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Preschools are mandated to provide free and appropriate educational programming to children with autism. The communication, social/emotional, and cognitive delays that children with autism often display qualify them to receive a range of services under Parts B and C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Stahmer & Mandell, 2007). Parts C and B of IDEA require states to provide individualized educational programming to children with disabilities (P.L. 108-446, 2004).

A large number of children with autism attend preschool (Department of Education, 2006). In 2006, 35,081 preschoolers with autism received individualized educational programming as a result of their autism diagnosis (Department of Education, 2006). Most studies report the number of preschoolers served under the autism label is increasing (Bitterman, Daley, Misra, Carlson, & Markowitz, 2008; Department of Education, 2006; White, Scahill, Klin, Koenig, & Volkmar, 2007).

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  1. Special Education & Nisonger Center, The Ohio State University, 275 McCampbell Hall
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    Dr. Kathy Lawton

  2. Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the Semel Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 3132 Moore Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    Dr. Connie Kasari

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  1. Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology Yale University School of Medicine, Chief, Child Psychiatry Children's Hospital at Yale-New Haven Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, USA

    Fred R. Volkmar (Director, Child Study Center) (Director, Child Study Center)

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Lawton, K., Kasari, C. (2013). Preschool. In: Volkmar, F.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_857

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