Hi Christy
yes I agree Montessori is wonderful...and the worst part is that he used to go to one. When we moved up here I got him into a small Montessori daycare, it happened to coincide with his worstening behaviour and increased shyness and fear of social situations, at the time Aspergers/autism hadn't even crossed our mind. My husband is a real 'blokey bloke' if you know what I mean, he thought that his apparent 'wimpiness' was due to the 'tutey fruity' school I'de put him at. It also happened to be an hour away from where we lived and the hours didn't coincide well with our youngest daughters sleeps at all....so we moved him to a new centre that opened near us...that went so badly I pulled him out after about 4 weeks and now he's at home with me and I can't get him back into Montessori but fingers crossed the school Sarah is talking about might have a place for him Since my husband and I have read up on Autism/Aspergers he's a lot more understanding of what was/is going on for him so I hope we'll be better able to help him now...how old is your daughter Matilda? have you been aware of her Autism/Aspergers for long? lots of luck with school next year...I'm sure it will go OK you sound like you've found a nice small one so that in its self will surely help, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you anyway!