Flexi-schooling

[MayhapMayhem]

Does anyone do this? How does it work? Can you share experiences?

Thinking of suggesting it for my DS (10, ASD, ADHD) who has come on leaps and bounds since school at home and absolutely doesn't want to go back to school. I would have to request it on Monday (not in UK and schools due to open soon).

Flexi-schooling means part-time attendance at school. It may or may not be allowed in the country where you live. Is that what you mean, or is it home education you want (where your child doesn't attend school at all)?

Laws and practice vary by country. Your best bet if you want to know how it all works is to get in touch with other home educators in the country where you live. If you want to say where you are, there may be someone on this board who can point you in the right direction.

It may also be worth having a search on Facebook. There are many special interest groups there. In England at least, the majority of home ed forums are to be found there and you would be able to find a home education network in your area by typing "home education" followed by the name of your area into the FB search bar. There is also a FB group called "Flexischooling Families UK", for example.

Hope that helps a bit!

Thank you for answering! Home Ed is not allowed as I am not a teacher and I don't know one who would sponsor me.

I can request flexi-schooling as a one off due to Covid to help reintroduce DS back to school. The idea being that children with AsD will find the transition really hard going from being isolated within the family back to full classroom all day.

If the school agrees, he would get work set over Classroom (as they do at the moment) for the times he's not present in school.

I have to request it though, and the school has to agree. I'm thinking of asking that he has Mo, Tu, Thurs afternoons at home for the next few weeks and maybe Friday morning too if he is feeling too overwhelmed. They don't have school on Wed or Fri afternoons anyway.

Okay - then what about a special needs forum or advocacy group in your country? I expect other parents of children with ASD may be needing the same thing and others will have looked into how it would work, what your son's rights are and how to apply.