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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're considering only public or mainstream privates?

In public, even a shared para will be very hard to get, the child needs to be significantly impaired.  Otherwise, it's of course nice to have, but public schools don't give out "nice to have" resources.

Generally, there are 2 schools of thought about K and elementary:

1) one is put in public and see what happens, kids can mature, they may benefit from general education setting and surprise you on the upside. It's possible in theory, yes. The downside is that the public standards are so low, without behavioral issues, it could be 2-3 years before the school would tell you that the child is below grade level or has issues in the classroom. By then you will have an uphill battle to close the gap, and there may be negative associations with school, low self esteem, etc. Bullying is real in elementary, and can start early, even in very good public clusters schools are understaffed and don't have enough staff to monitor lunch, recess, etc. So you would be taking a risk.

2) [b]The other approach is to front load interventions and educational supports, so that the child learns in small classroom environment with a lot of individualized attention[/b], and gets good foundational skills with whatever level of scaffolding he needs for this ASD/ADHD. Once he is in later elementary and more mature, you will be able to tell if he can be mainstreamed into a public with supports or he needs to stay in private specialized setting (which can absolutely include a HS diploma track).  The downside is that it's expensive and the peers will also be ND, some possibly with more issues than your child.

[/quote]Thank you! Are you referring to a specialized private school for children who are ND? There's just one in our area and it starts at 3rd grade. It's for kids who are 2E. We feel like we're floating adrift for the early elementary years.[/quote]

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