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I need advice. My family and I are moving to CT by the end of July from FL. I've been looking properties in Southbury, Middlebury, Sherman, Simsbury, Oxford, Cheshire, Woodbridge, Monroe, Canton, Glastonbury, Norfolk and Granby. I am hoping someone can point me to the right direction. We are looking for a suburb or rural towns with great school ratings and family oriented environment. Someone mention not to move to Avon or Simsbury because is a very expensive economy and just because there schools are top ratings it doesn't mean they might be ideal for my Autistic children. My son is in Pre-k and my daughter is in Early-steps program. Can someone tell me more about these locations? Any information will be very helpful and appreciated. Thank You.
Great school rating doesn't always mean a great autism program. I've heard of families going to "lesser" districts because their special needs programs were more robust.
Geographically, those towns are over a very large area - what made you choose them geographically?
You may want to reach out to some autistic groups in CT to see what they think about schools.
I think Simsbury public schools may have educators for autistic students, but don't quote me on it. The town is expensive, but there's a few apartment buildings on Hopmeadow Street in the center of town. It sounds like you're juggling alot of knives here: Finding a quality school district that includes services for autistic children, but in a rural suburb that's not too expensive, could be a challenge. Have you confirmed where you'll be working? That would also play a role in determining where you end up. There's no point in living in Norfolk or Middlebury if you're working closer to Hartford. I think Whiting Lane Elementary in West Hartford offers services for autistic students, but I wouldn't suggest moving there if you want a rural environment. If so, there are other towns nearby that can provide this.
Where will you be working, and also whats your budget? There are a lot of rural towns but I suspect that they are way beyond your budget if you come from florida.
More reasonable Rural and Suburban towns but still great are:
West Hartford
Marlborough
Hebron
Colchester
East Lyme (Surprisingly Reasonable)
Tolland
Middle Pricing towns are:
Trumbull
Stonington
Glastonbury
Farmington
New Fairfield
Brookfield
Sherman
Old Lyme
High Pricing Towns are:
Fairfield
Westport
New Canaan
Weston
Easton
Redding
Ridgefield
These are what I can recommend now but I really need to know where your job will be and what your budget is to really recommend towns.
I have a moderately autistic son and the schools here in Trumbull have been wonderful for him. They give him all the assistance he needs and we have definitely noticed a difference. He gets speech, reading, OT and social skills in the way of a supervised lunch buddies group. I would like a bit better communication (we received daily updates in a note book when he was in school in NY), but maybe we were just used to that from his last school.
Not where you were looking per se, but just to give you one parent's insight that is going through the same thing.
I need advice. My family and I are moving to CT by the end of July from FL. I've been looking properties in Southbury, Middlebury, Sherman, Simsbury, Oxford, Cheshire, Woodbridge, Monroe, Canton, Glastonbury, Norfolk and Granby. I am hoping someone can point me to the right direction. We are looking for a suburb or rural towns with great school ratings and family oriented environment. Someone mention not to move to Avon or Simsbury because is a very expensive economy and just because there schools are top ratings it doesn't mean they might be ideal for my Autistic children. My son is in Pre-k and my daughter is in Early-steps program. Can someone tell me more about these locations? Any information will be very helpful and appreciated. Thank You.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Sanchez
I am a little confused at the wide area these towns cover. They seem to be all over the state (Fairfield County, New Haven County, Hartford County, Litchfield County). I think you need to concentrate on narrowing this area down. You do not mention budget which would make a difference. I am not sure why you are eliminating Avon and Simsbury, they are no more expensive then say Woodbridge or Glastonbury. Jay
As a mom of a kid on the spectrum, the rumor is look at Trumbull and Wilton. Avoid Greenwich and Darien like the plague. There may be more, but its a start for you - again, not even sure if these towns are near you. There are state Autism resources and local advocates you can engage that know the answers to these questions. Some google time might be helpful. GOOD LUCK. The early intervention programing CT is called Birth TWO THREE or BIRTH23.
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