Language based disability and ASD-1 mild/HFA….

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Auburn has small classes and is focused on HFA kids. Although they don't specialize in LD support, they would be able to be very flexible in curriculum and approach. It may or may not be a perfect fit but is worth a look.

my son has both moderate ASD and a language-based disability. We were at Auburn and I can tell you definitively they can not support this profile and (at least in our DS's classroom), they did not modify the curriculum to meet his needs and I don't believe their curriculum specialist is skilled enough to understand how to modify instruction. And no SLP there at all, just an SEL person but that isn't enough. The right teacher there could collaborate with a private provider (maybe?) but that's a lot of money to spend and you still might not get the right support.

Our kid is now back to special ed classroom in public and though he's not really well supported there, we are not paying private school money for something that isn't meeting his needs. For now this plus therapy and tutoring is better than what Auburn can offer.

How old is your child?

How can an ASD focused school not have speech language supports considering that communication challenges is literally part of the ASD definition?

I don’t know, but even the ASD programs in our public don’t offer the speech therapy that some Level-1 need. My DD got As in English and even FL so they said she didn’t need speech services. She still struggles with detecting sarcasm and understanding some figurative language.Those are important in communication.

[Anonymous]

It really depends. Some mild/HFA autism requires little services.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Auburn has small classes and is focused on HFA kids. Although they don't specialize in LD support, they would be able to be very flexible in curriculum and approach. It may or may not be a perfect fit but is worth a look.

my son has both moderate ASD and a language-based disability. We were at Auburn and I can tell you definitively they can not support this profile and (at least in our DS's classroom), they did not modify the curriculum to meet his needs and I don't believe their curriculum specialist is skilled enough to understand how to modify instruction. And no SLP there at all, just an SEL person but that isn't enough. The right teacher there could collaborate with a private provider (maybe?) but that's a lot of money to spend and you still might not get the right support.

Our kid is now back to special ed classroom in public and though he's not really well supported there, we are not paying private school money for something that isn't meeting his needs. For now this plus therapy and tutoring is better than what Auburn can offer.

How old is your child?

How can an ASD focused school not have speech language supports considering that communication challenges is literally part of the ASD definition?

I don’t know, but even the ASD programs in our public don’t offer the speech therapy that some Level-1 need. My DD got As in English and even FL so they said she didn’t need speech services. She still struggles with detecting sarcasm and understanding some figurative language.Those are important in communication.

If this is something you are still fighting about, there's a US Dept of Ed guidance letter about the importance of speech therapy, even for verbal autistic students.

[Anonymous]

We looked at Auburn before they were bought out and concluded they were really poorly set up to deal with dyslexia. DS would have struggled with their reading and writing curriculum; it would have reinforced his negative self-perceptions and resulted in his acting out. Obviously with a subsequent management change, there could have been changes in curriculum and teaching strategies.

A possibility that would be a very long hike for you and ends after 8th grade, is Oakwood in Annandale. It's a dyslexia focused school and I've heard really good things about it, but I don't know their take on ASD.

[Anonymous]

Try Glenwood Academy in Howard County