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[quote=Anonymous]OP here: Thanks for all the advice... It sounds like public school can be successful. My gut is to try it first and get the accommodations. I will be so sad if he has a miserable experience, but maybe it will work out and I won't have to spend 20K+.... I guess if we start him in K sans meds, we will have a comparison point. Thanks you previous poster for mentioning the meds. What has brought people to the point of trying meds? We feel apprehensive about meds, but are open to it b/c we hear it can be so helpful. But what pushed people to that point? I guess if he is always getting in trouble, we will know it's time. Honestly, I have books and I haven't read all the details so I honestly don't really know the specifics of 504 accommodations. I guess all we care about is that he can move around so the teacher doesn't think it's all behavioral and label him a problem kid. The fact is that he only has a dx of ADHD, but within that, he is rigid, has some anxiety, has a bad temper, can be oppositional to authority (no ODD dx as of yet...) and over-reacts to stuff. So if we start off with public, the hope is 1) that we will KNOW when it's time to try meds 2) The accommodations will actually help the aforementioned issues. This site is so helpful-- just to know that there are others who have really challenging kids. I adore this kid, but he is high maintenance and exhausting! I am a nervous wreck about kindergarten and I wish I could just chill and be decisive (e.g., public vrs. private at this late stage of the game). I try really hard to not show this anxiety, I have lots of info. from conferences/books etc., we've done parent training etc.... but it's exhausting. [/quote]

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