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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your child is almost 6 so your child is in K or 1st grade?  Do you ever intend to go to public school?  [/quote]

Yes, our school only goes to 3nd grade so we'll either change for 1st or second.  My kid missed the school cut off so going into K.  Academically should be 1st grade so we supplement at home.  He's probably be fine this year its affordable so [b]we'd rather give him an extra year to fully catch up and avoid an IEP so he isn't labeled long term.[/b]  And, he's happy there and wants to stay.[/quote]

It doesn't necessarily work this way. I have a 12 year old and I've seen with him and other children with SN that we know--some school years everything goes smoothly and other years, the kid really needs some extra support. I hope that whatever issues your son had are resolved permanently but be prepared if that isn't the case. Finally, an IEP doesn't label a child with a scarlet letter for the rest of his life and isn't something you should be desperate to avoid. That is a pretty negative statement on a board full of people with children with IEPs. [/quote]

+1. Please come back and update after your child has finished K. [/quote]

He's already passed all the academic markers for K and some of 1st and 2nd, so that's not an issue.  The bigger concern will be middle school if there are still some language deficits.

Special needs in some areas does not always translate into issues across the board as some are making it.  The topic at hand is can OP child with mild SN be ok at a private.  It is not about a 12 year old or even an 8 year old.  It is about a 3 year old who has the potential to catch up.[/quote]

Issues do not have to be academic.  My 8 yr old never had academic issues.

Does he have friends at school?  Does your child participate and is he fully engaged in the classroom?  When there are group activities, is he a participant or is he off in a corner by himself?

Our public charter provides excellent supports for my kid's social communication issues which a private school won't since DS does great academically if they'll recognize his issues at all.

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It really depends on the school - most privates will not but the one we are at did for my child.  My child has several good friends, does participate and does engage in group activities (he's never in a corner himself but if any child is, the teachers step-in and they tend to build the classes around each child having at least one friend in the classroom).

It really depends on the diagnosis and actual needs as to where they'd do best.  I don't think my child would have done well in a large public school classroom even with an IEP and supports.  But, for another child, I do think that environment would be best.  If OP feels her child's needs are mild, then either school can work.  For us the difference between 3 and 6 was huge.  At 3, no way would my child survive a public school.  At 6, probably would be fine.[/quote]

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