What middle school for mild ASD without "behaviors"
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Anonymous
| I'm looking at schools next year for my 5th grader currently in MCPS at neighborhood ES. He was diagnosed with ASD at age 3. He has been mainstreamed with an IEP for speech. He has never had behavior issues. He is quiet and a rule follower. He makes mostly As. His MAP scores are above average for math but low for reading. His reading level is below grade level (by one grade). We pay for outside reading tutoring. I don't think he's getting what he needs in MCPS and worried about him falling through the cracks in middle school as well as bullying. I would like him to stay in a mainstream environment because when we tried a SN (and it was considered SN lite) school during the pandemic, he was not at all challenged academically and he told us about some acting-out behaviors in the classroom that stressed him out. For those of you with kids with similar profile, what school is your child attending? Are they doing well? |
Anonymous
| Look into MCPS connections or 2E |
Anonymous
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My ADHD/ASD son went to the GT/LD program of MCPS, which in our case was just the next cluster over at North Bethesda MS and Walter Johnson HS. He also had private tutors for math and writing, since those were his weak points. The middle school GT/LD program had a special resource classroom instead of one elective with a great SN teacher who understood the kids (by and large all ASD/ADHD). In high school he didn't really need it anymore.
He did as well as he could - no environment would have been perfect and I truly believe NB and WJ did a great job accommodating his needs. Yes, there was some bullying in 6th, and we taught him to snark back to make it stop. He transitioned to a 504 in 12th and went to a T50 college. |