<p>Yes, I know there's a Prep Sch forum, but most of those posts concern the top tier boarding schools. D is a solid student (B average) with decent scores (75-80% on PSAT as a soph) and considering applying to prep sch from compet public magnet, primarily for smaller school/class size.</p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Landmark School in Beverly, MA specializes in kids with LDs. There is another school called Proctor that I think works well for kids with LDs.</p>
<p>Landmark is a college, though, right? OP is looking for a prep school.</p>
<p>Yes, I'm looking for a prep school (D is currently a hs soph) - - but not necessarily a school school exclusively or primarily for LD students.</p>
<p>Landmark is well known for its high school (and maybe elementary school as well) devoted to kids with LDs. Proctor Academy is a prep school in NH, but some kids with LDs that we know have done well there.</p>
<p>What kind of schools are you looking for? Nationally recognized ones for their support of LD students? Boarding schools? Locally renowned schools that support LD children?</p>
<p>I have a D with ADD who is a junior- she is in her second prep school, which has worked out much better than the first. If you PM me, I'll provide more details.</p>
<p>momofrower, sent you a pm</p>
<p>I don't have suggestions for a specific prep school in greater NYC, but having an LD kid in prep school, I do have suggestions for making sure the school is a good environment for LD students. You probably already know that most prep schools, including top prep schools, have a contingent of LD students. The questions is, how hospitable is the school and how well are they set up to accommodate. The school, no matter how small, should have a person who serves as the coordinator for the LD students, keeping their test results and whatever the school calls the students' plans on file. If your daughter has a 504 plan with accommodations in her public magnet, make sure that the prep school will provide the same accommodations that she is receiving now. (Make sure also that the prep school has an LD liason for the College Board so that your D can receive her accommodations on SAT's, AP's, etc. applied for and administered through the school.) Either the LD coordinator or the LD students' individual GC's should communicate your D's classroom and testing accommodations to her teachers, and there should be an organized system in place so that the accommodations are available from all teachers for all designated tasks. If the school is already set up to accommodate and the teachers don't think of this as unusual or associate LD with students who are somehow "less than," it makes life much easier for your D.</p>
<p>The schools on our list already extend accommodations to other LD students and appear hospitable. I just wanted to make sure we weren't missing some lesser-known, hidden gem.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>