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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you all so much for your replies, advice, cautions, and sharing your experiences. To answer some of the questions, he has had neurospsych evaluations both through the school and through Childrens, resulting in his current diagnoses, which so far have not included a depression diagnosis. But clearly this is coming into play after years of feeling inadequate in school. He is now going through another round of assessments with his school. Together with our advocate, we've been really hoping for a placement determination, but I'm wondering what schools might be good for us to seek placement in, and I worry about him being accepted. Since he is at this point unwilling to try (after so many years of being told "Just TRY to focus and DO YOUR BEST!"   :|  ) I don't have the feeling that Fusion would work well for him, even if we could afford it. Or me homeschooling him with the aid of an online program. I think he'd pretty much refuse to follow the direction of even a one-on-one teacher, or certainly direction from me. In my mind, knowing him, I feel like he would need to come around "in spite of himself," such as if he's in a whole new environment where he finds himself actually understanding the lessons, despite his best efforts to put up a wall and remain unengaged. Every once in awhile he'll talk to us about something he's learned in one of his classes in particular (only one of them), so it seems like there are those rare moments when some information makes its way in and connects with him. I'm wishing there could be more of those moments if he's in a better environment, even if he goes into it with no intention to try. In that vein, if anyone has had successes with private MANSEF placements for severe ADHD and below grade level students, I'd be grateful if you could share. Thank you again, the responses have been extremely helpful. [/quote]

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