Talk to me about Katherine Thomas School

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Anonymous wrote:Hi I just saw this threat. I wonder what type of kids are in the school? My son, 8 years old, has ADHD and suspected mild ASD (but might be just severe ADHD with sensor issues). 2 grade levels below in reading and writing, and visual-spatial issues, currently assessed with dyslexia and disgraphia. The school is far from DC, but so it's Diener School and McLean School. Are the school buss or car pooling done from DC?

I would avoid Diener. I don't have personal experience but I've spoken to ed consultant and they just do not have a strong academic program.

I mean, a lot of these kids aren’t strong academically, so your point isn’t well taken.

I’m talking about method of instruction and whether they are skilled at scaffolding appropriately to the kids level. This is the opinion of an Ed consultant that I am offering as I said I don’t have personal experience. Please be kind, we are all trying to help each other.

Then be kind about the school. It clearly works for some kids. Don’t come on here with the opinion of an “anonymous Ed consultant” and slam it. That’s just straight up an attack unsupported. We like Diener and it’s met my child where he is academically which is behind. If your child is not academically behind, I doubt you would be considering KTS. It’s a very small school community and the options are limited. Don’t denigrate them on a public forum.

NP. Start a Diener thread then.

Did you read the thread? This post is in response to a post criticizing Diener. You’re post makes no sense.

I did. The entire thread. Response made sense. Start a new post if you need to continue to talk about how much you like Diener.

Also, it's "your" not "you're."

You’re an idiot. There you go. The actual question was about diener.

The question to which the responses re diener were directed, that is. And nobody said they liked it so much. There are limited options for kids with needs severe enough to be at these schools. Even fewer when the needs are at a KTS level. That’s the reality. You may not like the academic program but we’re all making do.

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We were incredibly let down by and disappointed in our experience with Diener’s admissions process and staff. Just an awful experience, that left such a bad taste in our mouth… which is unfortunate, because we initially were quite excited about the school.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi I just saw this threat. I wonder what type of kids are in the school? My son, 8 years old, has ADHD and suspected mild ASD (but might be just severe ADHD with sensor issues). 2 grade levels below in reading and writing, and visual-spatial issues, currently assessed with dyslexia and disgraphia. The school is far from DC, but so it's Diener School and McLean School. Are the school buss or car pooling done from DC?

I would avoid Diener. I don't have personal experience but I've spoken to ed consultant and they just do not have a strong academic program.

I mean, a lot of these kids aren’t strong academically, so your point isn’t well taken.

I’m talking about method of instruction and whether they are skilled at scaffolding appropriately to the kids level. This is the opinion of an Ed consultant that I am offering as I said I don’t have personal experience. Please be kind, we are all trying to help each other.

Then be kind about the school. It clearly works for some kids. Don’t come on here with the opinion of an “anonymous Ed consultant” and slam it. That’s just straight up an attack unsupported. We like Diener and it’s met my child where he is academically which is behind. If your child is not academically behind, I doubt you would be considering KTS. It’s a very small school community and the options are limited. Don’t denigrate them on a public forum.

Again, as a former Diener parent, I again state that I agree with the reflected views of the educational consultant here about Diener. I know others have different experiences but I think people benefit from having a fuller view of the pros and cons of a school like Diener, especially in light of the monetary commitment to go there.

+1 - from another former Diener parent. It works for some kids, but there are questions that I really wish I'd asked before flushing a lot of time and money down the drain at Diener. For ex, how many of your lead teachers have degrees in special education? Some families get lucky and the school works for them, but I watched a lot of families leave disappointed. I really wish their admissions process would do a better job of pinpointing who the school does work for.

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Anyone can share experiences about KTS pre-K class? This would be self-pay for us, if that matters.

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We are there but kid is older. There is no difference between self-pay and funded, IME. My recommendation is to rely more on recent reviews. The school got a lot bigger post-Covid.

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I just wanted to share that this was my daughter's first year at KTS and we are incredibly happy with the school. They do serve many different kids with different needs and they do a beautiful job supporting kids at different levels. They use positive behavior intervention support which I love and build relationships with the kids. I was devastated when my daughter did not get into the Lab School but in retrospect KTS was absolutely the best fit for her.