Just got rejected from Maddux

[Anonymous]

Yes, Maddux has a variety of students but what ever the issue they are generally mild.

[Anonymous]

I was the poster who previously commented and recommended Potomac Glen Day School and have just now noticed the uproar I caused. To clear things up, my dear SN child went there and was also rejected from Maddux... twice. This ended up being a blessing in disguise bc he did phenomenally well there, was well-liked and part of their loving community, not to mention that all the teachers went above and beyond to help him and our family! PGDS allowed us to bring in our PEP-itinerant team-- he had an itinerant SPED teacher go in twice a week for thirty mins each, plus a SLP once a week, to help him with social reciprocity, play, among other skills with his typically-developing peers. This environment I think proved to be better for him than Maddux would have…? What works for one child may not work for another, but I think PGDS could be a viable option for those families whose children qualify for the PEP itinerant program. So to those who snapped at me, I, too am a SN parent, so let's please help one another and save the sass for another time!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought Maddux was a special needs school.

It is. We're there. No non SN school has an OT and SLP in the classroom.

Actually, there are plenty of kids in public school who receive push in OT and SLP in inclusive settings, plus kids who receive PEP itinerant, EIP, or private services that push in. Ivymount itself has a program that provides OT and SLP support in gen ed classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought Maddux was a special needs school.

It is. We're there. No non SN school has an OT and SLP in the classroom.

Actually, there are plenty of kids in public school who receive push in OT and SLP in inclusive settings, plus kids who receive PEP itinerant, EIP, or private services that push in. Ivymount itself has a program that provides OT and SLP support in gen ed classes.

??? The kids who receive OT and speech services, push-in or pull-out, in public schools are getting the services because they have SNs and qualify for IEPs. The ST and OT are not in the classroom at Maddux because the the school is running an inclusive classroom with majority NT kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought Maddux was a special needs school.

It is. We're there. No non SN school has an OT and SLP in the classroom.

Actually, there are plenty of kids in public school who receive push in OT and SLP in inclusive settings, plus kids who receive PEP itinerant, EIP, or private services that push in. Ivymount itself has a program that provides OT and SLP support in gen ed classes.

??? The kids who receive OT and speech services, push-in or pull-out, in public schools are getting the services because they have SNs and qualify for IEPs. The ST and OT are not in the classroom at Maddux because the the school is running an inclusive classroom with majority NT kids.

I don't understand this. The SLP and OT are definitely in the classroom at Maddux, providing group therapy to small groups at a time. Most (all?) kids at Maddux have some sort of "issue," even if they don't have a formal diagnosis. However, each kid's strengths and weaknesses are different, so each kid can act as a peer model in some respects and learn from other kids in other respects.

[Anonymous]

Who ever wrote the post about maddux ot and speech teachers is very wrong!!!! You clearly don't have a kid there and if you do you have no idea what the school is about . The ot and slp are part of the classroom, not everyday but at least twice a week for each service . They are an intregal part of the team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who ever wrote the post about maddux ot and speech teachers is very wrong!!!! You clearly don't have a kid there and if you do you have no idea what the school is about . The ot and slp are part of the classroom, not everyday but at least twice a week for each service . They are an intregal part of the team.

When I spoke to them, you had to pay extra for any services and the therapists did not take insurance. I was told we were expected to use theirs and not our private, who took insurance. I found that very odd.

[Anonymous]

What I find odd is the defensiveness and the insistence that Maddux is not a SN school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who ever wrote the post about maddux ot and speech teachers is very wrong!!!! You clearly don't have a kid there and if you do you have no idea what the school is about . The ot and slp are part of the classroom, not everyday but at least twice a week for each service . They are an intregal part of the team.

When I spoke to them, you had to pay extra for any services and the therapists did not take insurance. I was told we were expected to use theirs and not our private, who took insurance. I found that very odd.

They will itemize the "value" of the OT and SLP time so that you can submit to insurance if you want to, but otherwise the in-class OT and SLP is included in tuition. I guess if you needed more services than that typically provided they would charge extra, although I don't even know if that would be possible during the school day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I find odd is the defensiveness and the insistence that Maddux is not a SN school.

We're a Maddux family, and Maddux is absolutely a SN school. It is not "chartered" as a SN school, but I don't know what that even means. It is not as restrictive an environment as other SN schools (i.e. Kingsbury) and as a result has kids with less significant needs, but absolutely, everyone is there for a reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I find odd is the defensiveness and the insistence that Maddux is not a SN school.

McLean does the same thing. "Oh, no, not us!!"

[Anonymous]

How is Maddux less restrictive than other sn schools? Like Kingsbury, which is mentioned above?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is Maddux less restrictive than other sn schools? Like Kingsbury, which is mentioned above?

I meant restrictive in an LRE context, because it does have kids who are NT in some ways, some kids move on to unquestionably mainstream schools, and all kids are likely to graduate with regular diplomas.

[Anonymous]

Realize this is splitting hairs, and away from the original topic, but having been through the IEP process, I always thought LRE referred not to the peers, but rather the interventions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Realize this is splitting hairs, and away from the original topic, but having been through the IEP process, I always thought LRE referred not to the peers, but rather the interventions.

I thought is was a continuum between mainstream/inclusion, where the services and interventions (whatever they are) are provided in the general ed setting with typical peers to most restrictive, where the services and interventions are in a self contained classroom with other kids with disabilities for the whole day.