“More children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are being served in community-based public school environments than ever before. This is due to many factors, including increased numbers of children being diagnosed with ASDs, the inability of specialized programs to serve the numbers of children identified, and the efforts of public schools to develop in-house ABA programs to address the needs of students with ASDs. For all of these reasons, many parents of children with ASDs will face the choice of a public vs. a private school placement. Like most choices, there are not clear answers.”
A Comparative Look at School-Based and Center-Based ABA Programs, Association for Science in Autism Treatment, https://www.asatonline.org/research-treatment/clinical-corner/a-comparative-look-at-school-based-and-center-based-aba-programs/