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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Why not public school?[/b] Does she need a therapeutic setting all day? What’s your school district? Have you explored what they have to offer?[/quote]

np Most public schools are not capable for helping kids with special needs.[/quote]

Actually, some of them are much better than private schools. It depends what kind of SN your child has. If they are profoundly affected, then public is not a good fit, since they are legally required to jam some form of the curriculum down everyone's throats, but you can start there to push for a FREE transfer to a private SN. This is challenging because obviously only a few cases can be accepted each year. If they are not profoundly impaired, then some publics have special programs for various types of SN (emotional, autism, Asperger's), and these are usually pretty good. They can also do well in a general education setting with an IEP or a 504 plan and services and accommodations that teachers can organize for them, such as a extended time, preferential seating, repeated directions, scribing or one-on-one aide, pull-outs, etc...

It depends on the attitude of the Principal a lot of times. If the Principal and administration pay attention to hiring good people on their IEP teams (counselors, paraeducators, etc) and remind teachers on how to implement IEPs and 504s, then a child with special needs can thrive in public. If the Principal is uninformed and couldn't care less about special needs, then the supports will be lacking.

But a general rule of thumb is that if a school already has a dedicated program housed within its walls, like an autism program, then even if your child is not autistic but needs services outside of that program, you can be reasonably sure that teachers and aides are already trained and sensitized to supporting such students. So check websites.

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