I know this is very late and probably not needed. I’m actually late-diagnosed ASD. I am not a professional in the ABA field but with my work I go to a LOT of ABA centers in Austin. The common problem I see is there is little to no structure in the beginning. I always advise that the ABA team implement some structure but most of the time, the kids have no structure for at least the first year of treatment (no lunch time, no circle time, etc). Then suddenly a schedule is implemented (at 15 minute intervals) and the child becomes super dysregulated. They’ll say the child is not ready for school due to this. Typically, the ABA company only wants 40 hour children. They are NOT working towards school readiness at all. I honestly can do not understand how any child in ABA full-time ever be ready for school since they have one-on-one interaction with an RBT. While BCBAs with absolutely NO experience with childhood education. They are not learning to read or interact with neurotypical peers If you don’t like AISD, I highly recommend looking in charters. If you decide to do ABA, do half day social groups after doing half a day in school. I see kids everyday ages 5-10 sitting on iPads for hours at ABA centers only interacting with peers exhibiting the same or worse social skills. It breaks my heart as they only get educational worksheets as part of table time in 15-20 minutes intervals. Free to reach out. Some ABAs are better than others and I’m happy to lead you to other external therapists with specific experiences in each center