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[quote=Anonymous]School refusal and qualification based on anxiety is going to get you an ED placement. The population in an ED program isn’t going to be different than a regular mainstream school and might be worse when it comes to violence and behaviors because these are the kids that can’t be managed in mainstream. So if you’re looking for an alternative placement, you’re going to have to accept this.

Also, if the issue is school refusal it’s hard to get a different placement. First of all, it’s so common That the schools can deal with it in their own programs. Second, if she can’t get to school or stay in school now how would that be different in a private placement. Third, if she’s at Newport, presumably she has t been to school for months but has been in an intense therapeutic setting. Presumable she will have new tools and the school is going to want to see how she’s doing - in other words, they will not evaluate her based on previous behavior. Fourth, even if the school agrees you will have to find someone to take her and that’s not easy for school refusal.

What I did when I was in your shoes was this. For background, the school refusal and anxiety and other issues were so bad that my kid tried to kill themselves in school twice and spent about eight months out of school in hospitals and residential treatment. When it was time to go back to school we first tried virtual. That doesn’t require you to homeschool. But it didn’t work for us. So I learned everything I could about every public program. Then I worked really closely with the school team (special Ed coordinator, the transition specialist, and school counselor) to figure out what they would support. Then we officially met and jumped through the hoops to get the county to agree. It was unbelievably time consuming and frustrating at times but ultimately it was successful. And, as an aside, the school did not support my number one choice but their recommendation was really good and so I advocated for that.

Good luck. It’s really hard and I’m so glad to be done with school for my kid. Not that post school life has been a walk in the park but it’s just different. [/quote]

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