Accommodations questions in application

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We disclosed and our child was accepted for 9th to all schools to which she applied. A couple made a real effort to highlight the ways that they could help her to succeed and the one that she chose has followed through on the promise.

Which school did she choose?

[Anonymous]

Do not withhold this from your application, it will set your child up for a terrible experience, being granted admission into a school that they cannot perform in. Provide the information along with an explanation and allow the admissions committee to truly assess your child’s ability and potential success at that institution. — independent school employee who sits on admissions committee

[Anonymous]

Be honest and upfront about your child's learning profile. Submitting testing reports is not a "death sentence" in the admissions process. The truth of the matter, is that a large number of kids have some sort of diagnosis. Some schools can support your child and some cannot. Hiding your child's diagnosis will backfire - teachers will quickly figure out. It will save everyone a lot of stress/heartache in the long run if you are upfront.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be honest and upfront about your child's learning profile. Submitting testing reports is not a "death sentence" in the admissions process. The truth of the matter, is that a large number of kids have some sort of diagnosis. Some schools can support your child and some cannot. Hiding your child's diagnosis will backfire - teachers will quickly figure out. It will save everyone a lot of stress/heartache in the long run if you are upfront.

My DC has a 504 for inattentive ADHD - we have provided that to the schools we're applying to as well as a written explanation as part of the parent application questions and verbally in parent interviews. Do they need to get the whole neuropsych testing report w/recommendations as well?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be honest and upfront about your child's learning profile. Submitting testing reports is not a "death sentence" in the admissions process. The truth of the matter, is that a large number of kids have some sort of diagnosis. Some schools can support your child and some cannot. Hiding your child's diagnosis will backfire - teachers will quickly figure out. It will save everyone a lot of stress/heartache in the long run if you are upfront.

My DC has a 504 for inattentive ADHD - we have provided that to the schools we're applying to as well as a written explanation as part of the parent application questions and verbally in parent interviews. Do they need to get the whole neuropsych testing report w/recommendations as well?

We provided the neuropsych test results and recos as well as the current learning plan (private school version of IEP/504) when applying to schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be honest and upfront about your child's learning profile. Submitting testing reports is not a "death sentence" in the admissions process. The truth of the matter, is that a large number of kids have some sort of diagnosis. Some schools can support your child and some cannot. Hiding your child's diagnosis will backfire - teachers will quickly figure out. It will save everyone a lot of stress/heartache in the long run if you are upfront.

My DC has a 504 for inattentive ADHD - we have provided that to the schools we're applying to as well as a written explanation as part of the parent application questions and verbally in parent interviews. Do they need to get the whole neuropsych testing report w/recommendations as well?

If they explicitly ask for it then you probably need to provide it, but I wouldn't volunteer it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be honest and upfront about your child's learning profile. Submitting testing reports is not a "death sentence" in the admissions process. The truth of the matter, is that a large number of kids have some sort of diagnosis. Some schools can support your child and some cannot. Hiding your child's diagnosis will backfire - teachers will quickly figure out. It will save everyone a lot of stress/heartache in the long run if you are upfront.

My DC has a 504 for inattentive ADHD - we have provided that to the schools we're applying to as well as a written explanation as part of the parent application questions and verbally in parent interviews. Do they need to get the whole neuropsych testing report w/recommendations as well?

The 504 is usually good enough. They just want to know what he needs and if they're able to give that to him.

[Anonymous]

Put it in..especially if they have a learning center. Those spots fill up and if you disclose later there won’t be a spot for your student

[Anonymous]

I thought it was illegeal for them to ask.

I would keep your cards close, OP! Plenty of families disclose this type of information after their DC is safely enrolled

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be honest and upfront about your child's learning profile. Submitting testing reports is not a "death sentence" in the admissions process. The truth of the matter, is that a large number of kids have some sort of diagnosis. Some schools can support your child and some cannot. Hiding your child's diagnosis will backfire - teachers will quickly figure out. It will save everyone a lot of stress/heartache in the long run if you are upfront.

