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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only private SN school who gets funding for that profile is Ivymount MAP.  Go visit before you decide to pursue getting funding.[/quote]

FCPS also places students with ASD (and usually other issues as well) at P[b]hillips in Annandale, Oak Valley in Fairfax, Accotink Academy in Springfield, Kellar Center in Fairfax (if there are also mental health issues) and Frost in Rockville.[/b] There may be more that I don't know of. I knew a student who had public placement approved through Fairfax and a HFA diagnosis and Ivymount wouldn't take him because they didn't like his behavioral profile. Ivymount is selective about who they take (which always makes me a little skeptical when they publish all their research success stories) and often runs a waiting list, especially for boys.

I strongly suggest touring the schools where FCPS places kids before you go down this path. There are basically two categories of special ed schools: the kind that take public placements and the "nice" kind of school that most middle class parents would find acceptable (Commonwealth, Auburn, Newton, Oakwood). Ivymount is kind of in the middle, and I don't know as much about Maryland because I work mainly in VA. [/quote]

Does anyone have a dc or is familiar with any of these schools? Would they be appropriate for an HFA child who is very academically advanced but with poor social skills? [/quote]

I looked at Phillips, Accotink, and Kellar (that one only online) for my 2E, HFA funded kid. None of those was appropriate. Frost was the most appropriate but they were full. It was a particularly difficult search because of the behavior and social needs combined with strong academic skills. Being funded is not the Holy Grail I had hoped for, honestly. I really wish the school district could do something within a neighborhood school, but it just never worked for them or for us. Still we are feeling blessed at the amount of help DC is finally receiving. [/quote]

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