New Study: many young autistic kids are kicked out of day care
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About 1 in 6 autistic preschoolers get expelled from their day care program, new research finds. On average, such kids are about 3 years old when they get kicked out.
Whilst their parents may already harbor concerns, many of these kids "do not as yet have a diagnosis," said the study’s leader, who added that many preschool teachers are not sufficiently trained to recognize the traits that often typify autism.
"It wasn’t what we set out to study,” the study leader said. “We set out to examine factors that helped young autistic children transition successfully into general classes, in kindergarten [and] first or second grade,” they said, with the focus being on roughly 200 kids between 4 and 7 years of age. About 81% were boys, more than half were white, and all were attending preschool in metropolitan areas in the Northeast and Southern California before the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Study: many young autistic kids are kicked out of day care
New Study: many young autistic kids are kicked out of day care
New Study: many young autistic kids are kicked out of day care
About 1 in 6 autistic preschoolers get expelled from their day care program, new research finds. On average, such kids are about 3 years old when they get kicked out.
Whilst their parents may already harbor concerns, many of these kids "do not as yet have a diagnosis," said the study’s leader, who added that many preschool teachers are not sufficiently trained to recognize the traits that often typify autism.
"It wasn’t what we set out to study,” the study leader said. “We set out to examine factors that helped young autistic children transition successfully into general classes, in kindergarten [and] first or second grade,” they said, with the focus being on roughly 200 kids between 4 and 7 years of age. About 81% were boys, more than half were white, and all were attending preschool in metropolitan areas in the Northeast and Southern California before the COVID-19 pandemic.