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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lowell! Our anxious dd has thrived there. It’s worth a look. We loved NPS and Sheridan too, but since starting at Lowell we haven’t looked back 4 years later.[/quote] My anxious child didn't go to Lowell, but went to a similar progressive, child-led school because I thought that the learning through play and exploration would be best for her. It was terrible. Having a more relaxed structure and more invisible (to her) expectations ramped up her anxiety and she stopped talking at school at all. We transferred to a more traditional school (that I would never have considered under normal circumstances) and it was much better. My daughter ended up being diagnosed with autism, although at age 5 we just thought she was very shy and anxious. She went to Maddux after our disastrous year at a progressive school and did great. (This is not a knock against progressive schools -- it has been great for my neurotypical child.)[/quote]
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