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[quote=Anonymous]We moved our son to private at the beginning of 7th grade in response to a diagnosis that he had "executive functioning disorder" and anxiety.  He had therapy weekly and was eventually on an anti-depressant in 8th grade.  The school was "open" during Covid so we stuck with it.  In 9th grade there, he was bullied and became suicidal.  The school offered little to no support - the attitude quickly became that he was the problem. That year, he was finally diagnosed with ADHD.  Something we suspected for years but couldn't get diagnosed or noted due to solid grades and no behavioral issues.  Because of the bullying and lack of support/understanding in the private, we moved him to public high school starting in 10th grade.  It took us a year to get the 504 - again, some seeming reluctance to providing it because of the appearance that everything was "fine" given good grades.  The 504 has helped remarkably - with extra time, the stress is lifted. Our son has done so much better in a large environment where he has the 504 support.  He can "hide in plain sight" when need be.  Whereas, the private was a small fishbowl. This is a long way of saying, I would only look at privates that are specifically geared to handling kids with ADHD (ours was not) OR go back to your public and establish the necessary supports (504/IEP) and counseling to enable the best results.  Private tutoring for challenging subjects has also helped our son.[/quote]

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