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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.. thank you all for the responses. Does anyone happen to have a child at any of these schools? Know this can change with new admin, teachers etc. and do these schools cater to children with behavioral issues? My sense was that they do not.[/quote]

We have been at diener for years. The common refrain re the academics have no bearing on kids like yours and mine who are two years behind, IMHO. [/quote]

I am not a current Diener parent (former parent) but your child’s social emotional needs seem to fit Diener.  Still, I don’t understand this previous poster.  If you think your child has the capacity to move towards grade level with appropriate instruction, then Diener’s academic program may not be a fit (or you will need to go in knowing you will need to supplement academically)[/quote]

Well, respectfully, I think it depends on your child’s iq and abilities. Many kids at diener snd other SN schools are not equipped to move to grade level. Maybe for special education the standards adjust. [/quote]

I agree with you.  I was trying to address your point when I referenced the child’s capacity.

I think you are correct that for some students, grade level is not an appropriate / expectation or goal.  For some special needs students with a learning disability but an average to high iq (or high component of iq), such a child may be able to advance with better instruction (some dyslexic students who can make progress with better instruction).  It is this latter group who are less of a fit at Diener (without supplemental instruction)[/quote]

I don’t think that’s a fair overview. There are many kids with average to above IQs doing well in the middle school. The kids I know that needed more support Still need that extra support even at other more intensive schools. They still have to supplement. There are also kids at all these schools with behavioral issues that interfere with learning and mean that the academics have to move more slowly. Look, the whole thing is so individual that it works for some kids and not others and there’s not really clear cut rules. [/quote]

But, do the students in the middle school at Diener with average to high iq also have learning disabilities?  That is the group I suggest might to have their academic needs met at Diener if they are “behind” academically (my comments are focused on experience at the elementary school level, not middle school).[/quote]

I’m sure they do. I think that’s pretty much the core group that’s there. [/quote]

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