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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous]For those who say C/A does not welcome children with autism: you only have one parent here saying that, and even he hasn't said it as bluntly as Lab does.  Before ruling out any school, check it out.  Don't take one anonymous person's opinion on, well, anything!
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TRUE!  I'm a special needs counselor.  I'm not sure how a thread on a 2e with ADHD got off on autism but IMHO I have noticed fewer and fewer private schools willing to take ASD children since Va. Tech massacre and the Sandy Hook incident.  That's just my personal opinion.  When it was said that Commonwealth Academy is not licensed for ASD, that was a true statement - it is not licensed by the county to receive county funds for autistic students.  In other words, a mild ASD student might apply there and find a perfect fit and C/A says "great" and all is well and good, but the County cannot send funds to educate autistic students to a school that has been not licensed for it.  C/A could take ADHD and Dyslexia students (for which it is licensed) with the Counties paying the fee, but not ASD. And, by the way, those cases are extremely rare because the county system will find some way to try and teach your child so it doesn't have to pay for an outplacement.  Often parents have to lawyer up to get those placements; it can be very hard on the family, the SN child and the bank account.

My advice is to go and visit both public and private and get a feel about how your particular child would do in that environment.  I've had ASDs/ADHD/GAD flourish in public because of particular interests that the smaller privates could not offer; I've had others flourish at the privates for the attention they receive there.  You really must go and visit and talk to current parents.  Good luck![/quote]

Commonwealth is not approved for private placement funding from DCPS, the school system that places the most kids at private SN schools in the area.

[b]Here is the list of SN schools approved by DCPS for placement.  ADHD is included under OHI although like you stated, funding for private placement for "just" ADHD is very rare.

http://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/NP%20List%20-%20Day%20-%205.4.15.pdf[/quote][/b]

Thanks for posting this!  I've never seen it before.[/quote]

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