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<blockquote data-quote="neednewtechnique" data-source="post: 81419" data-attributes="member: 3527"><p>My 5 year old attended a private school that has a great preschool program and we had GREAT LUCK with their program. (Although she is not diagnosis'ed yet, she begins the evaluation process on Monday!! *yeay*)</p><p></p><p>I think the key is to find one that centers around helping the kids, and probably not a Catholic one. (no offense to anyone who is catholic, but I know that they run their schools pretty strictly, and that can be a good thing for some kids, but probably not for many of our difficult children). </p><p></p><p>The one that she attended was in a protestant church, and they happily took her, knowing that she had some behavior problems, and she definitely kept them on their toes!! But the really wonderful part of the experience, was that even after they dealt with her for 2 and a half years during preschool, temper tantrums and all, they still begged me all summer to bring her back for Kindergarten!! They really seemed to have a heart for the "challenging" kids, and all her teachers, the other teachers, the assistant director, and the headmistress were all so sad to see her go on to public school, and still call me every once in a while to see how she is doing and ask me to bring her back! </p><p></p><p>I don't know what kind of area you live in, but if you have several private schools to choose from, set up appointments to talk with them about their program, and ask them if they have anything for a child with a need for special attention, and if you don't get a good feeling from the response, cross them off your list. If you can narrow it down to one or two that you would consider as a possibility, try to see if you can set up a meeting with them and your child, and see what kind of vibe you get from your child. Believe it or not, this is really the best way to choose. Kids have a certain intuition that adults grow out of at some point, and you can learn a LOT about a place, just by watching how your daughter reacts to the place. This is how my husband and I have always chosen daycare for our kids, we would narrow it down to one or two choices, and just see how they reacted in each environment.</p><p></p><p>If you don't decide to go the private school route, I would say you need to get in touch with your SD's district superintendant and find out what options you have for getting your difficult child the help they need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neednewtechnique, post: 81419, member: 3527"] My 5 year old attended a private school that has a great preschool program and we had GREAT LUCK with their program. (Although she is not diagnosis'ed yet, she begins the evaluation process on Monday!! *yeay*) I think the key is to find one that centers around helping the kids, and probably not a Catholic one. (no offense to anyone who is catholic, but I know that they run their schools pretty strictly, and that can be a good thing for some kids, but probably not for many of our difficult children). The one that she attended was in a protestant church, and they happily took her, knowing that she had some behavior problems, and she definitely kept them on their toes!! But the really wonderful part of the experience, was that even after they dealt with her for 2 and a half years during preschool, temper tantrums and all, they still begged me all summer to bring her back for Kindergarten!! They really seemed to have a heart for the "challenging" kids, and all her teachers, the other teachers, the assistant director, and the headmistress were all so sad to see her go on to public school, and still call me every once in a while to see how she is doing and ask me to bring her back! I don't know what kind of area you live in, but if you have several private schools to choose from, set up appointments to talk with them about their program, and ask them if they have anything for a child with a need for special attention, and if you don't get a good feeling from the response, cross them off your list. If you can narrow it down to one or two that you would consider as a possibility, try to see if you can set up a meeting with them and your child, and see what kind of vibe you get from your child. Believe it or not, this is really the best way to choose. Kids have a certain intuition that adults grow out of at some point, and you can learn a LOT about a place, just by watching how your daughter reacts to the place. This is how my husband and I have always chosen daycare for our kids, we would narrow it down to one or two choices, and just see how they reacted in each environment. If you don't decide to go the private school route, I would say you need to get in touch with your SD's district superintendant and find out what options you have for getting your difficult child the help they need. [/QUOTE]
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