What Comes Next?

Our Outplacement Coordinator, Wardlaw Directors and the child's learning team work together with parents to determine when a child is ready to leave the Wardlaw School.

Wardlaw students learn over time that while they have dyslexia, it does not define them. Our students transition to nearly all local schools on a timeline that ensures they leave with the confidence and skills to excel and advocate for the support they need. Our Outplacement Coordinator visits public and independent schools to ensure we maintain a mutual understanding of students, programs and curricula.

When a family chooses to apply their child to an independent school, our Outplacement Coordinator:

• Collaborates with parents to select a range of independent school options, usually 3-5 schools
• Meets with admissions directors during the admissions process to advocate for the child
• Supports and stays in touch with parents as the child transitions to the new school setting

When a family chooses to register their child at a neighborhood public school, our Outplacement Coordinator works with the parents and public school personnel to:

• Set up a 504 Plan
• Develop an Individual Educational Plan (IEP) if the child qualifies
• Provides the school to which your child is advancing with documents summarizing your child’s learning style and citing all pertinent assistive technology and strategies that will support academic success and independence in the new classroom setting.

 

At the end of the 2024-25 school year, Wardlaw students outplaced to:

Atlanta Academy

Atlanta Classical Academy

Atlanta International School

Burgess-Peterson Academy

Chamblee Middle School

Davis Academy

Druid Hills Middle School

Fifth Avenue School (FAVE)

The Galloway School

Greater Atlanta Christian School

Heritage Preparatory School

Holy Innocents' Episcopal School

Howard Middle School (APS)

Howard School

Landmark Christian School

Lovett School

Mt. Paran Christian School

Mount Vernon School

Oak Grove Elementary School

The Paideia School

St. Benedict's Episcopal School

St. Francis Schools

St. Thomas More Catholic School

St. Martin's Episcopal School

Sutton Middle School 

Virginia-Highland Elementary School

Trinity School

The Walker School

Westminster Schools

Whitefield Academy

Woodward Academy