Need help regarding preschool...special education vs. private

May 27, 2010

Okay...I really need some help deciding here. My son is almost 3 and he does

qualify for special education preschool through the school district. He has

severe apraxia, hypotonia, auditory processing and sensory issues.

Currently we do speech and OT 2x a week for each at the Kaufman Center. The

service there is great and he's making progress in his speech, however declining

in other areas, but I guess that's expected.

I had my son signed up for a local private school where we love the teacher,

love her to death. She's fabulous. She wants to work with Holden. However,

she has no experience kids like him. She may want to try and make it work, but

it might not work like she is thinking. She would work with him, give him more

time...and just kind of help him along. BUT, I just don't know how much can be

put into one kid before it's too much. She won't be able to understand him

first of all and the list just goes on. He's has very low muscle tone...I worry

about him getting hurt. He's extremely loud and he just doesn't get it.

Obviously this is all being worked on. If we do private preschool he would go 2

days a weeks and still do his private speech with Kaufman. I love this

program...my daughter loved it, so I want to make it work.

The special education preschool is 4 days a week and during that time he will

see a SLP, OT and PT. And, since it's special education...all the other issues

will be handled accordingly. He will still attend Kaufman Center. I feel if I

don't have him go here, I'm missing out on so much therapy that is offered for

free. And, the school system is very good. The special education program is

perfect. They've offered us speech, OT and PT without a fight. Right now we

are doing EI.

So...someone....anyone....please help me! Any advice or BTDT?

Thanks,

Greta

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