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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. Child participates in sports outside of school, so that isn’t a critical concern for us. We want the best academic fit to remediate the dyslexia/dysgraphia/dyscalculia and help DC get back on track academically. We are concerned that Lab is so costly, yet will require us to cover speech and OT on top of that and use their providers who are likely out of our insurance network. [/quote]

FWIW, we had an SLP prior to Siena.  She worked mostly on speech and social communication (implicit norms and expectations DC wasn’t picking up).  We did not need the SLP to do any work on dyslexia and dysgraphia outside of Siena - they did all that was necessary.  Our DC had an expressive language gap (receptive was very strong) and a lisp, so once at Siena, we continued to work with the SLP.  What I appreciated most about Siena - and it was the only school, public or private, to do this - is that they listened to our SLP sharing about what DC needed and even incorporated some of her recommendations about certain kinds of instructional packages or accommodations into the classroom for all.

I can’t speak to dyscalculie, as DC was above grade for math , so they let him take math with the higher grade.  I did notice that much of the math instruction was multi-sensory.  If you have been admitted, I would encourage you to ask Siena about math instruction.  IMO, many students have difficulty with the math to symbolic language translation and with memorization of math facts and multi-step math processes.  [/quote]

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