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[quote=Anonymous][quote=theflash1985][quote=Anonymous]I think you’re going to have a hard road finding a school. You should probably talk to your advocate about options.

I also think you’re going to have to get better at working with the school, wherever your child ends up. This is your child’s first year at the school. They barely know him and how he acts at home probably is quite different than what they see in the school environment. Similarly, what works at home isn’t likely to work at school. They need time to figure out what works. You’ve had years to figure him out and you only have one or a few kids. [/quote]

Why is it a long hard road for us? Other parents are sending their kids to Baltimore Lab, McLean, and Diener that have ADHD and have access to OT, hourly movement breaks, unrestricted fidget toy access, small class sizes, social skills trainings, and more 1:1 support. Public school is not a good fit for him like its not a good fit for other SN kids.

Back to my original question though - [b]what ADHD multi-sensory active all day schools do you guys have experience with?[/b] That's all my child needs. I want recommendations and experience for schools you guys have used. [/quote]

It’s going to be a hard road for you because none of the types of private  schools that you mention will take your child if they are eloping and hiding under desks. Lab in DC will not even entertain kids that need a movement break. Believe me. I’ve been in your shoes for 7 long years and still have not ID’d an appropriate school that meets all of my child’s needs. You will not want to send your child to the ‘private’ schools that will take your child (there are a lot of sketchy for profit schools that take kids at the expense of the public school districts that cannot have them in mainstream classrooms because they are a danger to themselves or others or are otherwise socially misaligned with the general school population). [/quote]

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