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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No private except a SN school will be tolerant.  An IEP takes a few months.  Its easiest if you have a private evaluation and submit it.[/quote]

It isn't so much about a private SN school being tolerant, but rather they will know how best to educate and help children with whatever diagnosis they have.

That said, they will want to see an independent evaluation so they can get a sense of whether they can help the child before accepting him as a student. [/quote]

We went to a very small private for a few years.  They were very welcoming and accepting of my child's SN.  However, I know they kicked out most kids with behavioral issues.  They had zero tolerance.  They never asked for a private evaluation.  I explain the concern, he did a 1/2 day visit.

Most SN schools will want to talk to the therapist, current teachers, etc. When we spoke to a few, none seemed to require full evaluations. However, with this child's needs I would get one.  SN schools are very expensive.   I'd try to make public work and save that money for if he needs it later on.[/quote]

Did you go to a "very small private" or a very small private SN school."  It's apples and oranges.  If you went to a very small private school (say, Jewish Primary Day School) they are not going to ask for evaluations.  If you went to a small private SN school (say, Maddux) they are all about evaluations.[/quote]

Yup.  Also there are several small privates that only go through 2nd grade, which I bet is where her kid went.  It's a different story applying to privates that go for longer.[/quote]

This is what we did as they were more affortable.  They met my son and we talked about his needs prior to us visiting.  We talked to Maddox and they said to apply and we didn't need evaluations (we had them) but we ruled them out for several reasons.  A lot of other privates do want private testing for all kids, which has nothing to do with SN.  We ruled out those privates schools given the SN (and some claimed they were welcoming but when I spoke to them I didn't get that impression).  We knew our child could not do the tests accurately at the time so we didn't want to subject him to them until he could.[/quote]

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