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photon · 08-19-2022, 09:00 AM

We tried to get into private schools since they looked like a good option for my son's disability, unfortunately we got rejected from them since my kid also had a behavioural code.. "integrity of our program" is a phrase I got really tired of hearing.

Fortunately after going through the Day Treatment Program at the Children's Hospital things really turned around and he ended up winning the "Most Improved Student" award in his jr. high and did really well in high school despite the COVID challenges.

I get that the private schools can pick and choose and might not be equipped to deal with certain things and that public schools have to take everyone even if they also are not equipped, it was just really frustrating at the time and I wonder what it would have been like if he'd gotten to go to one of those schools.. Academically maybe the same but socialization it might have been better for him if he'd been able to make more friends like him.

08-19-2022, 09:00 AM	#148
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	We tried to get into private schools since they looked like a good option for my son's disability, unfortunately we got rejected from them since my kid also had a behavioural code.. "integrity of our program" is a phrase I got really tired of hearing. Fortunately after going through the Day Treatment Program at the Children's Hospital things really turned around and he ended up winning the "Most Improved Student" award in his jr. high and did really well in high school despite the COVID challenges. I get that the private schools can pick and choose and might not be equipped to deal with certain things and that public schools have to take everyone even if they also are not equipped, it was just really frustrating at the time and I wonder what it would have been like if he'd gotten to go to one of those schools.. Academically maybe the same but socialization it might have been better for him if he'd been able to make more friends like him. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.