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I share your problems with having a 3 yr old with ADHD. I had my son evaluated by the preschool committe for special education. Contact your local school district and find out what programs are available. I do live in ny state and im not sure what others state offer. School Districts are responsible for assuring the provision of Special Education to eligible three and four year olds or until they are eligible for public school.  To qualify for Special Education, an evaluation by a state approved preschool program is obtained and reviewed by the school district's Committee on Preschool Special Education.  The Committee then writes an Individual Educational Program either recommending a center-based educational program or related services such as Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy or Itinerant Special Education.  Related services are to be provided at the child's home or day care center, wherever the child would normally be found.  Each child is deemed a "child with a disability" for purposes of eligibility for preschool programming.  Recommendations, without the child's name, are presented to the school districts' Boards of Education for review.Counties are responsible to contract with service providers and transporters.  Tuition rates, multidisciplinary evaluation rates and Itinerant Teacher rates are determined by the State.  The related services' rates are determined at the County level.  The cost of transportation to services is approved through a bidding process in accordance with provisions of the general municipal law.