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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my experience it's fine if they're generally on grade level and okay with less choice and control. But if they've fallen behind or have an undiagnosed SN, or [b]you're doing Montessori to accommodate a lack of flexibility, then it's hard[/b] [/quote]

I worry about this, but what ARE you supposed to do with a kid who is miserable in traditional school because of likely SNs including lack of flexibility? Like are you supposed to just wait for traditional school to "break" them, or do you just suffer or what?

Also, are you speaking as a parent who did Montessori and transitioned to regular school, or a teacher in regular school has worked with kids coming from Montessori, or something else?[/quote]

You're supposed to try to help them become more flexible gradually throughout elementary school, so that they are more prepared.

I'm a Montessori parent and parent of older kids who went from Montessori elementary to non-Montessori middle school who has seen this play out many a time.[/quote]

So you don't have or work with SN kids for whom rigidity is an issue? You are just sitting back and judging other families?

OK.[/quote]

No, I'm suggesting that helping them to become less rigid can benefit them before the transition. I know it isn't always very successful, but it's kind of a tough transition if you don't even try to help them be more prepared.

If other parents choose not to acknowledge a challenge or special needs, I suppose they have their reasons.[/quote]

Any child transitioning from Montessori needs to be prepared for the transition.

A parent who chose Montessori specifically because their child has high rigidity is obviously aware of the issue and is looking for solutions. Montessori might be viewed as a viable solution because rather than meeting their rigidity with even greater rigidity (the traditional school model) it meet rigidity with empowerment. It says "you are responsible for your own actions and choices, you are empowered to make good choices." Not all Montessori schools are right for all kids with high rigidity, but it's one viable solution and a paren who is struggling with a child who has this issue is obviously aware of their child's specific challenges, and know how the traditional school model can make it particularly hard.

It really sounds like you just like to sit back and criticize parents dealing with SN kids by quietly judging them when there are struggles. There are always struggles. A parent in this situation could be doing everything they can to prepare their kid for the transition and it might still not go smoothly. Assuming bad faith is just par for the course in the way parents of SN kids cannot win -- when they are successful, not one notices (even if it took enormous effort for them to help their child do something other families take for granted) and when they are not successful, it's always all their fault and never, ever due to the fact that parenting kids with SN is hard.[/quote]

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