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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]to wit:"Our Abilities Model® starts with gifts and helps all students — conventional learners as well as those with challenges such as dyslexia, anxiety, and ADHD, or organizational challenges".

That is not on the spectrum.[/quote]

[b]NP.  I have a DC with ASD (mild, sorry not sorry), who is on/above grade level, and some some executive functioning and organizational challenges.  I would read the above and think it would be a good fit for my DC - until they say out loud that they do not take kids with ASD.  Okay, then, no.  We would walk out then too.  [/quote][/b]

I disagree.  I am reading "dyslexia, anxiety and ADHD, or organizational challenges".  THAT does not say on the spectrum.  Each SN school in the area has its own mission statement.  You need to READ the statement and if confused, call.  The McLean School has always in my mind been clear on autism.  So you go look at Ivymont or the other area schools that specialize in that.  For the same reason, Commonwealth Academy clearly states as its mission statement that it is for average to gifted kids with ADHD.  It, too, will steer clear of ASD because its teachers are not equipped to teach to that set of issues.

CALL AND ASK THE School first.  Don't blast them here.

I have nothing to do with the McLean School but think OP was grossly unfair.  She should have read the particulars and if confused call and ask.  [/quote]

OP here: We were on the website. We had a consultant call on our behalf. Admissions said they do accept ASD kids, so long as they are engaged. That's why we went to the open house.[/quote]

So you got the official info from admissions.  You are putting way too muck stock in a brief remark from a person in a very temporary position.  There is no need for all this drama.[/quote]

Yep! Smelling a troll. [/quote]

[b]NP. No, she’s not a troll. I attended the open house today and heard OP’s comments in person (and I cringed because she was so emphatic about how mild her daughter’s autism is). The co-head said they don’t serve students with autism well. That is not the same thing as saying they don’t accept kids with autism. You are taking this way too personally and you fell down on the job when you apparently agreed with your daughter’s comment that the school doesn’t want her. No one said they don’t want her specifically, they were giving you a heads up that the school typically does not meet the needs of someone with autism. You could have followed up with them one-on-one to discuss whether the school would likely meet your daughter’s needs. Instead you got defensive and then came to rant on DCUM and make some unfair accusations about the school. I wasn’t all that impressed by the open house (so it’s not like I’m trying to prop up the school) but i think you’re being really unfair. You might also want to rethink that educational consultant, they should have a better handle on the area schools. [/quote][/b]

Boom.  and I had a kid who spent three years at The McLean School.  In the end it wasn't working for her.  Why? because she was aspergers/on the spectrum but the three rounds of testing we had done didn't show that yet.  It took another round before getting an IEP at a public school before we would figure that out.[/quote]

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