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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 226916" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Although I did homeschool my ex-druggie daughter to try to keep her closer to home (and away from her scummy friends), I don't believe that homeschooling is good for every kid, especially kids with social deficits and delays and those who need therapies and interventions. Actually, each state is different. Check yours out. In Wisconsin, if your child is not in public school, you can not utilize their special services and you are very limited as to what sports or classes your child can attend. My son would have been a mess if I had kept him home. He's on the autism spectrum and would never have learned how to interact with other kids, to the extent that he did, without daily exposure and his social skills classes. For my daughter, it was ok. We used an online school. She is very bright and, even on drugs, she graduated early and then went to tech school for hairdressing and got all A's (and this was on Cocaine). But it didn't keep her away from her friends, like I'd hoped, and she didn't stop using drugs just because she wasn't in school. She found ways anyways. If you have a child, say, on the autism spectrum or any child struggling with social skills in my opinion Special Education/small classes are better than homeschooling/keeping them in only a familiar place. This is JMO!!! I did homeschool my autistic son one year, and he made much more progress when he went back to school with a good IEP (and since we hire advocates, we get what we want). We did need to scout out the various school districts and he ended up going to one that was not in our district at THEIR expense and THEY transported him (they still do). I'm sure homeschooling works for many children, but in my opinion the ones I've seen thrive in it the most are those who are "typical" kids who are motivated learners. I think our "labeled" kids need more than we can offer then at home, UNLESS you live in a state that offers the same interventions to homeschooled kids as you get in school and if the child is exposed to his peers every day. It's in my opinion NOT a good thing to isolate kids who already have trouble with other people. Again, I am NOT criticizing anyone, and this is only my opinion. Academically, the kids can do well in a homeschool--it's the other stuff I worry about. Again JMO <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 226916, member: 1550"] Although I did homeschool my ex-druggie daughter to try to keep her closer to home (and away from her scummy friends), I don't believe that homeschooling is good for every kid, especially kids with social deficits and delays and those who need therapies and interventions. Actually, each state is different. Check yours out. In Wisconsin, if your child is not in public school, you can not utilize their special services and you are very limited as to what sports or classes your child can attend. My son would have been a mess if I had kept him home. He's on the autism spectrum and would never have learned how to interact with other kids, to the extent that he did, without daily exposure and his social skills classes. For my daughter, it was ok. We used an online school. She is very bright and, even on drugs, she graduated early and then went to tech school for hairdressing and got all A's (and this was on Cocaine). But it didn't keep her away from her friends, like I'd hoped, and she didn't stop using drugs just because she wasn't in school. She found ways anyways. If you have a child, say, on the autism spectrum or any child struggling with social skills in my opinion Special Education/small classes are better than homeschooling/keeping them in only a familiar place. This is JMO!!! I did homeschool my autistic son one year, and he made much more progress when he went back to school with a good IEP (and since we hire advocates, we get what we want). We did need to scout out the various school districts and he ended up going to one that was not in our district at THEIR expense and THEY transported him (they still do). I'm sure homeschooling works for many children, but in my opinion the ones I've seen thrive in it the most are those who are "typical" kids who are motivated learners. I think our "labeled" kids need more than we can offer then at home, UNLESS you live in a state that offers the same interventions to homeschooled kids as you get in school and if the child is exposed to his peers every day. It's in my opinion NOT a good thing to isolate kids who already have trouble with other people. Again, I am NOT criticizing anyone, and this is only my opinion. Academically, the kids can do well in a homeschool--it's the other stuff I worry about. Again JMO ;) [/QUOTE]
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