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[quote=Anonymous]My kid with ADHD/ASD/low processing speed had an IEP since Kindergarten in MCPS, OP. We paid 3K then 5K for neuropsychological evals at Stixrud's, when he was 10 and 17. He had extended time on tests (50 then 100% extra time), and extra time to hand in assignments, preferential seating, teacher notes, typing accommodations for his dysgraphia. The College Board and the ACT also gave him extra time when I submitted the necessary documentation.

Now he's doing well in college, with extra time for certain exams, but not for routine work.

He's been on Adderall for years, and uses it less now that he's out of the intense high school years.

MCPS is great at helping students with special needs... but you need to do your due diligence early enough for it to not affect college admissions too much.

Privates don't necessarily have to offer services and accommodations to kids with IEPs and 504s, and privates for SN have that connotation for college admissions, so be careful not to think the grass is greener. You'll just end up with expenses you could have avoided, because...

... Many kids in private and public are tutored in high school. It's more a function of family wealth than anything else. Where I live in Bethesda, with a 50/50 mix of private and public families, every kid has a tutor at some point! Do not hesitate to pay for excellent tutors, regardless of whether he has a diagnosis or not.

I can promise that quality individual tutoring will be much more effective, and cheaper in the long run, than paying for private high school. And with the price of college being what it is, money is a consideration for most families.

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