Considering homeschooling. Advice needed please.

[southcoastmum]

Wow - I can see why you would want to stop the hair twirling! What is CY&MH?

My daughter was turned away from pysc help too, as they didn't believe she has anxiety.

Have you tried a private occupational therapist? If you get a mental health care plan you could use this with some OT's to bulk bill most of the cost. They might be able to help redirect her needs/ habits. I have found OT's to be the best professionals to help me learn about my DD's needs and development. My Dr, Paed, and Psyc were all hopeless as she didn't fit any accepted diagnosis. However, the OTs look at the whole child and they know so much about child development.

Best of luck with your DD. I hope you find the help you are looking for!

[BigRedV]

I think the catholic school handled it very poorly.

I believe public schools would get government funding to deal with special needs, it would probably harder to get funding in a catholic school.

Perhaps your son wasn't ready for school when he started last year.

My son has a July birthday, and I won't be sending im until he is 5, turning 6. I think 4 is too young for school, unless the birthday is in February/March at the very lastest.

[yvonnemommy]

I have been homeschooling DD for about one year. We enjoy it. DD can learn what she wants and time is also very flexible. Here are my feelings. I think the most important thing of homeschooling is that you should make plan adequately and then persevere in it. Besides, find some assistant tool helping you to find out where you have been and whether you are teaching the right thing. About this I recommend beestar. DD has been using it. It looks great. Anyway, good luck!
Lisa

[Daddy2G]

forgive me if i seem on a rant, this is my first post and i to was and still seem to be 'bright' but socially inept.

Re; homeschooling, i'm probablty just stating the obvious here, but it really is a case of whatever works best for your child.

haveing said that , i know that schools have come a long way from my days.
there is a growing awareness of the fact that there are/is so many kinds of intelligent. we simply focused on academic learning and that was it.

the huge positive to homeschooling is that it is in a familiar place, lots of happy emotional links. you can also tailor the schooling to help him florish in his areas of strengh and support him in those that he will struggle with.

The only downside IMHO is the lack of interaction with his peers, learning how to socially interact with others ( back in the day it was assumed everyone did this, its now starting to filter into school thinking that this is, again IMHO also an area of intelligence, quite seperate from academic)

sweetseven: i too have a dd4 so close to 5, she too is a bundle of energy, good luck with the hair pulling etc.
i hope she did not injure herself falling off the chair.

[PinkIsTheNewBlack]

Hi,
I am a teacher so hope my advice helps a little.
I would def seek further professional advice. I would make an appointment with a pedatrician and discuss your concerns and get a written letter from the teacher outlining all behaviours, concerns etc.
They will then refer you to professionals they see fit (educational physchologist, hearing or sight specialists etc) and then will re view them.
Your child is still very young. Some of these behaviours can be quite commonly seen in this age group. It is amazing how Year One can change children- it is more structured and can sometimes force children to settle down and focus a little more.
I personalally don;t like home schooling. I do like how they recieve one-on-one support, but I believe children learn best with others- they learn social skills, behavioural skills and also academically- teachers have studied for 4-5 years and know how to create environments and lessons to best enhance childrens learning.
I do think you should make the pediatrician appointment and maybe see how your child goes after another year or 2 of schooling. It must be difficult seeing your child struggle.
All the best with your decision