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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are right there with you and plan to send DS to private school starting in 6th grade.  DS has ASD/ADHD and has an[b] IEP mostly for social communication issues.  [/b]Gets great grades fully mainstreamed at a dual language school and is very talented in chess and math. (The current world champion in chess, Magnus Carlson, is suspected of having Asperger's too).

His psychiatrist and neuropsych think DS will do fine at a top tier private school and the schools also recruit for chess (and he has legacy status at one) so we'll see how it works out.  We plan on submitting a current neuropsych eval along with everything else.  If private school does not work out there are also public magnets.[/quote]

What are your DS's social communications issues and what are the supports and specialized instruction that he receives in public, but will not have in private? Wondering how the withdrawal of this support/ instruction will affect the child's performance (and social situation - since it will be middle school, after all!). [/quote]

His issues are mainly that he will not engage with peers and is slow to warm up to other kids.  He is fine with adults and older and younger kids.  He gets speech with SLP for pragmatics, social skills class with the school counselor, lunch bunch arranged by SN teacher, and OT for fine motor - touch typing practice with OT.  Academically, DS gets extra help with written composition but he also tests three grade levels ahead in both reading and math fully mainstreamed.

The private schools we are looking at provide excellent instruction in writing and DS probably does not need more than that.  As for the social communication issues, we have noticed that they have improved dramatically since he has been medicated for his ADHD and since he started playing chess.  DS is exceptionally gifted in math and chess and has "chess" friends and other kids who seek him out wanting to be friends.  [b]Some of these kids are at the private schools we will be applying to.[/b]

What private schools are you thinking of applying to with your son's profile. Interested because mine has a similar profile.

DS has had an IEP since prek and is now in 4th grade.  DS has ASD/ADHD but not anxiety according to his neuropsych eval:  most people will never guess that DS has any diagnosis and/or an IEP.[/quote][/quote]

We will apply to schools in NYC where we are moving:  Collegiate, Horace Mann, Dalton, Trinity, Browning, Columbia Grammar, Fieldston, and Buckley.  DS has legacy status at one and we don't need financial aid.[/quote]

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