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[quote=Anonymous]DSs latest neuro came back.  His FSIQ was 158.  He's been in the MCPS bridge classes.  The problem is they are not academically challenging.  He's been in some mainstream classes but the learning environment isn't great for him.  He doesn't do well with the chaos and noise level of a 30 kid class.  Teachers respond by raising their voice which only exacerbates his anxiety.  I don't think you can put a supplemental accommodation in his IEP that the "teacher will maintain conversational voice level when addressing the class".  He'll be in 10th next year.

I've been exploring other options.

2. Explore boarding schools that can support a 2E profile (Maine Math & Science), or maybe Forman, or Solebury
3.  Enroll in MC as a dual enrollment student for 11th; continue as is in MCPS for 10th.

DD went to an NT boarding skills.  There are a lot of exec functioning skills needed to be successful at a BS.  For DS, I would need one that could support socio-emotional skills, hygiene reminders, dispute resolution with room mates.  I'd love one with an integrated study skills class that focuses on time management, chunking assignments, talking with teachers when overwhelmed, etc.

I'm looking for suggestions on what to do: Option 1 or 2, or some other option that I haven't consider.  For college, he's probably looking at a small STEM college like RPI or Rose Hulman.  He strongly dislikes humanities so Harvey Mudd, Swarthmore, or Oberlin are probably off the table.  UMD, GT, etc are just too big unless they have a program that creates a smaller environment which focuses on relationships, not academics.  [/quote]

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