http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/138573/The-Gifford-School-or-Dearborn-Academy Our 7th grade son is in need of a therapeutic day school. It seems as though these 2 schools would be the best. We live in Waltham, MA. He is very bright and not highly motivated. He is a voracious reader and if interested in a subject, say in social studies or English, he'll soar. If not interested, he shuts down. He has ADHD and as such, is very immature for his age. Currently, he is struggling with an extremely low tolerance threshold which has resulted in major meltdowns. Does anyone have a child now or recently at one of these 2 schools? Also, I'm open to learning about other places. Thank you. GreatSchools en-us Jisper If the school district is open to placing your son in a therapeutic school maybe they would consider having him do a 90 day placement at New Academy in ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/138573/The-Gifford-School-or-Dearborn-Academy?cpage=1#comment_139109 5100.139109 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:13:58 -0800 Hopeful Thanks for the information. We've only checked out Gifford so far, and are scheduled to interview with Dearborn on Monday. http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/138573/The-Gifford-School-or-Dearborn-Academy?cpage=1#comment_138849 5100.138849 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:38:00 -0800 Hopeful Thank you for the information! As I am brand new to this, I don't even know how to contact someone other than what I'm doing now with you, because all ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/138573/The-Gifford-School-or-Dearborn-Academy?cpage=1#comment_138848 5100.138848 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:35:59 -0800 healthy11 As michellea mentioned, there's a poster here named Jisper, and she also lives in MA and even started a group for parents of kids in Therapeutic schools: http://community.greatschools.net/groups/12393You might contact ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/138573/The-Gifford-School-or-Dearborn-Academy?cpage=1#comment_138783 5100.138783 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:30:23 -0800 michellea There is a member named Jisper on this site that may have information about these schools and others. She also posts at www.schwablearning.org as Jisp.That said, what were your impressions ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/138573/The-Gifford-School-or-Dearborn-Academy?cpage=1#comment_138682 5100.138682 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:46:07 -0800