Re: Monarch School - questions

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Thanks everyone for the feedback onthe Monarch School. I do

appreciate it - anyone else have some input?

So far I see that the benefits are:

Lovely facility

Good programs

Kids meeting their goals

The diadvantages are:

Cost and the fact one will have incur the costs, time, and agony

battling with the local sd to pay (been there done that)

No typical peers

Can anyone tell me if a child like my son would fit into Monarch? I

am just wondering if the school tends to serve the more behavioral

kids, or the kids that are quite severe.

I do agree that my son needs typical role models, if not at school,

in other settings.

My son is probably considered right smack in middle of moderate to

mild. Higher functioning than moderate, but I would not call

him " high fucntioning " as he is not really conversational, mostly due

to his auditory processing disorder.

My old school district could not meet his needs - the regular ed

class was too big, too stimuating, and he really needs 1:1 to learn

the tougher academics, and the only other option at the school was a

life skillsclass, which was too low for him - he is capable of

learning academics like math, reading, literature, science and social

studies. This is why we are homeschooling - it was the only way we

could really meet his needs. We do supplement with outside

activities for peer support; he generally deos okay with kids in the

5 year old range (kids about 3 years younger so so).

Any ideas?

Tahnks,

Beth

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> > The last I heard (from another parent who called this summer) was

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