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Depends on what you mean by "great".  If you mean academics, sure.  But the question with smart kids with ASD is whether they'll be happy at the school and have friends.[/quote]

But why would they necessarily be happier at a SN school? Socially challenged Aspie kids don't necessarily get along well with other socially challenged Aspie kids. I would think OP's child would learn more, more quickly about social issues in a mainstream private. [/quote]

Every kid is different.  My socially challenged Aspie kid LOVEs other socially challenged Aspie (or otherwise developmentally delayed) kids.  He never had a friend until we went to a SN school, and once we did he had friends immediately.  It probably has to do, in large part, with why a kid is socially unsuccessful.  The ones (like mine) who are highly socially motivated and gregarious and goofy, but get shunned in mainstream environments because they seem weird and can't catch a ball or hang from the monkeybars, need peers who won't judge them.  A kid who just isn't that interested in other kids, and therefore kind of self-isolates, might actually need peers who are more socially aware and capable, and willing to make an effort.  Either way, in the early grades it will help a lot to have adults around who are attentive to classroom and playground dynamics and working to steer interactions in a positive direction.  Some SN schools essentially make recess part of the curriculum and a teaching opportunity.  At most mainstream schools, recess and PE are more or less Lord of the Flies.[/quote]

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