3/30/2011 11:39:34 AM permalink
DawnMVS Posts 1	Hi - Not sure how this works, this is my first time posting, but I was hoping someone could make some suggestions. I have a 2 1/5 year old son who was diagnosed on the spectrum in January. Since my husband and I both work during the day, he needs to be cared for during the day. Rather than having him attend just any daycare center that, most likely, will not benefit him and his special needs, we'd rather have him go somewhere that offers a classroom therapy environment instead. He is enrolled with Early Steps and through there he is currently attennding one of their partner facilities, but since this is very new to us, we just want to explore our options, if there are any. We have looked at a couple of other facilities, but they charge as much as $800 per week - definately not within our means. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
	4/8/2011 9:18:32 AM permalink
letsenjoybeingyoung Posts 2	Hi DawnMVS, One option is to have him continue attending the school, but have a specialists in Autism come into his evironment periodically to enhance the areas where he is weak in. For example, if he was diagnosed on the spectrum because his motor skills and or fine motor skills has not reached the age-appropriate milestone, then have the specialist such as an occupational therapist come into the school or home to work with him. Likewise, if he is diagnosed on the higer functioning side of the spectrum such as aspergers, than have the specialist come into his environment to enhance his social cues. Or if his deficiency is in speech, then focus on speech therapy. Some specialist are are private specialist and costs as low as $15.00 per hour while others are agencies who allow specialist to spend the entire day at school with the child and accept certain insurances. The reason why keeping him at the same school would be beneficial is because being around non-autistic children will also enhance his level of functioning because he will start to familiarize himself with non-autistic behavior while still having his needs met by a specialist.
	4/8/2011 5:52:43 PM permalink
Guest	It looks like we will keep him where he is now since he has already used to being with that group of children and care givers. Thanks so much for your response. I appreciate you taking the time!
	10/15/2011 1:55:42 PM permalink
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