Wow! Thank you so much to everyone who’s spoken up! I’ll go through your suggestions in more detail later, but I just wanted to express my gratitude for your taking the time to try to help!
My nephew graduated from McDaniel and he benefited greatly from the one-on-one academic support. It’s definitely worth a visit. Your son should qualify for nice merit.
High Point bills itself as the “premier life skills university”
I would say no to High Point for this student. Not at all what they’re looking for.
I know a young woman who attended Curry College (in the Boston area) who received a tremendous amount of support there for her learning differences. It was pricey, though… she signed up for the maximum level of support and I believe her mom said it added $10k to the tuition bill.
I don’t know if our experience/insight is helpful to you. I had a son who is dyslexic/ADHD and had some health issues and another who is ADHD (probably more so). Both were very bright, but the former was ridiculously bright. In neither case did we seek one-to-one help directly from the school.
We had hired a private person to work with ShawSon in HS and when he went to college, she continued to monitor his emails (as colleges sent out changes in assignments, new information, things he had to do via email) and would help him organize. She would talk over work planning with him. After a couple of years, he didn’t need any help except dictating papers at times (which the college would pay for if he needed ). He does take Adderall but has managed to do extremely well since college (probably more outstanding than his college career).
ShawD was wildly ADHD until she started taking Ritalin (her grades went up a full point with Ritalin and 50% extra time on tests). Started college at a school that had a peer counselor program for kids with LDs. She got someone who was in her program but a couple of years ahead who helped her plan and manage her workload (and told her what the professor was likely to test for). She transferred after the first semester and availed herself of school-provided tutors in a few subjects where she thought she might need help. She has done very well post school and is supervising people many years older.