k-12 Langley pyramid, medicated moderate inattentive ADHD, no accommodations. DC is a sophomore in college.

Our DC was in public school in Arlington for many years and we then applied to Lab, where DC's been ever since. DC (dyslexia and ADHD) was floundering despite an IEP. Basically, all the wealthy school districts in this area (MoCo, Fairfax, Arlington) do the minimum for kids with this kind of profile. It's sad because the money is there - think of all the innovative programs our local school systems have for what I've started calling the "Educational 1%." Schools like Lab, Commonwealth Academy, Oakwood, and Sienna (to name a few area privates for kids with LDs or ADHD) basically provide the type of quality, innovative education that local schools provide for non-disabled kids but don't make available for kids with dyslexia. It's been eye-opening. Grateful that DC was able to get into a private knowledgeable about how to educate kids with this profile (ADHD and/or dyslexia). DC is happy and so are we.

My son is in 6th, he's unmedicated with ADHD and dyslexia. He has an IEP but is not in special ed. He is in mainstream classes, and is doing well. We were very pleased with his first report card. He was allowed to skip 5th because he tested on a 6th grade level in everything except reading. He'll always have trouble with that, but my husband is dyslexic and just retired after 26 years in law enforcement, so we used that as an example for him that he can do anything he wants to do.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, 6th grade at FCPS. My child had a 504 until last year. This year accommodations are in IEP. No special ed services because she's a strong student. Every year we have to discuss accommodations and stay on top of it.

Gen ed all the way. Child needs accommodations for executive functions deficits, dyslexia and slow processing speed. Child is very bright (like many children with adhd and dyslexia), but needs ATS (spell checker, speech-to-text, audiobooks, etc.) to complete assignments in timely manner as peers.