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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We actually need more schools for children with behavioral issues and more intensive special needs, but who will receive a diploma. There is an abundance of options if your child is gifted or on grade level. And for behavior, I’m talking issues like being disruptive not aggressive. There is only one private option I am aware of and it’s not great. No options really for kids with low average iqs, learning issues, and behaviors and many, many, many kids in that boat. [/quote]there is not an abundance of options if your child is gifted. Please share their names if I am wrong. [/quote]

For a grade-level or advanced kid with autism and no behavioral issues?  Maybe not an "abundance" of options, but MANY more options than kids with behavioral issues.  Almost all of the SN privates discussed on here (Siena, Diener, Auburn, McClean, Lab, Commonwealth) will not take a kid with behavioral issues.  And summer camps? Forget about it.  For understandable reasons, they treat behavioral issues as the third rail.  [/quote]None of those listed had the higher levels of math and science that my local HS had for my gifted child.  Commonwealth was close, but even then it would be a supervised online college class (which is what my friend’s child ended up doing). [/quote]

Oh yes, I am PP, and I agree that publics are better for an advanced kid with autism.  Kids like that need to be mainstreamed.  We're currently considering moving to MoCo for that reason.  [/quote]

MoCo has very little in terms of gifted for kids.  I wouldn't move here for that.  Look at the number of available slots and its very few given the need in MoCo.[/quote]

Mainstreaming a kid with autism into advanced classes is what I’m talking about. “Gifted” education is going away everywhere. The main point is that the place for a bright child with autism is public school with a strong IEP. OP seems to have formed an opinion about publics (and “those” kids she doesn’t want her child to be around.) Her loss. [/quote]

The OP said she was on ACPS which I think is very poor for 2E students.  [/quote]

Unless her child is gifted-gifted (unlikely, statistically) what 2E elementary students need is basically just really good mainstreaming.  My impression is that elementary school is where you are more likely to accomplish this.  Harder in middle and high school.  [/quote]

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