What are the best special education preschools in the LA area? Public? Private?

I am moving to the Pasadena area in the spring and need to find the best full-time preschool for my child who has an IEP. My child is 4 years old and has been diagnosed with speech dyspraxia and PDD-NOS. My child currently attends the only public option in my county (in another state). However, I am hoping that a larger city such as LA will have many more options--both public and private. I will be also attending school in the San Dimas area, so that would also be an area that I could potentially consider for a preschool. How do I find the best preschool for speech dyspraxia? Any recommendations?What are the best special education preschools in the LA area? Public? Private?
try to check on http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=what%20鈥?/a>What are the best special education preschools in the LA area? Public? Private?
If your child would be receiving Regional Center services, the best thing to do is to call the Regional Center for the area you will be living and see if they can give you some advice on preschools. I'd keep asking questions until I got answers. You know how it is. I believe it depends on the diagnosis whether a 4 yr old is receiving services from the Regional Center or just the school district.



Regional Centers http://www.dds.ca.gov/rc/rclist.cfm



Ask your ped for the name of a ped out here and call and ask their office if they have ideas on who you should speak with to find an appropriate preschool. Ask support groups, the Regional Center should be able to give you names, or a local hospital might. Also, check online, maybe there is someone local at https://www.inspire.com/ or another support group. I would think for speech issues you would be able to get an ST to either come to the school, or the school would have one, or you'd have to take your son to ST. I think in part it depends on if the ST is through the school district. Not sure how it works now, it's been awhile since my son had ST. (Before 3 the ST from Regional Center came to our home, would have come to the preschool but I didn't want her to. After 3 he went to a local elem school for ST, it ended when he started K at a private school, but that was a good time for him.)



Places to look for advice:

http://www.pasadenachilddevelopment.org

http://www.autismspeaks.org/community/fs鈥?/a>

http://www.autismspeaks.org

http://www.abilityfirst.org/

http://www.redesignlearning.org/

http://www.specialcampsforspecialkids.co鈥?/a>

http://www.autismlink.com/



Good luck!