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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 110818" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>Unless this private school accepts Federal funds or is a "contract" Special Education facility (which it obviously is not), the school is under no obligation to do anything at all for your child and may not only suspend him, they simply can ask you to remove him permanently. You would have to read the fine print to determine if they will refund tuition in this case. My ex-difficult child's high school would not---not that I was concerned, but it is a measure of the lack of protection a parent of a difficult child has in dealing with private schools.</p><p></p><p>difficult children in college are protected either under the ADA or 504 or both because almost all post secondary institutions either are public facilities, i.e., a community colleges, or accept federal funds (a private university that participates in federal financial aid, for example.)</p><p></p><p>It is to obtain the protection afforded under IDEA that so many of us hassle with public SDs. It is not that the experience is pleasant, in most cases.</p><p></p><p>What you should do in my opinion, is build good will and be non-demanding, because you have no legal position to stand on. That your difficult child is a very good student is a big plus...I believe that if he were not, he would have been gone long ago with the behaviors you describe.</p><p></p><p>If you want to keep him in a private school, I would suggest very aggressive medication management to try to keep his behavior under control during school hours, and then hope he is one of the kiddos who saves his acting out for YOU. A small but significant number of "our" kids only act out at home as children. Unfortunately, by adolescence, most act out both at school and at home. If this happens, you will be hard-pressed to keep your difficult child in a "regular" private school. I was able to do this with ex-difficult child POST Tx in an EGBS, but after age 16, he had no overt behavioral issues. If he had, his private school would not have kept him.</p><p></p><p>Best to you,</p><p></p><p>Martie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 110818, member: 284"] Hello, Unless this private school accepts Federal funds or is a "contract" Special Education facility (which it obviously is not), the school is under no obligation to do anything at all for your child and may not only suspend him, they simply can ask you to remove him permanently. You would have to read the fine print to determine if they will refund tuition in this case. My ex-difficult child's high school would not---not that I was concerned, but it is a measure of the lack of protection a parent of a difficult child has in dealing with private schools. difficult children in college are protected either under the ADA or 504 or both because almost all post secondary institutions either are public facilities, i.e., a community colleges, or accept federal funds (a private university that participates in federal financial aid, for example.) It is to obtain the protection afforded under IDEA that so many of us hassle with public SDs. It is not that the experience is pleasant, in most cases. What you should do in my opinion, is build good will and be non-demanding, because you have no legal position to stand on. That your difficult child is a very good student is a big plus...I believe that if he were not, he would have been gone long ago with the behaviors you describe. If you want to keep him in a private school, I would suggest very aggressive medication management to try to keep his behavior under control during school hours, and then hope he is one of the kiddos who saves his acting out for YOU. A small but significant number of "our" kids only act out at home as children. Unfortunately, by adolescence, most act out both at school and at home. If this happens, you will be hard-pressed to keep your difficult child in a "regular" private school. I was able to do this with ex-difficult child POST Tx in an EGBS, but after age 16, he had no overt behavioral issues. If he had, his private school would not have kept him. Best to you, Martie [/QUOTE]
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