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Thank you for sharing your experiences. We are in the process of deciding between public or SN private. SN private would probably do a better job of meeting DC's current needs, but I'm worried about closing off opportunities in the future, should those opportunities be appropriate.[/quote]

You're welcome and I hope it's useful.  I do want to be clear, though -- I am not for a moment regretting our decision to go SN.  Those years provided absolutely invaluable developmental help to our DC.  What I'm offering is just a frank appraisal of what we found to be a downside -- the difficulty of completing the post-SN transition to the desired mainstream track.

Doing it all over again, I'm not sure we'd have done it any differently.  I think if I could replay the tape, I'd have tried to make the leap one year earlier, coming into 1st rather than 2nd. But on the other hand, our DC made a great friend that last year at the old school.  I do know that if we'd waited one year longer we'd have had real problems.  3rd grade really accelerates the academic work, and 2nd was really the absolute latest that we could have made the transition relatively easily.

And obviously, doing it all over again, we wouldn't have wasted our time with closed-minded schools.

Anyway, please understand I'm not arguing that you should opt against the SN track.  I just want you to be prepared for all the subsequent contingencies.

Good luck!!![/quote]

What kind of support were you able to provide to your child after you left the SN school? If your child had social issues, were you met with understanding parents at the mainstream school?[/quote]

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