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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public with IEP is your best option if you are in DC.  Go visit Maddux and Auburn but you will have trouble getting in with a history of disruptive behaviors.

Mainstream private is probably not a option for you and I say this as the parent of a child who got into them prior to getting a diagnosis and IEP and thank our lucky stars that we dodged that bullet bc in all likelihood we would have been asked to leave and DS did not have disruptive behaviors just socially awkward and isolated with mild ASD.

What makes you so sure that a small nurturing environment will resolve all/most of your kid's issues?  If your child needs an IEP, it is doubtful that just having a good teacher and small class size will be enough.

If you speak to all your experts, they will tell you the same.[/quote]

I'm fairly sure (but of course not certain) about the behaviors because we've seen first hand how they differ based on the environment.  But yes, the school won't resolve all the issues, of course.  My dilemma is that I'm fairly sure that even with an IEP a class size close to 30 for K is going to be a disaster in public.  [/quote]

A charter is not going to have close to 30 kids in K. Maybe in ward 3 they do because overcrowding but not in most of the district. Class sizes are smaller in title I schools.

And yes I know teaching can make a difference. It definitely did for my kid within the same charter, from year to year. His worst behavior was with a teacher new to the school. So I totally get it.

But don't dismiss public with IEP because of that. [/quote]

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