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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 535399" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>And then you could start thinking and fretting if you should medicate. And after that if the medication is a right one. And then go back to fretting if even the diagnose is a right one. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/smartass.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":smartass:" title="smartass :smartass:" data-shortname=":smartass:" /> There simply is no way to win, it seems.</p><p></p><p>If I understand correctly you live in the small village and there are no bigger towns/cities nearby. While I see the advantages in that, it also causes you to have fewer options and with the child like J those options may come handy. We also live in small community. This used to be rural area, but now we have a lot of new-comers at it is coming more or less suburban. Still we 'old-timers' tend to have our own, somewhat closed community partly because most of us are minority and most of new-comers are majority. While I do love many aspect of our small community, I have to say that especially for difficult child it was very important, that we also live rather close to a big city and we could use many of the opportunities that city gives us. When one is not fitting in on their small community, it is really tough. In bigger places you can have fresh starts and it is easier to find your niche. In small community you may end up being really alone. </p><p></p><p>I also know many people to whom the steiner school was a very good experience and their biggest complaint is only that eurythmy really hoovered. I'm not sure if they even do it in every Waldorf school, but here they tend to do it a lot and I have never met anyone who went to steiner school and didn't find it awfully boring. I'm sure there are also those who liked it somewhere. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> My other advice in addition to trying to find out about that specific Waldorf school and how well it works, is to point blank ask how they handle learning difficulties and special need kids. J may or may not ever end up with diagnose, but at least here many Waldorf school simply don't take students with special needs or learning difficulties and even ask parents to take them out, if something comes up later. They don't have resources to handle those issues and because they are private schools, they don't have to deal with kids with special needs and often they simply don't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 535399, member: 14557"] And then you could start thinking and fretting if you should medicate. And after that if the medication is a right one. And then go back to fretting if even the diagnose is a right one. :smartass: There simply is no way to win, it seems. If I understand correctly you live in the small village and there are no bigger towns/cities nearby. While I see the advantages in that, it also causes you to have fewer options and with the child like J those options may come handy. We also live in small community. This used to be rural area, but now we have a lot of new-comers at it is coming more or less suburban. Still we 'old-timers' tend to have our own, somewhat closed community partly because most of us are minority and most of new-comers are majority. While I do love many aspect of our small community, I have to say that especially for difficult child it was very important, that we also live rather close to a big city and we could use many of the opportunities that city gives us. When one is not fitting in on their small community, it is really tough. In bigger places you can have fresh starts and it is easier to find your niche. In small community you may end up being really alone. I also know many people to whom the steiner school was a very good experience and their biggest complaint is only that eurythmy really hoovered. I'm not sure if they even do it in every Waldorf school, but here they tend to do it a lot and I have never met anyone who went to steiner school and didn't find it awfully boring. I'm sure there are also those who liked it somewhere. ;) My other advice in addition to trying to find out about that specific Waldorf school and how well it works, is to point blank ask how they handle learning difficulties and special need kids. J may or may not ever end up with diagnose, but at least here many Waldorf school simply don't take students with special needs or learning difficulties and even ask parents to take them out, if something comes up later. They don't have resources to handle those issues and because they are private schools, they don't have to deal with kids with special needs and often they simply don't. [/QUOTE]
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