Siena School

[Anonymous]

If child has very low processing speed and poor working memory presenting as inattentive ADHD or almost HFA but with no behaviors but with language issues such as difficulty with inferencing/reading comprehension and visual spatial issues causing difficulty with drawing and writing fluidly - would this school be a good fit?

[Anonymous]

How are the child's phonemic awareness, decoding, and fluency?

[Anonymous]

Phonemic awareness and decoding seem ok but fluency is not great.

[Anonymous]

How many years behind is the child in math and reading?

[Anonymous]

You don’t say what grade or whether you’ve had psychoeducational testing. The testing would need to be done. Siena starts in 4th.

Please call and talk with Bekah Atkinson at the school. She is fantastic and very helpful in determining if your child would be a good fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don’t say what grade or whether you’ve had psychoeducational testing. The testing would need to be done. Siena starts in 4th.

Please call and talk with Bekah Atkinson at the school. She is fantastic and very helpful in determining if your child would be a good fit.

The VA Siena starts in 3rd. I agree that calling Bekah Atkinson will help you determine if Siena is the right school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many years behind is the child in math and reading?

This will be a critical question. Definitely call Bekah, though, and she will tell you very clearly what Siena can and cannot do.

[Anonymous]

On grade level for math and maybe a year behind in reading but mostly comprehension/inferencing/fluency

[Anonymous]

Siena was phenomenal for reading support but horrible for social emotional. we left and made amazing progress through a private tutor. We went with another private school but even combined with the cost of tutors it was cheaper than Siena. our child is thriving both academically and emotionally in a more nurturing environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Siena was phenomenal for reading support but horrible for social emotional. we left and made amazing progress through a private tutor. We went with another private school but even combined with the cost of tutors it was cheaper than Siena. our child is thriving both academically and emotionally in a more nurturing environment.

Can you share where you went?

OP - Siena said that ASD is pretty much disqualifying at Siena.

[Anonymous]

agree - can you share the other school that was better social emotionally but was academically a good fit with tutoring support

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:agree - can you share the other school that was better social emotionally but was academically a good fit with tutoring support

+1

[Anonymous]

Siena is small. Why should PP out her child for you?

[Anonymous]

New to this thread, but OP's kid sounds very similar to mine. He is on grade level in math but struggles with reading comprehension. Not too terribly behind but maybe one grade level below in reading. It would be great if someone could share if Siena would be a good fit or not for that profile - and if not, what are good alternatives.

[Anonymous]

Pp who said Siena is small & why should PP out her child...because all she is saying is that her kid is doing great now, & Siena was not nurturing. How is your comment helpful at all in this discussion? You seem oddly defensive.