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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am one of the posters who had a kid kicked out of Maddux.  I know other families who were as well.  My goal, in telling people that his happened, is to dispel the myth that Maddux is a cure-all for everyone, as was its reputation when I  first started hanging out on this board. People seemed to think that if your kid got in they would fix him.  I know I felt this way.  They are well meaning people at Maddux but they are overstretched and they are not able to deal with all behaviors or needs.  I just want people to be realistic about expectations.  My guess is that 1-2 kids are asked to leave every year (that's totally a guess) so not a lot but it hurts tremendously when it happens because you put so much faith in these people and if they can't help him what does that say about the kid's potential for improvement in general.  Some of us were asked not to return for the following year, some were asked to leave mid-year.  [/quote]

I find this to be really sad!
Our son was kicked out of regular preschools and offered public preschool with a group of professionals that horrified us (unnurturing, critical).
There was no Maddux back then.
Our son was pretty severe - total hyper nonverbal autistic kid with crazy tons of obsessions . Still he was a happy kid and when we tried meds for him he was not. So, we homeschooled him with no meds and worked to broaden his horizons with many activities and experiences.
Remarkably he DID calm down - as a teen now he is a calm, happy and sweet natured guy who participates in many activities (including playing a musical instrument in recitals and many sports).  Still nonverbal (but he signs).
If we could do this at home it could be done in a school as well if they just adapt things to him. It's disappointing that there seem to be no special schools to take kids who REALLY need a special school and to give them what they need.[/quote]

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