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[quote=Anonymous]We started preschool just shy of age 3, and it was a disaster. It was a nice program through a JCC in Florida, but the teachers *maybe* had AA degrees and it felt more like a daycare/babysitter situation.  They had zero tolerance for our son, wanted a shadow, and called me three times a week exasperated and how exhausting it was to deal with him.  They used to send pictures every day to all the parents, and my son was often in the background of the picture where the teachers had removed him for the activity while all the other kids played. it was really sad. The teachers weren't nasty, but way out of their element.

Moved states midway through that year so my son started at a private in DC and he's still got all his issues but they are super supportive now.  At the 3 month parent teacher conference, we braced for them saying that he needed a shadow, or an evaluation or whatever, and the teachers and administrator were like "no way, he's totally in the realm of "normal" development issues and we can figure this out." We regularly talked, they appreciated that we were obviously very involved, flexible parents, so they were always very kind.  We ultimately pursued our own eval and he's got hyperactive ADHD. And it's kind of frustrating that the first school acted like they've never seen a kid with his issues ever. Frankly, there is a girl in my son's current 4 year old class who is almost identical to him, and another boy in the 5 year old group who is just aging out of this behavior.  So maybe not one kid like this in every class, but certain a handful in every school.  Now that his school is so welcoming (and made it clear we were welcome to reenroll the next year), it takes so much stress off me and I think we're all happier. He is aging out of many of his worst issues now. [/quote]

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