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[quote=Anonymous]We live in the Tysons/Falls Church area. Our son's testing has come back with ADHD Combined, anxiety, mild depression and a reading disorder/dyslexia. Besides all that he is very smart IQ wise and is 97% in math skills, he's creative and social and does not have any behavior issues except the ADHD constant moving stuff. He is in 6th at a mainstream religious private that really doesn't seem to be equipped to handle all this really well, and while they've made it work for years since he is smart enough to get by with decent grades despite his deficiencies, we think its time for a school change. He is medicated but the tester doesn't think the medication is working as well as it could so we will look into a change there, and will need to start therapy again and some tutoring to get him through the rest of this year. Its all a little overwhelming to be honest and he'll be crushed to leave his school.

My initial thoughts would be to look at Kilmer MS for public next year. We've never done public so don't know what they offer in middle school for accommodations. Right now he's not getting much in the way of accommodations, so keeping up with the executive functioning parts of homework is overwhelming, writing is challenging in all classes, and he struggles in language arts although he can type and his reading comprehension is strong. Socially he is doing well, he has some geeky friends, and he likes sports. The ADHD/working memory issues cause major forgetfulness and his teachers are frustrated with him though, I don't think its good to stay there.

Would Flint Hill be able to accommodate though their special center? The other thought is Commonwealth, McLean School or maybe Lab?, although the commutes might kill us. Maybe Ideaventions or New School?  They seem much smaller and I'm not sure how they do academically. They seem so small, its not what I pictured for him but I'm not sure what the best thing is. I'd love to get others' thoughts. [/quote]

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