Moving to Bay Area -Private school for Dyslexic Middle Schooler

Hello Network,

Seeking advice.  We are anticipating a move to the Bay Area - with flexibility on where to live for the school year 2019-2020 (she will be in 8th grade) and then more flexibility to fully settle for high school 2020-21.

She has to be in a private school given the complexity of her LD ie., Dyslexia, processing, ADHD.  But, is gifted with spatial/design ability and a mainstream social kid.  Any advice out there for the schools we should be targeting?  Should we consider non dyslexia related schools that accommodate and allow for therapists in school?    I will be visiting this year to meet with different schools but there are not that many for dyslexia and its difficult to understand which ones will actually have room.  We are also looking for a good educational consultant in the area.  Any insight is much appreciated. Thank you.

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hi there, my son just began public middle school in Berkeley and also has dyslexia. We thought he would be going to a private middle school and applied to several (that were not focused on learning disabilities) and they did not accept him. I think it was an eye-opener for me. It may be hard to find a place in a mainstream school. However, so far our son loves his public middle school and sees his educational therapist twice a week after school (not in school). There are schools in the Bay Area that specialize in dyslexia, including Raskob in Oakland, the Sterne School in SF, and the Charles Armstrong School on the Peninsula. Good luck!