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antidepressants after 1 week - IQ/executive function drop?
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<blockquote data-quote="agee" data-source="post: 414219"><p>Our school system was impossible to work with. This is why we pulled him out. I will spare you the essay, but suffice it to say we were not willing to wait until he was 2 years behind grade level in order to allow him Special Education. services. School was constant frustration, for him and me. I can't explain the weight off my shoulders once we finally pulled him out.</p><p>Also, are you concerned that he's not having social outlets because he's homeschooling? This is not the case at all. Instead of his only social contact being a frustrated teacher and a bunch of 8 year olds who think he's annoying, he goes to classes with other homeschoolers (mixed age, which is great because he's really good with the younger kids), attends homeschooler playgroup, has friends over, interacts with lots of adults (grandparents, neighbors, karate coach, tennis coach, me + my husband, etc). I would much rather him learn social skills from the people we've chosen to surround him with than the kids he's thrown in with at school. That was actually the first thing I saw when we pulled him out - all the snotty, sassy one-liners that the kids in school use to talk to each other left his lexicon. Now we just have the tried-and-true swear words left. I'll take it.</p><p>All that said, homeschooling is really hard on me just for the thing you mentioned - I need a break from him to regroup and he is a lot less nasty with others than with me. Uh, also I have to work - I work out of the house and my schedule is flexible but there are lots of things I'm behind on and I don't know when I'll catch up.</p><p>We are looking into a private school nearby (they say they want out-of-the-box thinkers) but it's unclear how we'll afford it. That's why I mentioned Medicaid in my earlier post about FASD; taking him off our health insurance will allow us to contribute hugely to school. But we'll have to see. And they might not take him. So meanwhile we do our thing at home. Our regular public school will be the last, last choice for him, ever. </p><p>A</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agee, post: 414219"] Our school system was impossible to work with. This is why we pulled him out. I will spare you the essay, but suffice it to say we were not willing to wait until he was 2 years behind grade level in order to allow him Special Education. services. School was constant frustration, for him and me. I can't explain the weight off my shoulders once we finally pulled him out. Also, are you concerned that he's not having social outlets because he's homeschooling? This is not the case at all. Instead of his only social contact being a frustrated teacher and a bunch of 8 year olds who think he's annoying, he goes to classes with other homeschoolers (mixed age, which is great because he's really good with the younger kids), attends homeschooler playgroup, has friends over, interacts with lots of adults (grandparents, neighbors, karate coach, tennis coach, me + my husband, etc). I would much rather him learn social skills from the people we've chosen to surround him with than the kids he's thrown in with at school. That was actually the first thing I saw when we pulled him out - all the snotty, sassy one-liners that the kids in school use to talk to each other left his lexicon. Now we just have the tried-and-true swear words left. I'll take it. All that said, homeschooling is really hard on me just for the thing you mentioned - I need a break from him to regroup and he is a lot less nasty with others than with me. Uh, also I have to work - I work out of the house and my schedule is flexible but there are lots of things I'm behind on and I don't know when I'll catch up. We are looking into a private school nearby (they say they want out-of-the-box thinkers) but it's unclear how we'll afford it. That's why I mentioned Medicaid in my earlier post about FASD; taking him off our health insurance will allow us to contribute hugely to school. But we'll have to see. And they might not take him. So meanwhile we do our thing at home. Our regular public school will be the last, last choice for him, ever. A [/QUOTE]
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