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Any comments on using traditional nannies for autistic child?  Extra training, retention, etc... 

Any comments on working full, part-time or not at all to care for your child. How easy is it to do ABA in the home consistently if both parents work outside the home?  I am thinking that with turn over of trained people and the unknown of having hired help, it might just be better to stay home.  However,  in the long run it might be best to have more money saved for my child even if that means I am not with him as much now.  Any suggestions or shared experiences?

Just wondering how helpful it is to send your autistic child to school with your typical kids?  Anybody have experience with that or keeping their kids in separate schools.

My son is 6 years old is moderately mentally retarded and has autism.  He is verbal, toilet trained, goes to ABA school that we are happy with.  We have 2 typical children one of which will be ready for kindergarten in 2011.  We'd like all our kids to go to the same school.  There is a school district that might do a good job with him and would be good for our girls.  However, the school does not have as many ABA trained folks and merely contracts from time to time to help out with certain issues.  We would have to move into that school district because our current district had limited options for him.