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[quote=Anonymous]The thing with ADHD is that busy, happy, active classroom vibe that is so pleasant and allows for much-needed movement and variety can also be really distracting and make it hard for the child with ADHD to focus. Really think about how this might play out for your child, especially if the classroom is not especially spacious and the class size not especially small.

When kids with ADHD are given a lot of choice of activities, they sometimes flit from one to another without learning much. Yes sometimes they hyper focus and deep dive, but not always, especially in a high distraction environment. I'm sure you want your child to learn the whole curriculum, not just preferred topics. And if they don't take an interest in things outside those topics without a lot of adult coaxing, then it might not happen at all. Schools will tell you they awaken the child's interests so that it's still child-led but the curriculum is covered, but realistically the teacher cannot spend all day doing that for one kid who doesn't come to it naturally.

These schools also tend to expect age-appropriate social skills and working through disagreements. If social skills and emotional regulation are not age-appropriate for your child, it might not be a good fit. [/quote]

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