public we got 2 30 minutes of group speech and that was about it.  That is not mildly impacted if you got that level of services and your child needs that level of support.  Now, a few years later, he just needs a teacher to check in every once in a while but rarely needs any extra support (nor would he get it at his public so if he needs it we will have to go back to private), grade and test scores are all very good.  Needs no assistance in specials or outside activities.[/quote]

So your child has autism, and all they needed to be successful was a small class size?  Does he get any other therapies?  [/quote]

We did a lot of outside therapies until about 2nd grade and then tapered off.   For our child, it really was the attention the school gave, the kids/families who were there with us at the time and the curriculum/teaching style.  Public school has not been willing to work with us at all and its been a very frustrating experience.  The difference between the two is huge.  The speech therapy in public was not helpful or based on my child's needs and my child could probably benefit from some minor supports but they refuse to provide any and we've given up fighting as its not worth it to us to hire an advocate (at that point if we are spending that kind of money we might as well go back to private which we may in the future but more because we are not happy with the curriculum). The private was far more willing to help and provide the support and it was money well spent.  I cannot imagine him doing as well as he is if we had him in public those years.  [/quote]

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