Our district doesn't have preschool classrooms that are specific for autism. In fact under the age of 5, all kids needing special ed services get an educational classification of "Preschool Child with a Disability" (PCWD) instead of a more specific disability category.
As a preschooler, DS got 10 hours a week in a special need preschool classroom - 4 days week for 2.5 hours a day. The class had 8-10 students, half had special needs and half were typical peers. DS received speech, OT, and APE in the classroom setting.
To supplement this, we did about 15 hours a week of ABA/VB therapy at home. We also did private speech and OT. We went to an autism playgroup once a week. We did a movement class and swim lessons to work on strength and coordination.
The lack of a preschool program specific to autism was one of the reasons we choose to move DS up to Kindy at age 5 and not do an additional year of preschool. We knew he could get more appropriate services as a school age child instead of a preschooler.
Gena
DS, age 11 and always amazing
“Autistics are the ultimate square pegs, and the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole is not that the hammering is hard work. It's that you're destroying the peg." - Paul Collins, Not Even Wrong