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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid does not have those challenges but I figured I'd give you another perspective. It is true that the 5th grade year is designed to teach executive functions and they do everything they can to support that through rigor, structure and repetition. However, even before the end of the 5th grade year kids are pretty much running things on their own. The school is pretty up front about the fact that they want kids to be the center of their own educations. What this means is that teachers won't reply to parent emails for a day or two at the earliest (the SLA is 3 business days). They send home grade reports every two weeks and they won't reach out to parents (for the most part) in the interim. For example, when my kid was in 5th he totally blew a quiz (think F----). He was otherwise an excellent student. We only found out about it when we looked at the interim report and his grade cratered. BASIS also does not allow retakes or re-dos. If your kid leaves his homework at home or in his locker he's going to get a 0 for the assignment.

You can make it work but you are going to need to stay on top of him. Looking at the CJ every day, asking about when tests and quizzes are coming up (multiple per week on average), when trimester and comps occur, etc. It is going to take a huge commitment and effort from you. On the plus side, maybe your kid is capable of executive functioning if he's given the tools and structure and he might surprise you. In some ways your kid seems like a good fit, actually.

As others have said, BASIS is NOT flexible. They are not going to change for you or your kid; know this going in. Good luck.[/quote]

I would agree with this. My kid doesn't have ASD and has about average executive functioning for a pre-teen boy. For the most part he has managed on his own. But when he has been out due to being sick, or had an overwhelm melt down us parents had to spend ALOT of time getting him caught up. The school didn't help much in spite of us asking. That said the teachers were individually helpful. There are also many students on academic supports who seem to get more support than we were able to get. Overall though the school has been a good option. [/quote]

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