![]() When we took our first tour of the school, I remember the Head of School saying two things that really hit home. Something had to change, and it did when we found The Janus School. Like many parents with children that have learning delays, homework time is the worst time of the day! Trying to get a frustrated, exhausted, anxious child to focus on more schoolwork at home, after struggling all day at school, is awful and unfair to parent and child! Our family suffered because my husband and I spent so much time focusing on his school issues and anxiety, and our daughter often felt neglected. I spent countless hours re-teaching our son the concepts that he was struggling with in school. He no longer wanted to go to school and he became so stressed out that he developed several tics and started hiding in the classroom closet because he felt anxious and hopeless. His stress level increased and his self-esteem sank. Despite attempts by his classroom teachers and a part-time itinerant support teacher, (which was all he qualified for) he was not successful. He was also overwhelmed by the number of students in his classes and he needed more individual attention than his classmates. He had a very difficult time keeping up with classwork and homework, and he no longer wanted to go to school because he felt lost. As the academic demands increased at school, his anxiety increased. Our son’s struggles in school became very apparent between 3 rd and 5 th grade. Cody may not attend Janus any longer, but we will always be forever grateful to our extended Janus family. He is now a successful high school student who has a bright future ahead of him because of the outstanding staff and supports from The Janus School. Through perseverance and working on deficits, he was able to overcome emotional and learning differences, allowing him to transition back into public school. For the first time you can take that deep breath and know that your child is going to be accepted and will be provided an education based upon their needs and abilities – no exceptions!ĭuring Cody’s time at Janus he not only became successful academically, but he learned how to handle stress, deal with his emotions, and how to advocate for himself. They set up a team of teachers, tutors, counselors, Speech-Language Pathologist and more to embrace your child and their needs. The Educators at The Janus School are invaluable. This is when we started to understand that Mental Health differences are not just the typical serotypes you often read or hear about. Cody was missing the fundamental basics for this due to his inability to understand directions, hold conversations, formulate sentences and read. We started to learn that these areas are so important because in the beginning of your school career, you learn to read, but as you get older, you read to learn. The immediate plan was to put supports around Cody to dig into Social Cognition, Receptive and Expressive Language deficits. Our Janus journey started with such excitement. We needed to do whatever it took to get him in this school. She told us, “Janus was the icing on the cake”. She explained to us that for the first time (ever) Cody was starting to hit bell curve. We took this information to Cody’s counselor it was life-changing for Cody and our family. After completing Summer school Janus provided us with a summary of findings. Through outside counseling services, and trying to find answers we thought Summer school would be helpful to see if we could make some academic progress with Cody. Cody would come home daily with clothing all stretched out, chewed holes in it, and just so frustrated with understanding how to do his schoolwork. ![]() He was a kindhearted rule following first grader who just could not seem to wrap his mind around school. Cody’s journey started at The Janus School the Summer of 2011 when we noticed something was just “different”.
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