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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Both schools said my kids would require more support than they could provide, and neither school was aware that they were 2 grades below. Not that I was withholding information - they made their decisions based on neuro-psych tests from Kennedy Kreiger.

I looked into Lab, but when I went to the info session they indicated that financial aid wasn't available until after you attended for a year.  I wasnt able to foot the bill without some type of fin aid.  Thanks for the recommendations of Kingsbury and Auburn. I'll check them out as well.

It's interesting that these private schools which supposedly have better trained teachers and on-site resources can't provide the support the KKI evals indicate is necessary. This relegates them to getting whatever the public schools are willing to provide, but still not really giving them what's needed. My kids are currently in a regular classroom setting.  If a specialty private school can't provide the support, how can I expect the public schools with more students, less skilled teachers, to do so?  Sorry to vent. This is sooooo utterly frustrating...[/quote]

IME, the private schools (except for Lab and they have extremely limited enrollment in ES) that cater to the LD crowd are aiming for the child that is performing below his ability but at or just under "average" for his grade.  They do not qualify for much help from the public schools as they can "succeed" in the general ed setting.  (Yes, I know they are supposed to help 2E students, but IME they have to be pushed really hard to do so).  The children who have more severe or profound LDs do get more services, however, (again IME) they won't offer them unless the parents push and that means the parents have to do their homework to figure out what their child really needs.  We have found any school, public or private, could only go so far, so we have supplemented the rest.  We fought hard for the things we couldn't do at home through a private tutor and did the rest ourselves.

Unfortunately, there is no perfect school out there or even close to perfect.  [/quote]

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