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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now that is shocking.  I thought they were a school of last resort, for very impaired kids.  If that happens what the hell are you supposed to do?  The poor parents.[/quote]

My child (who was placed at a special needs school by a public school system) was rejected by Ivymount as well even though his behavioral problems were ASD-driven (elopement, poor social skills, severe anxiety). [b]They wouldn't even meet with him, just rejected him based on the file the school system sent. [/b]

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What did you end up doing? Where did you child go?[/quote]

The school system gave us 3 options, including Ivymount. He ended up at Phillips in Annandale for 2 years (the third choice would be too much information but it was in Fairfax and a complete non-starter and honestly, I'm shocked FCPS sends kids there), now we are homeschooling, which is not ideal either. [/quote]

Which Ivymount program did you apply to?

I have trouble believing that the Autism program would reject a child for those reasons, but his skills in other areas may have been too advanced for that program.

Did they specifically tell you the rejection was for the behaviors? Ivymount tends to look at candidates in terms of how they fit in the existing group, so sometimes a kid won't be a fit for an opening they have, even though they might fit well into a different program. [/quote]

Keep in mind that the rejection may not have been strictly on behaviors.  Every SN school needs to have a balance of profiles in each class.  Ivymount doesn't shirk from hard to handle cases, however, they may not be able to accommodate a child if there are already children who fit that similar profile.  You can't have a classroom of kids who are all prone to elopement for example.[/quote]

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