How many of you home ed?

[lisad123]

Considering this for dd1

I don't but you'd probably know that. Is something wrong? Do you want to chat about it?

Me. Just passed our third anniversary . Ds has just turned 13, has AS and ADHD.

Why do you ask?

I did for most of last year - ds1 was 7.

We loved it but ds1 did miss the social side of school (its only plus IMO) and he has been at his new (much smaller) school for a year now.

I would HE again in a heartbeat though if needed!

One of our issues was that we live in a very small village and there isnt much of a HE community - this is not the issue if you live in a bigger town/city. Large cities usually have a very busy HE community.

Have you googled Education Otherwise? You can join and get the details of groups near you.

Also, check out the HE boards on MN...found them VERY helpful.

HTH

We are just so concerned by her emotional and mental health. She's having meltdowns at school pretty much daily and more than once a day.
Yesterday she told me she cried because the star feel off the bag she was making and she didn't think she had time to glue it back on, se cries if she gets something wrong, any little change and sometimes we just don't know why
Her teacher told me at parents evening that she is very bright and 3 years above her age in her work skills but he feels like he can't move her too far forward incase it causes her stress. He also said sometimes he has to leave her to cry be because there's nothing he can do.
It's heart breaking for me and dh to know she's that stressed and worried. She has one friend, who is lovely but becoming a bit of an obsession, although everyone likes her as she is very sweet and kind.
We are trying to move house and that would mean moving school and I just think its all going to be too hard on her.
I don't plan to home ed dd2 it the moment though, would that become a major issue??
There is a large home ed community within our religion.

Should also say she's 9 in jan

Lisa, I've sent you a PM.

please feel free to PM me if you want more info about my sons situation...it is heartbreaking...I am sorry you are all going through this x

If you know lots of other HEers then it sounds like a great idea.

Doesn't have to be forever. You can just do it for a few months or a few years.

I HE my DS 13 yr old with adhd/asd with some LEA tutoring imput -and I flexi school my 9 year old ds.

ment to add some good HE groups on facebook that I have found very useful
There are lots of relatively free/cheep resources out there.

I have found My DS so much less stressed out of school, it has been a two months now and I am so surprised how many behaviours have ''dampened down.
The LEA have offered a SN school but I am seriously considering long term HE

Hi

I understand your position completely. I have been HE since July and it has made a great difference to DS's mental wellbeing.

But I see it as a short-term measure for us. I have found a lovely little school for DS to try. If he can't make it there, he can't make it anywhere (to paraphrase Frank Sinatra).

I see HE as a flexible tool and something that I may have to use from time to time - like flexi-schooling. I feel my son needs a level of flexibility to help him maintain his mental health and his stamina.

So don't feel you are ducking out of the system but stepping back from it - it can help recharge batteries, get your child on an even keel and keep you as the parent feeling like you are in control in terms of supporting your child's needs.

We home ed. Works fabulously for us.

Lots of families have some children in school and some out, but be warned that the schooled child might not be happy about that arrangement in the longer term...

The only annoying thing about keeping one child in school would be that you'd be tied to the school day for outings and things, and at 230 or whenever you'd have to interrupt whatever fun you were having to go and meet the other child, but that's hardly a deal breaker.