My DC has a 504 for inattentive ADHD - we have provided that to the schools we're applying to as well as a written explanation as part of the parent application questions and verbally in parent interviews. Do they need to get the whole neuropsych testing report w/recommendations as well?

If they explicitly ask for it then you probably need to provide it, but I wouldn't volunteer it.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was illegeal for them to ask.

I would keep your cards close, OP! Plenty of families disclose this type of information after their DC is safely enrolled

Very bad idea. If your child needs accommodations, you want to be sure the school can provide it. “Tricking” a school into accepting a child they are unable or unwilling to support properly only hurts your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We disclosed and our child was accepted for 9th to all schools to which she applied. A couple made a real effort to highlight the ways that they could help her to succeed and the one that she chose has followed through on the promise.

Which school did she choose?

Madeira

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be honest and upfront about your child's learning profile. Submitting testing reports is not a "death sentence" in the admissions process. The truth of the matter, is that a large number of kids have some sort of diagnosis. Some schools can support your child and some cannot. Hiding your child's diagnosis will backfire - teachers will quickly figure out. It will save everyone a lot of stress/heartache in the long run if you are upfront.

My DC has a 504 for inattentive ADHD - we have provided that to the schools we're applying to as well as a written explanation as part of the parent application questions and verbally in parent interviews. Do they need to get the whole neuropsych testing report w/recommendations as well?

We provided the neuropsych test results and recos as well as the current learning plan (private school version of IEP/504) when applying to schools.

There is a a very big difference between a 504 plan and an IEP. A 504 plan is just for accommodations like extra time on tests, can turn in assignments late, preferential seating vs an IEP plan where some type of service is provided from a special ed teacher or speech therapist. I think some private schools are fine with a 504 but far less willing with an IEP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was illegeal for them to ask.

I would keep your cards close, OP! Plenty of families disclose this type of information after their DC is safely enrolled

Bad idea. As a teacher it’s heartbreaking to watch a kid that needs support but the school lacks the resources to service their needs. This only hurts the child. You don’t want your child somewhere that can’t provide what they need to be successful academically. It’s just wasted time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be honest and upfront about your child's learning profile. Submitting testing reports is not a "death sentence" in the admissions process. The truth of the matter, is that a large number of kids have some sort of diagnosis. Some schools can support your child and some cannot. Hiding your child's diagnosis will backfire - teachers will quickly figure out. It will save everyone a lot of stress/heartache in the long run if you are upfront.

My DC has a 504 for inattentive ADHD - we have provided that to the schools we're applying to as well as a written explanation as part of the parent application questions and verbally in parent interviews. Do they need to get the whole neuropsych testing report w/recommendations as well?

We provided the neuropsych test results and recos as well as the current learning plan (private school version of IEP/504) when applying to schools.

There is a a very big difference between a 504 plan and an IEP. A 504 plan is just for accommodations like extra time on tests, can turn in assignments late, preferential seating vs an IEP plan where some type of service is provided from a special ed teacher or speech therapist. I think some private schools are fine with a 504 but far less willing with an IEP.

I don’t dispute that. I was only defining the term learning plan for anyone with a public school background. Vast majority of privates do not use the terms 504 plan or IEP, and the learning plan covers whatever elements the school offers that would (in public) fall under either. You are correct that many privates are unable to offer the level of interventions and services that public’s can, but some do. My kid had a learning plan that included pullouts with an external speech therapist who came to the school for 1-on-1 sessions as well as pullouts with the school’s O-G trained specialist for dyslexia remediation, along with the usual accommodations of extra time, etc. In public, DC probably would have had an IEP at that point. Later, the pullouts and services weren’t necessary, and were no longer included in the private school learning plan. In public, DC probably would only have had a 504 at that point. In private, all iterations were simply within the learning plan.