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preschool ?

oandmplus1oandmplus1 member
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From what EI has told us DD will qualify for the special education preschool due to her ASD dx and developmental delays. We would likely be transitioning in January just before she turns 3. We havent gotten much info yet on the program but from what I'm told they do most of their therapy as a group. Is this the norm? I am just afraid if she doesn't have 1 on 1 therapy she will get lost in the crowd.
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Re: preschool ?

  • malcivarmalcivar member
    In our experience it's a mix of both.  There are some one-on-one therapy sessions (ST, PT, OT) but the therapy isn't just limited to the sessions.  They extend into circle time and play time and music time and dance time and meals, etc.  So yeah a lot of it is in a group setting but this is good because it helps build their social skills.  
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  • mommytoconnormommytoconnor member
    In my preschool it is a mix of both.  If your child is needing more therapy then they can also increase.  They typically pull each child out to do individual therapies and some are in groups.  You would be surprised how well she might do in a group setting as well.  She might benefit from seeing what the others are doing.
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  • oandmplus1oandmplus1 member
    Thanks for the info, that makes me feel much better about it.
    Auntie, you're right about the lost in the crowd thing : I am probably just comparing it to daycare where they let her do her own thing and she is off in a corner by herself stimming.
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  • MaxandRubyMaxandRuby member
    DS2's preschool is mixed although I can only comment via how he gets this therapies (he has CP, not ASD).  Speech is group but his OT and PT are one-on-one.
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  • changingnameschangingnames member
    Our experience with the public preschool was the same as the above posters. WE had IEP meetings where we discussed how much time would be spent in one on one versus group pull outs but therapy always extended to everything they did and was built into the program so that he was participating in a school day with proactive supports as he needed them (if that makes sense). This worked well for him and he needed less and less one on one support as he moved forward until he was able to transition to a gen ed classroom with one aide to support all the kids with IEP in the room (I think there were 5 or so). They should give you some concrete info at your IEP meeting about 1/1 versus group support and therapy time. GL
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  • dani211dani211

    My advice is to start the process early and steel yourself for a battle. (As usual :)

    I would like to see my daughter in the most supportive/structured/ABA available situation possible. But the board of ed has all this rhetoric about starting off in the "least restrictive environment" which, coincidentally is also the "least expensive environment" for the state. So we've had to obtain a lot of additional evaluations and documentation to get what I know is right for her.

     I mean, who doesn't want to see their kid in a regular, not-restrictive classroom? Of course that's what we all want. So the admins play on that. But some of us have to face the fact that our kids might need more support. 

    Anyway, best of luck to you!  I've found It to be a very psychologically trying situation. 

      

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