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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My understanding—not having toured in person—is that all the students have an autism diagnosis, and it is heavily focused on ABA type approaches. [/quote]

I am less familiar with the Fairfax campus, but that is not true for the silver spring campus. [/quote]

It is also not true of the Fairfax campus. Many kids are ASD but not all.

That said, I'd avoid Auburn right now.  They were bought by a large educational conglomerate, and the Fairfax campus basically imploded.  Many, many long-term faculty and staff left, followed by at least half the upper school kids and a decent chunk of the lower school.  It's unfortunate, because it was a really good school for many kids, but this is definitely a rebuilding year. and it's not clear if the new corporate parent has any idea what they've bought[/quote]

UGH. So few decent options for our kids. I can't believe that a school would even be considered a lucrative investment. [/quote]

One of the more cynical parents I talked to said that they think the goal is to turn it into an outplacement for local schools - same money, no private pay parents grumpy about service failures because it's going to be miles better than whatever school the kid was placed out of and they're not the ones out of pocket $45K/year.  Honestly, the corporate people don't even seem to realize what they bought or what to do with it.  They basically did virtual summer camp for free in the face of parent outrage.

But, yeah, it's a shame - it was a great model when it worked.  Most departing kids are doing Fusion, LindamoodBell Academy, or going back to public school.[/quote]

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