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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 535462" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Yes, that's a very good point, SuZir. You remind me that I too have read this about Steiner schools, that they are not geared up for people with learning difficulties. And a very good point to bring up and be honest about when I visit the school. I have also contacted - and will hopefully go and visit with J (they require that a child wanting to come to the school spends two trial days there before a decision is taken) another school in the big city an hour away which is more like a conventional school than Steiner but definitely alternative - kids have autonomy, decide some of the classroom policy, lessons are creative and personalised, etc. When I spoke to the secretary this morning and she asked if there were any difficulties or special problems to mention, and I talked about the hyperactivity, she definitely sounded wary... when I said that we had recently seen a neurologist who said J was highly intelligent and not ADHD, she definitely perked up... so I will have to be equally honest there. </p><p>I just hope and pray that we can find a soft place to land for J in September... incidentally, I heard today that the other teacher at J's school, whom he would have had this September, is leaving and will be replaced by a young, male teacher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 535462, member: 11227"] Yes, that's a very good point, SuZir. You remind me that I too have read this about Steiner schools, that they are not geared up for people with learning difficulties. And a very good point to bring up and be honest about when I visit the school. I have also contacted - and will hopefully go and visit with J (they require that a child wanting to come to the school spends two trial days there before a decision is taken) another school in the big city an hour away which is more like a conventional school than Steiner but definitely alternative - kids have autonomy, decide some of the classroom policy, lessons are creative and personalised, etc. When I spoke to the secretary this morning and she asked if there were any difficulties or special problems to mention, and I talked about the hyperactivity, she definitely sounded wary... when I said that we had recently seen a neurologist who said J was highly intelligent and not ADHD, she definitely perked up... so I will have to be equally honest there. I just hope and pray that we can find a soft place to land for J in September... incidentally, I heard today that the other teacher at J's school, whom he would have had this September, is leaving and will be replaced by a young, male teacher. [/QUOTE]
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