Re: Best places to live with autism

[Guest guest]

I have a question: is anyone aware of best places in the country?/world? to

live if you have a child with autism? particularly as it pertains to

schools?

I always assumed I would scrape the money together to send the kids to an

affordable (albeit run down) Catholic school, just like I did. But that was

before I knew we would be needing a special education program. Assuming

that private schools for special needs kids cost as much as an Ivy League

college, I guess we are now at the mercy of the public school system, a

predicament I never thought we would be in. So if I could move anywhere in

the world (tho particularly in the US) for the purpose of finding the best

public school special ed program, where would that be?

Any thoughts?

(SAHM in GA)

MSN elizabethloht@...

n 33, mo, no formal dx

Phoebe, 10 wks

[Guest guest]

>

> Any thoughts?

>

For preschoolers, my county is probably one of the best around. People move

here all the time to put their autistic kids in Croyden Avenue school. They

have an DTT classroom that is VERY good.

When Putter was in it, he had three tutors, one after the other who were his

alone. They worked in two hours shifts and he was in school for six hours.

It was an incredible blessing. Our school system grows steadily less

enlightened as the kids get older however. And of course the less impaired

they look, the school system gets even less willing. However, I do not have

any complaints about Putter or even Enrique at the moment. And we have two

marvelous autism teacher consultants who work with the different school

systems in the county.

Salli

[Guest guest]

Hmmm well if you hear of any job openings for computer

programming/IT/project management types, let me know, we could be neighbors

: )

What is DTT?

(SAHM in GA)

MSN elizabethloht@...

n 33, mo, no formal dx

Phoebe, 10 wks

ps: you may remember that paul was laid off sometime back, well, he found a

temporary assignment for 2-3 months, so we aren't gonna starve for a little

while yet .... : ) at least until July or so ...

----- Original Message -----

> For preschoolers, my county is probably one of the best around. People

move

> here all the time to put their autistic kids in Croyden Avenue school.

They

> have an DTT classroom that is VERY good.

>

> When Putter was in it, he had three tutors, one after the other who were

his

> alone. They worked in two hours shifts and he was in school for six

hours.

> It was an incredible blessing. Our school system grows steadily less

> enlightened as the kids get older however. And of course the less

impaired

> they look, the school system gets even less willing. However, I do not

have

> any complaints about Putter or even Enrique at the moment. And we have

two

> marvelous autism teacher consultants who work with the different school

> systems in the county.

>

> Salli

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Well like I told Salli, if you can scare up a job for , I would

seriously consider it. As you know I just love Tennessee.

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> Come here, , come here!!! Oak Ridge was established in the

> 1940's to build the atomic bomb. In fact, much of our housing is former

> military barracks. The scientists who came to this closed community

> (ID's were needed to come in) demanded that the public schools provide a

> wonderful education for their children. The tradition continues--in

> fact, last year Oak Ridge's public school system was named one of the

> best 100 in the country. My experiences with the special ed system have

> been wonderful as well. The classes are called Comprehensive

> Developmental Classes (CDC) and the children are included in the

> mainstream classroom as much as possible. I have particularly noticed

> that autistic children typically are able to have their own aide, which

> makes a huge difference. One autistic child was completely mainstreamed

> by fourth grade with the help of his assistant. In fact, he is attending

> th middle school without being part of the CDC class at all. Before

> and I came here, I was not impressed at all with public education.

> We came from Baltimore, and it was a horrendous experience. But in Oak

> Ridge, the teachers and support staff adore , and he is the first

> hearing child in the state to have a sign language interpreter. Just a

> few thoughts....

>

> Maggie

[Guest guest]

Depends what method you are using. I've heard that PA is the best for ABA

and then inclusion. I've heard that New Jersey is the best for special

schools if your child needs extensive schooling but forget inclusion in

Jersey. North Carolina is the place to go if yoy use more of a Floortime

method.

From what I've heard from this list I think that we get very good services

here in PA.

[Guest guest]

>

> What is DTT?

>

Discrete Trial Training. It's a type of ABA.

Oh, and I do believe the services in New Jersey are supposed to be GREAT!

Salli