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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Virtual school was completely unhelpful for my DC. Have a strong aversion to online support services. Virtual school taught him how to manipulate Lexus and the iPad to work in his favor and make it look like he knew how to spell etc, while he just made the iPad work for him.

Really I was just hoping to get a baseline understand of what is being offered across the county and use that to shape my advocacy.

Our DC has a 504 for adhd though the pediatrician described it as quite mild. He bas always struggled with academics and we had him tested/evaluated and everything came back in the normal range with no learning disabilities.

He really just does best with focused small group or individual support. We do this at home but we also work full time and have another child. Also, it was APS decision to close for as long as they did during Covid—not mine—they can go ahead and use their funding and support kids with academic recovery like other districts are doing. [/quote]

Op virtual school was 2 years ago. It sounds like your kid has disabilities which he would have had either way. It’s pointless to blame virtual learning for that. That isn’t how disabilities work. [/quote]

DC is spending more money now for learning loss from 2 years ago.  Fairfax just had a SB meeting on the topic.  Only in lake wobegone Arlington is it no longer a problem. [/quote]

Nevertheless. If a child has learning disabilities, as it sounds OP’s does, or ADHD to the extent that it has negative academic impact, which it also sounds he does, that would have been the case even without Covid. He is getting OT for sensory seeking behavior which is impacting his learning - that is not due to APS or virtual school and will likely be an issue even if he qualifies for summer school or tutoring. Such is the nature of a disability. OP will be better prepared to deal with how this will impact him in all of k-12 if she stops pretending it’s a thing virtual school caused. [/quote]

Wait. I am not OP (I posted about OT, someone just asked what ADHD therapy looks like.)[/quote]

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