GT/LD/ADHD - schools

[Anonymous]

Where should we send our rising 7th grader who has at least an IQ of 145 but has a processing speed of 73? He has ADHD and an average self esteem -- he beats himself up for how disorganized he is and the simple mistakes he makes.

He started out at one of the top private schools in the area but we left because the school didn't have the resources to challenge him. He is now in public school but the standardized testing and the classroom size seem to distract from any of the educational benefit the school offers for kids like him.

We recently completed his second neuropsych since it had been three years since his last one. He has always scored very high on most aspects of the academic parts of the tests, but this time he scored at the extreme upper tiers in every part of the test, except for the processing speed section.

We've always known he was smart, but this time the tester said she needed time to think about the best place for our son to study. She was really blown away by his scores and told us that the Lab School would not be a good fit for him, she listed a couple of other maybes, but then said that they wouldn't be good either.

Anyone have any ideas on how to educate a kid like ours?

[Anonymous]

Where do you live? There have been numerous thread for children with similar profiles and I think Commonwealth Academy is usually the one recommended. Sometimes Sienna.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do you live? There have been numerous thread for children with similar profiles and I think Commonwealth Academy is usually the one recommended. Sometimes Sienna.

I would recommend C/A also for 2E. Parents drive from as far north as Rockville, from the west as far as Leesburg, and from the south beyond Mt. Vernon. Lots carpool. There is a map across from the admissions desk so parents can coordinate carpools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do you live? There have been numerous thread for children with similar profiles and I think Commonwealth Academy is usually the one recommended. Sometimes Sienna.

I would recommend C/A also for 2E. Parents drive from as far north as Rockville, from the west as far as Leesburg, and from the south beyond Mt. Vernon. Lots carpool. There is a map across from the admissions desk so parents can coordinate carpools.

It depends on the second E in 2E. 2E is not just gifted and ADHD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do you live? There have been numerous thread for children with similar profiles and I think Commonwealth Academy is usually the one recommended. Sometimes Sienna.

I would recommend C/A also for 2E. Parents drive from as far north as Rockville, from the west as far as Leesburg, and from the south beyond Mt. Vernon. Lots carpool. There is a map across from the admissions desk so parents can coordinate carpools.

It depends on the second E in 2E. 2E is not just gifted and ADHD.

Very true. I should have said that. C/A usually handles College-prep kids with ADHD and some with dyslexia or other minor LDs. It is not licensed by the state of Virginia to handle autism.

[Anonymous]

PP of the rising 7th grader. He's Neurotypical aside from ADHD and the processing issue. Very active in sports and has friends. He's just super smart and he does have issues that stem from that. His teachers don't know how to teach him and he gets bored. That said he loves school and wants to do well AND be in an environment where people get him.

[Anonymous]

PP here again. I've heard great things about CA but isn't there a wait list? I'll call them on Monday, but it seems awfully small with high demand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP of the rising 7th grader. He's Neurotypical aside from ADHD and the processing issue. Very active in sports and has friends. He's just super smart and he does have issues that stem from that. His teachers don't know how to teach him and he gets bored. That said he loves school and wants to do well AND be in an environment where people get him.

What percentile is a processing speed of 73? If he does not have any other issues than that, I'll just put in at a regular private school with smaller class size and not too much homework like Field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP here again. I've heard great things about CA but isn't there a wait list? I'll call them on Monday, but it seems awfully small with high demand.

Almost any good private school will have a wait list but sometimes people get lucky and a slot opens up.

[Anonymous]

That's pretty interesting. I didn't know that private schools had to be licensed for specific disabilities. Like there's an ADHD license, and an autism license, and etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do you live? There have been numerous thread for children with similar profiles and I think Commonwealth Academy is usually the one recommended. Sometimes Sienna.

I would recommend C/A also for 2E. Parents drive from as far north as Rockville, from the west as far as Leesburg, and from the south beyond Mt. Vernon. Lots carpool. There is a map across from the admissions desk so parents can coordinate carpools.

It depends on the second E in 2E. 2E is not just gifted and ADHD.

Very true. I should have said that. C/A usually handles College-prep kids with ADHD and some with dyslexia or other minor LDs. It is not licensed by the state of Virginia to handle autism.

Please, CA dad, enough with the anti-autism rhetoric. Autism is not a contagious disease for which you need a special license. I am sure there are kids with autism at CA, as there are at many other schools.

[Anonymous]

ELConklin wrote:My colleague, Ann Rowe (PH.D), literally wrote the book on "Creating Effective Programs for Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities." She works right here in DC. You can find her on her website, http://www.gtldprogramming.com, which has a contact page. Good luck.

PP here. Thank you!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here again. I've heard great things about CA but isn't there a wait list? I'll call them on Monday, but it seems awfully small with high demand.

Almost any good private school will have a wait list but sometimes people get lucky and a slot opens up.

PP here. I stated in my original post that he was in a top private school, by DCUM lingo, a BIG 5 school. It did not work out because teachers were constantly emailing us asking us to slow him down because he was too far ahead of the class. It isn't a ding against the school -- they have a market to serve, but it they couldn't serve our son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here again. I've heard great things about CA but isn't there a wait list? I'll call them on Monday, but it seems awfully small with high demand.

Almost any good private school will have a wait list but sometimes people get lucky and a slot opens up.

PP here. I stated in my original post that he was in a top private school, by DCUM lingo, a BIG 5 school. It did not work out because teachers were constantly emailing us asking us to slow him down because he was too far ahead of the class. It isn't a ding against the school -- they have a market to serve, but it they couldn't serve our son.

That was clear. My only point was wrt Commonwealth. A strong school that can manage 2e kids is gonna have a wait list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where do you live? There have been numerous thread for children with similar profiles and I think Commonwealth Academy is usually the one recommended. Sometimes Sienna.

I would recommend C/A also for 2E. Parents drive from as far north as Rockville, from the west as far as Leesburg, and from the south beyond Mt. Vernon. Lots carpool. There is a map across from the admissions desk so parents can coordinate carpools.

It depends on the second E in 2E. 2E is not just gifted and ADHD.

Very true. I should have said that. C/A usually handles College-prep kids with ADHD and some with dyslexia or other minor LDs. It is not licensed by the state of Virginia to handle autism.

Actually, I wasn't referring specifically to autism, but also thought of moderate-profound dyslexia and dysgraphia.