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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always feel like this board, which is great otherwise, has a very big slant towards wanting to put SN kids in SN schools rather than mainstreaming them.
I'm all for getting kids the support they need, especially at a young age, but when a child functions as well as OP's I'm 100% with her in wanting to keep that child in a mainstream environment.
He does well academically and seem to have any behavioral issues. All the teachers have to do is encourage him and the other kids to be friends? Even NT kids, especially at that age, have social skills deficits.
OP's kid sounds like he would do great at many privates around here.[/quote]

[b]I kind of agree, but OP doesn't want to do public school, either.  She wants a private/independent school to offer her kid resources that you would normally need an IEP for.  This is hard to get at a mainstream school.  So, if she has ruled out public + IEP, then a SN private is pretty much what is left.[/b] [/quote]

This.

I'm just not sure I understand why OP doesn't just go tour the schools, explain her son and ask. She seems to want to "slip him in" somewhere instead of finding the best school for him. It doesn't make sense to me.[/quote]

She needs to take the child to visit the schools, see if they will allow him to spend a few hours there and see how it goes before applying.  I didn't realize some schools will do it but our school requested my child go for a 1/2 trial.  It worked out really well - they loved him and he loved them.  He didn't want to leave (which they were pleased to see).  Some schools wouldn't even consider him based off of superficial observations.  Best to be upfront/honest and if they school says yes, its a good sign they will work with your child.  Just understand they do not have support services and your child will need to go outside for them.[/quote]

Just about every private school in the older grades, k and above not preschool, has a "shadow" requirement as part of the application process. OP can visit the schools and have her child "try out" a day and see how it goes.  There is no way she is going to be able to "hide" the diagnosis.  Be upfront.[/quote]

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