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[quote=Anonymous]SN schools, like other schools, need to have a large enough population to make it all work.  IME, they tend to gravitate toward the mild to moderate issues (LD, autism, ADHD, anxiety, depression...) that a special needs student may have.  Schools that have established their niche as 2E (like Commonwealth or Lab) also play to a specific "E" with larger populations within that community.    For those students that are on the outside of these niches, public school with supplementation, may be the best available option.  Also, on the otherside, students that have "run of the mill" more common issues, the public school may be able to handle it just fine.

There are two holes in the public school system for 2E children, the first one is a bright/gifted child who has a very mild LD or issue.  This will not be recognized by the public school and if it is, will be a 504 with one or two accommodations.  This is the hole that many private schools in the area fill or supplementation at home is what is needed.  If the issue is severe enough that the school recognizes it [i]and[/i] has experience is dealing with it- the the public school option may be preferable to a private school.  The second hole, if for those students that have more severe issues that are recognized by the public school, but are not seen often enough for expertise in a particular school to develop and do not support in the higher level classes (for example, no team taught classes at Honors or AP in HS).  The private school also do not have the experience in dealing with these either.

So, you have to figure out where your child is, what the public school can offer and what private school can offer and what supplementation needs to be done at home (which will happen regardless of public or private) and what you can afford.  You also have to balance the needs of the rest of the family (needs not wants).

My experience is with both holes.  I have one child in each.  For each, we chose public school and supplemented heavily.  Mainly because they are math and science kids and we could not supplement the math courses available at their local public school as easily as supplementing their therapies privately.  Plus, we determined having a sahp worked better to address their issues than dual working parents and that meant private school was not a financial option.  With different parameters, it could have gone the other way. [/quote]

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