19yr old to live in and access college OR supported living / day educational unit - worth it?

[Lesley25]

I’m looking at educational provisions for my son and they’re out of LA, I know they’ll come with a fight.

But that aside, has any parent sent their SLD child to an educational provision from 19-22 and then moved them back into supported living closer to home.

My question is , was the educational provision worth it over and above what could’ve been provided from a college as a day student and instead moving them into supported living at 19 is a better option.

My son has SLD and s autism, I’m thinking (after speaking to a few parents), that the upheaval of leaving home to go to a college and then coming back and moving into supported living close to parents wasn’t worth the trauma. The independence skills and educational element wasn’t worth that move and whilst a day college had limited educational therapists , getting their vulnerable adult into a secure comfortable homely supported living arrangement was where their vulnerable adult thrived.

There’s a very small base of parents this would apply to so I just wanted to ask if any one had any experience of this.

I don’t have personal experience, however if you go down the day student route there’s no reason DS can’t receive therapies, either at college or otherwise than at college.

Thank you @KeepGoingThomas
I do need to see all the day student options in my LA or within a reasonable distance,
for my son I know that this would be the
only way he would tolerate receiving
these. It couldn’t be done as an add on to his day or in the home.