Guest guest Posted May 5, 2005 Report Share Posted May 5, 2005 Hi, My husband has accepted a job offer in Horsham, PA. Our son has just turned 7 and would be entering 1st grade in the Fall. We are looking into relocating to the area -- either in PA or NJ. Our son is currently in a mainstream Kindergarten with an aide. He began engaging in stim behaviors in the mainstream preschool classroom a couple of years ago and the district has been very slow and, I would say, incompetent in dealing with this. We have an excellent BCBA who works with us privately whom we have made available to the district, but they have not used this as they could have due, I think, to a combination of misplaced arrogance and defensiveness. We have watched our son go from being enthusiastic about attending school to lukewarm, to increasingly resistant to it. This is despite what appears to be a normal or near normal intelligence level (eg he is reading with comprehension due to our interventions at home). Despite his ASD diagnosis, I would describe him as pretty related. He has always enjoyed and been interested in peers, tho needs support as he is not yet fully able to express himself verbally and can be easily overwhelmed in social situations at which time he would typically respond by withdrawing or stimming. (He is easily understood, speaks in sentences, etc. yet struggles to organize more complicated thoughts/descriptions.) He does well at identifying affect and loves to share humor. We have usually been advised to keep him in the public school setting so that he has maximum exposure to typical peers, but we have begun to wonder whether there are public schools out there which will truly do the right thing in terms of working with us to give him the proper support in the classroom. So, we have recently begun to consider private special needs schools in hopes of accessing a more consistent level of expertise in the school setting. So, having said all of that, we are looking for recommendations for school districts and/or private schools in the Phil/central NJ area that can truly meet our son's needs! Our experience with our current district has been a nightmare which we do not have the time or energy to repeat. We would be truly forever indebted to anyone who can steer us in the right direction. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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