I'm home schooling my ASD child

[orangesnapples]

I home school my son with ASD and other complex needs due to not finding any suitable schools.
My son has anxiety, sensory processing disorder and OCD.
He is no. Violent and very articulate and bright. Very sociable.
Our only options seemed to be either schools that would not suit him academically or schools that are for chill with violent behaviour.
So we started our home Ed journey 3 years ago and didn't look back.
He has a EHCP but we that only provides 15 hours a week with a tutor.

Are you bitter about it?

How do you manage financially?

I'm currently mid battle with the LA as my child with ASD SPD ADHD and LD has no school place. They seem to want me to home educate so they can wash their hands of us. I've had to quit work and live off benefits as he has no school place and no childcare can manage his needs. Met many many other parents in similar situations home educating because they have no choice. We are all angry

Yea I am angry, but I try not to let it twist me up.
I have made my self very clear, with the local authority, this is NOT a choice but a necessity. We are lucky to have CAMHS backing us.
I was told very early that you should NOT feel pushed into home schooling, if you electively choose home education, the local authorities have no responsibility towards the child, but if you feel you have no choice, then they have a duty of care. They provide 15 hours of tutoring.
Yes it's been a slight strain financially, but it's very doable if you can restrain your self.
I can't and want him to do all the fantastic classes and workshops on offer.
Many institutions offer free classes and work shops for home Ed groups.
Find a local home Ed group.
We have been attending free1.5 hrs history classes for a year every fortnight at the national archives.
There are lots of online options, the £2 tuition hub is great, the education brothers and miss Victoria on Facebook offer several free classes each week.
My work is also mostly weekend based.

How do you structure homeschooling? How old is your son and how has he found it?

He is 11. We have a lose time table written each day for example,
Breakfast
Reading
English / book report
Lunch /free time
20 minutes of maths
History class
Martial arts.
Due to my sons demand avoidance, I'm careful not to overwhelm him with too much information.
My son is very happy, he is relaxed and engaged in his learning. He spent his whole time at school desperately not wanting to be there, now school has been taken out the picture, he a different child.
It was hard at first but now he is apart of the local home Ed group and has real friends and play dates, regular classes. And isn't sat at home all day in front of online classes, it's working great.
He enjoys and appreciates that he can choose what he learns. Which is actually a lot.

I feel for you! I'm in a similar position, my DD15 basically had an existential crisis nearly 2 years ago, tried to take her life a couple of times and after much support from CAMHS and her paediatrician we've discovered she was ASD, masking but also has sensory issues (mainly hearing but overwhelmed by business too), Tourette's, and anxiety. She's been out of school since feb 22. We're still enrolled and they've put in place 3x2.5 hour per week sessions with personal tutors and also has some online tutoring with a specialist organisation the school uses. Didn't need to do an EHCP for this but will need to do one as she'll be at college in 2 years.
She's not violent, but socially she's very below the bar which is bizarre because as a child she was the total opposite.
DS 11 is likely ADHD but is at school, very social but really finds it hard with certain things like when he does something wrong or if someone wrongs him or friends - I'm hoping he makes it through senior school but I never saw this happening with DD and I am worried 😟

Why not a full EOTAS package since you have part time EOTAS? Especially since you find EHE a financial strain.

floof the LA must provide a suitable, full time education to CSA pupils unable to attend school full time. 7.5hrs a week isn’t full time and you can force them to provide more. Do request an EHCNA, an EHCP can provide so much more support, e.g. therapies DC wouldn’t otherwise get and without sitting on waiting lists.