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[quote=Anonymous]At the private school I teach in, some neurodiversity is welcomed and supported.  However, we have had many kids with extreme behaviors in kindergarten and 1st with extreme behaviors.  (masturbating in class frequently, eloping, harming others, threatening to kill everyone, don't comply with directives frequently, etc) These students were allowed to stay either the entire year or both years.  Usually, though by the end of 1st, that is the end of the tolerance window.  And it is only tolerated if the parents are good partners.  This means they are attending all meetings, getting their kids OT or a neuropysch or therapy or something.  But the parents who ignore requests for meetings, who refuse to get a neuropsych, those families are counseled out at year's end, maybe in a few cases mid year.

We do have MANY kids with dyslexia and ADHD and some with other specialized learning profiles.  Our school can support some, but not all of these needs.  I am really shocked at the families who will spend more on K-12 education than I pay in tuition for my college kids who have their heads in the sand.  I don't understand refusing to even consider that one's child might have some kind of a disability.  I also don't understand being unwilling to even try medication for adhd AND being angry about being counseled out when your kid is disrupting learning for everyone.  It's fine to not medicate, but a private school doesn't have to allow kids who cannot be successful in a gen Ed room to stay.[/quote]

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