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Old 06-06-2013, 01:22 PM
 
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I am currently considering relocating to San Antonio from MA. Does anyone have any feedback on how well the public schools handle autism? Are there areas of the city that are better to be in than others? Any feedback at all would be appreciated on life in general with an autistic child in San Antonio. Thanks!
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Greater San Antonio has nearly 2 dozen school districts, each with their own governance and policies.

Fortunately, this is a topic that has been covered before here. Here are a few of the more active threads.

//www.city-data.com/forum/san-a...ghlight=Autism

//www.city-data.com/forum/san-a...ghlight=Autism

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Old 12-16-2013, 07:50 PM
 
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Check into Mom's Connect About Autism. Th ladies will answer any question you have about services in San Antonio.
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Old 12-17-2013, 05:23 PM
 
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The Arc of San Antonio Serving People with Developmental Disabilities

Also, NISD has done an excellent job with our 13-yr-old autistic son; who has been going to NISD schools for eight years now...
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Old 12-19-2013, 09:56 AM
 
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I would say it really depends on the school and the teacher. Districts will have their own policies, but how strong the spec team and the teachers are in specific schools will be the ultimate factor in how well your child succeeds. I was a teacher at a school in NISD, and I will say that we have a phenomenal spec ed team for support. I also taught at Southside ISD and it was less than sub par. In general, the schools with a lower income population and going to have less support for any type of special need students. What part of town are you planning on moving to?
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Old 04-26-2015, 07:50 PM
 
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Which high school is your son attending? Our son will be starting HS when we move next summer (2016). Thank you!
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Old 04-27-2015, 08:29 PM
 
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We are relocating to San Antonio this summer. I have a 6 year old with moderate to significant autism. Based on everything I've read online, the two best school districts for ASD kids (and the 2 best in general) are NISD and NEISD. I called The Arc of San Antonio and the outreach director said that NISD works more closely with The Arc. She also introduced me (via email) to a parent support person so I'm excited and hopeful they will be able to give me a more personal view of things. I do know that NISD is a bigger district and may have more autism resources because of that (lots of info on their website) but I haven't actually called them yet.

However, I did call and spoke with the autism coordinator for NEISD and she gave me the following helpful information:

All children with disabilities are served at their home school (the school they are zoned for) whether they do full- or part- inclusion or are in a self-contained (ALE) classroom. Each school has one or two ALE classrooms and an additional will open if necessary---it's based on how many special needs children are enrolled at that school. More intensive behavioral intervention is offered at three NEISD schools (Redland Oaks, Heubner, and Northwood). So if your kiddo exhibits behavior that needs more support (I'm assuming like violent outbursts, self-injury, disruptive stimming) that's the only time they will send you to a school that you aren't zoned for geographically. All paraprofessional staff has updated training on autism support. The NEISD has 2, about to be 3 BCBAs that provide oversight and additional training to the staff when needed. Additional training can also be requested by the parent at the annual ARD meeting (the Texas term for an IEP meeting).

I hope this helps anyone else with a child on the spectrum relocating to San Antonio. I will add more information after I call the NISD special ed coordinator and talk to that parent support person as well.
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Old 04-28-2015, 06:08 PM
 
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After some more digging, I've heard from two different people that Redland Oaks Elementary stands out as a good public school for ASD kiddos. It's at least worth a tour if you're headed to SA.
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Old 04-28-2015, 06:55 PM
 
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How about middle schools? Which ones have better special ed. services?
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Old 04-28-2015, 10:00 PM
 
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One person I spoke to had a positive experience at Driscoll middle school (Redland Oaks Elementary feeds into it) and I also heard Tejeda was good for special needs. (I feel like I've read somewhere on here that Tejeda might have a cap??)

I'm going to assume that the three NEISD campuses that have the specialized units (Redland Oaks, Northwood, Heubner) as well as the middle and high schools they feed into are good places to start in your search.

I still haven't called NISD so that's why I haven't mentioned them yet. But I did hear of a special needs mom with a thus-far very positive experience at Mireles elementary in Alamo Ranch, and also some good things about Bob Beard up in Sonoma Ranch. For middle schools, again, I would start with the ones that those elementaries feed into. Good luck
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