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[quote=Anonymous]We started, pre-diagnosis, at a small mainstream private. Although we did not have a diagnosis, it was clear that he needed more social support than your typical kid; hence, our decision not to enroll in our (well-regarded) neighborhood public. From the beginning, it was clear that the private did not know what to do with him -- they were well-meaning and wanted to help, but we were still getting weekly phone calls asking for advice on how to handle certain things (i.e. hyper-focus, not engaging with other kids at lunch). I didn't know any better than they did -- they were the educators! Ultimately, even though we were not at all asked to leave, we decided that he (and we!) needed more support and we switched to a SN private (having gotten a diagnosis in the meantime). My lesson from that is even the most well-meaning private school teachers can lack the actual skills and knowledge necessary to support our kids.[/quote]
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