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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am one of the posters who had a kid kicked out of Maddux.  I know other families who were as well.  My goal, in telling people that his happened, is to dispel the myth that Maddux is a cure-all for everyone, as was its reputation when I  first started hanging out on this board. People seemed to think that if your kid got in they would fix him.  I know I felt this way.  They are well meaning people at Maddux but they are overstretched and they are not able to deal with all behaviors or needs.  I just want people to be realistic about expectations.  My guess is that 1-2 kids are asked to leave every year (that's totally a guess) so not a lot but it hurts tremendously when it happens because you put so much faith in these people and if they can't help him what does that say about the kid's potential for improvement in general.  Some of us were asked not to return for the following year, some were asked to leave mid-year.  [/quote]

Can I ask what specific behavioral issues your child (and/or the other familys' child) where exhibiiting that led to them being asked not to return? We are a potential new Maddux family and this is worrisome to us. We are banking on the fact that we perceive the school to be a small, warm, nurturing environment where our child will get a lot of instructional and social (if needed) support. Children with learning differences, language processing struggles or spectrum based challenges are going to have some behaviors at times until they can learn a better means of expressing themselves or problem solve through a situation.[/quote]

I mean obviously, but it's a question of degree. We did not get in and my son has probably although we would not go around proclaiming this and it might evolve - a primary behavioral problem. He has other issues like pragmatic speech issues and mild fine motor delay but plenty of kids have hair and can function. My child cannot. He is dominated by his behaviors. That's severe ADHD for you or what have you. They know it when they see it's if they accept your kid they think he's okay. [/quote]

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