Why I Took My Daughter Out of Montessori School (& Put Her in Catholic School Instead)

March 11, 2016

I have two children, a 10-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son on the high functioning side of the Autism spectrum (he struggles with many social cues, does not handle transitions well, and is focused to a fault on certain narrow areas of interest). We first moved our son to the Montessori program from a Catholic school in second grade after extensive research and recommendations from other parents. He…

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