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[quote=Anonymous]What are the supports your child needs in the classroom?

I looked at SP-Rockville and found that it could not meet my childs needs.  First, he needed a private space to regulate which they did not offer.  They would take children into the hallways.  Second, they offered an outdoor component.  I don't remember exactly what it was but it was part of the curriculum throughout the year.  My son strongly dislikes the outdoors so while he would have gone that was a battle that just wasn't worth it to me to have to fight weekly.  Third, they could not offer an academic peer group.

While I waited for placement, I homeschooled.  I ended up enrolling my kid in a virtual elem school.  Classes functioned more on a college schedule than a traditional elem school day.  He went to english and math on M/W and History and science on T/H.  Each class was an hour and there was homework.  But it meant that he really only had 2 hours of classwork and about another hour of homework each day.  3 hours of school was great.  The part that was missing for him was the social piece.  This was during Covid so it was missing for everyone but when I thought about homeschooling him for the long term, that was the piece that was absent.  I work full time so participating in the co-ops wasn't an option for me.  I considered hiring a full time day nanny to work 9-3 who could take him to co-op classes plus therapy appts.

KKI wasn't recommended for us so I don't know anything about them.  We ended up at RICA and are very happy.  I know they take 4th graders, not sure about 3rd grade but if you're interested it might be worth asking about.  Had we not been accepted to RICA I probably would have hired the daytime nanny.

We also were denied by Lourie which I thought was too bad.  Such a great program![/quote]

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