Also wondering - what the heck are we going to do now? :-) We like our public school, but I just don't know what sort of resources they might have for our girl. But that's probably not one for this board, eh? :-)
Hi, JamD--
Kudos to you for getting some answers; sorry that they will bring new puzzles to figure out, but at least you know what's up now.
I would investigate all options with the public school, as well as looking about for other options. Oftentimes for a kid with disabilities the public school is the place to be-- because in a public school children have civil rights (to a Free Appropriate Public Education, or FAPE, Appropriate meaning individualized if demonstrably necessary). Whereas in a private school, if a person turn out to be hard to educate in any way, they can kick him/her out or otherwise not meet the needs with no legal recourse available.
The book From Emotions to Advocacy and the Wrightslaw website were very helpful to us in the early stages of figuring out.
DeeDee
