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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I would like to add something about the very small schools suggested to you. I have experience with three of them and my kids are middle school ages, so I think it is pretty valid. (I am just noting that fact because sometimes you get anecdotes from parents with younger children at these schools...YMMV.)

To me, when you say social problems, that crosses the small schools (Field, Burke, Sheridan, Lowell) off the list. I say this because the social environment at these schools is very small. At middle school there may only be a dozen children of the same sex at the school. Using that tiny population to address social skills is problematic. First, many of the kids have been together years,so it can be hard to integrate anyhow. Second, there may only be one or two kids that your child enjoys due to the sheer lack of variety/type of kid that is there. We have found this to be the case with NT kids and SN kids alike. It is just a fishbowl.

I would personally look at schools that have bigger classes if I wanted to fix social issues. [/quote]

This is a really good point. We've seen the best and worst of very small schools for my DS with an ASD. When it goes well, its a very nurturing community thats not overwhelming. But when it goes bad there is no way to escape, no way to find fresh friends. The only way is out, changing schools.[/quote]

That's where measuring twice, cutting once helps.  If OP is looking for social supports in middle school, she'd be better off in a small school (the right one) or SN school.  [/quote]

That's sweet but there is simply no way, none, to predict how a brand new middle schooler will integrate with an existing, tiny group of girls.

You can't "measure twice" accurately as an outsider or as the parent.  You can only guess and given that these are 12-13 yr old girls, your predictive abilities as to now the group dynamics will shake out are necessarily weak.   [/quote]

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