Reply to Is GDS a fit for a very bright kid with some exec functioning challenges?

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Is GDS a fit for a very bright kid with some exec functioning challenges?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You could apply and see. GDS won’t accept a child if they think they cannot handle the work.[/quote]

Yes and no. A variety of factors are looked at during the admissions process (legacy, siblings, donations as well as academics and extracurriculars). Many kids are also hypothetically capable of “doing the work” but whether the environment ends up supporting that is nuanced. We certainly know of students who were admitted in earlier grades with EF challenges who have been asked by GDS to complete neuropsychs and then start stimulants when classroom modifications didn’t help.

This is not meant to be a commentary on GDS, but it’s important to acknowledge that kids leave GDS (as well as other schools) because there isn’t alignment academically. They may end up using a variety of modifications to access the curriculum, which parents may not anticipate prior to enrollment.

Progressive schools can be harder for kids without strong EF because rules and expectations are implicit instead of being explicit, which is the case at more traditional schools. For a child without strong EF, bandwidth is then being used to navigate expectations and rules instead of on other tasks requiring EF.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics