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<blockquote data-quote="Bugsy" data-source="post: 122658" data-attributes="member: 1680"><p>Hi There,</p><p>Honestly I have not read all of the responses you have gotten due to time, but I want to put in my 2 cents only because I just hoemschooled my son for 2 weeks. My son was doing well for the first 3 months of school and started going downhill in December. He became very disruptive in a manic talkative way. He could not stop moving, talking, interupting, and being very impulsive. He went from hardly ever going into time out to being there 4/5 times a day. I decided that this was not good for him or his class and pulled him out. Thankfully he goes to a very coopertive private school. The point of pulling him out to homeschool him was for him to still learn while in this manic state. It was NOT EASY!!!I was exhausted, frustrated, in tears at times, glued to the house and twitching from not having alone time to regroup. He did great though. He did far more work than he would have in school. He got more very needed sleep. He was not with the other kids disrupting them and being bizarre. And it gave the school and us time to come up with a plan, if need be, for him to return to school with support. After almost 2 difficult months and homeschooling for the last 2 weeks he started school again yesterday. Knock on wood--he did very well yesterday and today. Everybody agreed that temporarily homeschooling him was in his best interest. BUT if I had to do it for a long term my husband would have to have a padded room booked for me. By the way, I am a special needs teacher and spent my career with very challenging children but it is a whole different ball game when it is your own child, in your own house, 24/7. </p><p></p><p>I made the decision on what I truly thought was best for him and for his class. you need to do that too. Some kids do much better at home. I am glad for us it was a short time and hopefully he will be able to stay in school.</p><p></p><p>Good Luck,</p><p>Bugsy's mom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bugsy, post: 122658, member: 1680"] