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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^Anyone you recommend for executive function coaching? Do the come to your house? I want to find someone really good for my ADHD DC-he is attending the TJ private school equivalent next year, coming from Longfellow. Was TJ semi finalist but didn’t get in-we are fine with it as I think he will benefit from a smaller setting.[/quote]

PP here. We were Carson MS and used Educational Connections.  We got a great match that lasted two years, and she went back to teaching. Two real duds this year. I gave up and did some Wyzant searching and ended up with someone great. But coming from PW County and very overscheduled.  Probably not an option for you.  She charges half of what EC did, and is every bit as good.  There are teachers in FCPS and APS with middle school or high school experience  with special ed experience who post on Wyzant. I would start there. Both of our good fits were public school special ed teachers currently or in the recent past who clicked with my kid.  They come to our house for an hour a week. EC runs $80-90week. Wyzant is around $50.  The good matches were game changers. The bad ones were useless.

Good luck!  My DC2 is was also a semifinalist, now headed to Chantilly in the fall. Also ADHD. Also being set up with the same tutor for HS. Managed well  in MS with Strategies for Success, but things are slipping through the cracks. I think it’s for the best.  I had no idea how hard having an ADHD kid at TJ would be on our whole family. I did it for DC1, so I was not a position to say not to DC2, who is actually the more STEM talented kid. TJ is amazing. But nothing in life is free.  It may not cost in dollars, but it costs in stress and arguments about homework and no family time and 2 am group projects being pulled together.  And the price is twice as high for ADHD kids. Your kid will do great. [/quote]

When you put it like that...it sure doesn’t sound amazing! [/quote]

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