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[quote=Anonymous]Ok. NP here. We are a SN family that lives in DC, has some frame of reference for non-SN independent schools, and we hired Suzie Keith Blattner. I'll jump in and see if I can help you.

We worked with Suzie on placement. She did not steer us toward only special needs private schools. She recommended two schools for DC: a DCPS school with an HFA program, and a SN private. There were several schools I expected her to recommend that she did not. When I inquired, she gave very specific reasons as to why each particular school would not be be a good fit for DC specifically. I felt very confident she'd "done her homework" on our DC, so to speak.

When we were considering our options, Suzie had helpful insights about navigating DCPS. She is very knowledgeable about how the system works. For many reasons, we opted not to pursue the DCPS option. Despite DC's diagnoses, we still had to go through the lottery system as a starting point. We got a terrible lottery number, which was fine with me because I was really gravitating toward the SN private. Also, I had no desire to jump through the legal and bureaucratic hoops it would have taken to get DC placed in that DCPS program.

While I agree with PPs about avoiding Montessori and Waldorf schools, there are some progressive options you might consider depending on your DC's profile. I'm assuming your DC doesn't have "behaviors" (i.e., meltdowns or tantrums)? [/quote]

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