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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having toured both, I would do Kingsbury.  Diener doesn't offer OT.  [/quote]

They claim to, so I am confused.

I am nervous re my son's age. He will be 6 halfway through the year and is very tall. He can read some words, etc. so he is not advanced but not behind. I am wondering if Diener can provide more tailored academics. [/quote]

NP.  Having attended Diener for one year, they don't provide OT the way that a private provider would give OT--tailored to your kid, one-on-one.  I feel like how they present the information about OT is a bit misleading.  It's vaguely worded and parents have in their heads a certain expectation b/c they've done OT before.  In terms of academics, it didn't seem especially tailored to where my kid was.

I don't have direct experience with Kingsbury, but I did tour.  From what I could tell, they offer their programming like Lab School does--small group instruction matched on ability.  So working pairs for things like reading or math.  A child is struggling with reading isn't going to be paired with someone who is advanced.  Like Lab they have OT sessions when skills need to be worked on specifically.  That was my impression.  You'd need to ask specifically how they offer support.

With Diener, an OT consults and gives recommendations for supports in the classroom, but sometimes the fine motor skills alone can be more frustrating than the subject matter.  That's where IMO pull outs for a kid can be more useful and they didn't do that when we were there.  If you currently work with an OT, ask them for specific questions to ask both schools.  If you had educational testing done, ask questions based on those recommendations.  Ask to speak with the OTs.

With many SN schools, there often will be a 2 sometimes 3 age year range in a given class b/c kids learn at different rates and/or may not have been given the prior instruction they needed early on to compensate for fine motor deficits, language LDs, etc.  Don't worry about height or age.  What matters is building the skills your kid needs.[/quote]

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