Northern Virginia schools accepting students with Down Syndrome

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Anonymous wrote:I think you will find more trained and appropriate teachers at a special needs private or public. Not Catholic.

I think you are not aware of the services that catholic schools offer in this area.

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Anonymous wrote:Check out what catholic schools are a member of the Catholic Coalition for Special education.

https://www.guidestar.org/profile/05-0611009

What a great org - and yes Catholic schools are way, way better then most public schools for special Ed. Smaller, less distraction and more loving. Wish we had done all Catholic in the early years...

CCSE is a great organization, but it only serves schools in the ADW and the ADB. There are schools in the Arlington Diocese as well, which probably make more sense for OP if OP's in NoVa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you will find more trained and appropriate teachers at a special needs private or public. Not Catholic.

Why do you say that ?

I would think that, given that the Catholic church opposes abortion, such as when an amnio shows Trisomy, that they would carry those values through with mainstreaming for education. I also think that having inclusive classrooms mentors compassion and isn't that a main value of the Catholic Church ?


Why do you seem to think otherwise ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think you will find more trained and appropriate teachers at a special needs private or public. Not Catholic.

I think you are not aware of the services that catholic schools offer in this area.

Catholic schools are known for educating students with Down and other IDs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you will find more trained and appropriate teachers at a special needs private or public. Not Catholic.

Some religious schools are awful for SN. Some are terrific. Like other privates, you gotta do your homework. The above recs for Catholic are pretty good.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think you will find more trained and appropriate teachers at a special needs private or public. Not Catholic.

Some religious schools are awful for SN. Some are terrific. Like other privates, you gotta do your homework. The above recs for Catholic are pretty good.

The same could be said for public.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think you will find more trained and appropriate teachers at a special needs private or public. Not Catholic.

I think you are not aware of the services that catholic schools offer in this area.

Catholic schools are known for educating students with Down and other IDs.

+1

Catholic schools were accepting and educating children with Down Syndrome and other similar disabilities long, long before the public schools were.

My aunt with Down Syndrome was educated in Catholic school in the 1950s. The public schools would not accept her and advised her parents to institutionalize her. Kids who were institutionalized in those days often died. My aunt instead eventually was able to live semi-independently because of the education she got and she lived a long and happy life.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think you will find more trained and appropriate teachers at a special needs private or public. Not Catholic.

I think you are not aware of the services that catholic schools offer in this area.

Catholic schools are known for educating students with Down and other IDs.

+1

Catholic schools were accepting and educating children with Down Syndrome and other similar disabilities long, long before the public schools were.

My aunt with Down Syndrome was educated in Catholic school in the 1950s. The public schools would not accept her and advised her parents to institutionalize her. Kids who were institutionalized in those days often died. My aunt instead eventually was able to live semi-independently because of the education she got and she lived a long and happy life.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think you will find more trained and appropriate teachers at a special needs private or public. Not Catholic.

I think you are not aware of the services that catholic schools offer in this area.

Catholic schools are known for educating students with Down and other IDs.

+1

Catholic schools were accepting and educating children with Down Syndrome and other similar disabilities long, long before the public schools were.

My aunt with Down Syndrome was educated in Catholic school in the 1950s. The public schools would not accept her and advised her parents to institutionalize her. Kids who were institutionalized in those days often died. My aunt instead eventually was able to live semi-independently because of the education she got and she lived a long and happy life.

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Yes, the Catholic schools were far ahead on this by literally generations.

[Anonymous]

Every child is different. 70 it above IQ generally does well in mainstream

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Paul VI.

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Anonymous wrote:Paul VI.

Sounds like op needs K-8

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every child is different. 70 it above IQ generally does well in mainstream

Children with IQ's below 70 benefit more from inclusion than almost any other group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bishop O'Connell - I've heard great things from parents of children with Down Syndrome.

Good enough for Barry Trotz.

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St Mark, Vienna VA has an Evangelist Program. I am not sure what their capabilities/capacity is now. My DC graduated 4 years ago - there was a down syndrome child in his grade level. The school integrated him into class (where they were able-- religion, art, PE, social studies), class activities, and paired him with buddies. I agree, you may get more support a public school, but it depends on what you need. We've been out of the school for a number of years, but it is worth a call