In my work parents call and ask me for a recommendation about the best daytime program out there.  It is with great angst these families find themselves plunged into the endeavor of finding daytime services as their child leaves their well planned, structured and much more predictable IEP-driven services. When I faced this with my baby-faced 22-year old I recall the arduous task facing me. I walked into what felt like the abyss of day programs, none of which seemed like anything that the structure of the school district programs offered. I was depressed, fatigued and felt that I would never find the right place.  A few of the other parents and I began discussing how we could start our own program, buy a business, anything to keep them from what felt like the depths of the black hole of day programs.  Finally, several of us selected the same program and it went rather well. A lot of my angst came from seeing the various aged participants and thinking... "...