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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a product of a DC independent school and currently work in one. A few things come to mind: 
- It depends on the school. There are independent schools like Lab, McLean, and Linder that focus on learners with a specific type of neurodivergence. 
- While most schools strive to support neurodivergent learners, in admissions committees, it often comes down to the question of, "Does our school and staff have the resources to support the needs of this particular student?" Since neurodiverence is a spectrum, there might be multiple kids with autism, yet the way one child's autism manifests might be within the range that a school can support, while another's might not. 
- As others in this thread have stated, oftentimes it comes down to behavior, and this can be connected to academics. If a child cannot access the curriculum, they are more likely to display behavioral challenges as a result.  
- In my teacher preparation program for public schools, we only had one class on learning differences. In general education programs, learning how to teach neurodivergent students is not the focus. Independent schools often do not require teachers to have gone through a formal teacher training program, so many teachers in private schools do not have any formal learning in these areas, unless the school has prioritized neurodivergence as a professional development topic. [/quote]

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