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Hello, after raising a child with BiPolar I Disorder who is now 19-1/2 years old--if I could have afforded to do so I would have placed her in a private school. Although, I also agree that she will have to face the real world someday there are many children who attend private schools all their lives also who do not have a disability and they are fine too afterwards. I say this as a parent. I found my daughter getting lost in school when she first was diagnosed at age 12. She rapid cycled which lead to many in school suspensions and out of school suspensions which subsequently lead to missing school work, classes, failing grades, repeated 7th grade, you name it. The best school I found for her was an alternative school when she was in 10th grade that had only 125 students in the school which she got individualized attention, understanding of her needs and more patient, her grades increased along with her self esteem and she never missed a day of school the whole school year. On September 2 she will be attending a private college with a class size no more than 15 and she is actually excited to be going to school. She also just recently got out of a residential 30 day stay. I found it frustrating in a regular school setting as mine had an IEP also but was not in special classess or ESE classes. Also, you can try getting the McKay Scholarship to help out the cost of your daughter to attend an alternative school. I live in Florida but maybe this scholarship is also available to people in different states. Look it up on the internet. Hope this was helpful.