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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As previous posters of sad, you have to get the neuropsych if you want to stay at the school. It’s likely that you’ll get a diagnosis. The most likely thing is that the school works with you for at least a while as you experiment with interventions like accommodations at school, support, OT, possibly medication if the diagnosis is ADHD. Showing that you’re supportive and will partner with the school (aka do what they say)  is the best chance of staying. Lots of kids either diagnosed stay at their original schools but as a parent of one I will say it was stressful the whole way through.

The pps have a point that ADHD is diagnosed in a lot of children in private school. You might look around at other settings they are more tolerant / have more outdoor time to get through the next several years. [/quote]

Can you say more about what was stressful? [/quote]

Almost every year there was some “incident” or situation the school called us in to discuss. Sometimes it felt like ordinary run of the mill kid stuff was seen through the lens of dc’s diagnosis, so things that would have gone without notice in other kids became a reason for the school to recommend more (and expensive) therapy and services, which we felt pressured to do even when they felt un-worthwhile. We felt always like we might be counseled out any year. It made it hard to feel very comfortable in the community.[/quote]

DP but sadly this has been our experience too. My son is in K with diagnosed ADHD. One kid was asked to leave mid year and others counseled out for next year. So far they seem willing to work with us to support our son’s needs, but we get a lot of emails or there will be something like (hopefully only) one big meltdown per year. It’s already stressful, and I’m exploring both our local public school as well as more specialized privates to understand what other options exist.

A lot of private schools don’t have the supports in place for kids with needs and they don’t want to deal with it - it’s a lot of work and they’re not mandated to do it. If your kid is disruptive, they need you to intervene either through medications or private support. My cynical theory is that the only reason we haven’t yet been counseled out is that we’re willing to fund some hours of extra 1:1 support for my child - and even that I’m not sure will be enough, in which case we’ll move him to another setting. [/quote]

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