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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which private (or public) schools are best suited for GT/LD/ADHD profile - not just academically but socially? Why? Thanks for your help. Please feel free to share your personal experience. [/quote]

I have a child who fits the GT/LD/ADHD description.  He is currently in HS.  He is mainly a math and science kid.  His LDs are in the profound range. When he was in ES and we were looking for alternatives to his public school,  Lab was the only one that said they would take students beyond the moderate range of LD.  We also looked at Oakwood in Annandale as they would consider him.  None had the math curriculum like the one his public schools offer in MS or HS.  Science also was better on the public HS.   We ultimately decided that we wanted him to be in a school that focused on his assets and not his deficits.  We have kept him in public school and supplemented with tutors from 2nd through 7th grade for reading and writing remediation (which he also got at school).  It has been a long slog and quite a bit of work. MS was the worst regarding school understanding of the issues, but we persevered.   We are in an excellent place right now.  DC is taking the higher level classes for everything but English and is taking his first AP course.   His elementary school was Chesterbrook ES and they do a decent job with the 2E student.

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We met with Rick Weinfeld re our 2e child and he suggested we work to the child's strengths. The LDs are mainly in executive function, writing & reading comprehension but the gifted parts are off the charts. We opted for a "regular" private. DC is much happier than in public, but they do little to remediate with executive function. It has come down to us. 2e is a broad designation, but in hindsight I wish we had checked out McLean.[/quote]

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