Private School Recs for DS with lots of different needs

[Anonymous]

DS is 7 years old and has lots of needs and disabilities (Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Intelluctual Disability, Sensory Processing, Mild ASD, ODD, ADHD, lots of behavioral issues) and at the IEP meeting the school stated they do not have adequate resources to continue educating him and recommend private education. I am at a loss because I have no idea what private schools are out there. Does anyone have any recommendations? Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Have you done a neuropsych? I am leery of the schools giving an id label. I'd look into Ivymount and St. Collettas.

[Anonymous]

I agree that Ivymount would be the first place I'd look. I'd also look at Phillips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you done a neuropsych? I am leery of the schools giving an id label. I'd look into Ivymount and St. Collettas.

The school psychologist did the assessment report, DS is scheduled to get evaluated by his developmental pediatrician this summer (that was the earliest appt she had).

[Anonymous]

Katherine Thomas School

[Anonymous]

What jurisdiction? Your public school cannot just say they don't have resources to serve you, better go private. If they're going to say that, they have to pay for it!

Do you agree with those diagnoses?

St. Colletta's is great at what they do, but it's entirely life skills -- they won't necessarily try to teach you kid to read.

In addition to Ivymount, look at Kingsbury and Katherine Thomas.

[Anonymous]

OP, you need to get a neuropsych because the dev ped won't do an IQ test. I would not trust the school's psych. Many stories on here about people given dismal IQ scores from the school and finding out the scores were much higher on private testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you need to get a neuropsych because the dev ped won't do an IQ test. I would not trust the school's psych. Many stories on here about people given dismal IQ scores from the school and finding out the scores were much higher on private testing.

Oh wow, really?! Who do I ask to get a neuropsych from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS is 7 years old and has lots of needs and disabilities (Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Intelluctual Disability, Sensory Processing, Mild ASD, ODD, ADHD, lots of behavioral issues) and at the IEP meeting the school stated they do not have adequate resources to continue educating him and recommend private education. I am at a loss because I have no idea what private schools are out there. Does anyone have any recommendations? Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

That is ridiculous!
If you can, get an education consultant. I don't think a public school can say this legally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you done a neuropsych? I am leery of the schools giving an id label. I'd look into Ivymount and St. Collettas.

I am leery of school testing, period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is 7 years old and has lots of needs and disabilities (Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Intelluctual Disability, Sensory Processing, Mild ASD, ODD, ADHD, lots of behavioral issues) and at the IEP meeting the school stated they do not have adequate resources to continue educating him and recommend private education. I am at a loss because I have no idea what private schools are out there. Does anyone have any recommendations? Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

That is ridiculous!
If you can, get an education consultant. I don't think a public school can say this legally.

They can say it but they should also be paying for the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you done a neuropsych? I am leery of the schools giving an id label. I'd look into Ivymount and St. Collettas.

The school psychologist did the assessment report, DS is scheduled to get evaluated by his developmental pediatrician this summer (that was the earliest appt she had).

Agree not to trust the school report. You could disagree with the results and ask for an IEE at school expense. Or get your own and pay for it

Did the school use a test designed for nonverbal /children with a language disorder? The TONI is a good one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you done a neuropsych? I am leery of the schools giving an id label. I'd look into Ivymount and St. Collettas.

The school psychologist did the assessment report, DS is scheduled to get evaluated by his developmental pediatrician this summer (that was the earliest appt she had).

Agree not to trust the school report. You could disagree with the results and ask for an IEE at school expense. Or get your own and pay for it

Did the school use a test designed for nonverbal /children with a language disorder? The TONI is a good one.

He received the following tests: UNIT, ABAS-3, BASC-3, Conners-3, and ASRS. What does IEE stand for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you done a neuropsych? I am leery of the schools giving an id label. I'd look into Ivymount and St. Collettas.

The school psychologist did the assessment report, DS is scheduled to get evaluated by his developmental pediatrician this summer (that was the earliest appt she had).

Agree not to trust the school report. You could disagree with the results and ask for an IEE at school expense. Or get your own and pay for it

Did the school use a test designed for nonverbal /children with a language disorder? The TONI is a good one.

He received the following tests: UNIT, ABAS-3, BASC-3, Conners-3, and ASRS. What does IEE stand for?

IEE is independent evaluation. Basically, you say you disagree with testing results and then school has to pay to have testing from a private provider of your choice.

UNIT is a non-verbal IQ test; I'm sure there are others that can tell you whether it's a good test or not.

ABAS, BASC, and Conners are all checklists of parent and teacher observations of behavior; nothing should be diagnosed based solely on that.

You got some pretty heavy diagnoses without a whole lot of comprehensive testing.

[Anonymous]

Who diagnosed the apraxia op? Is he verbal?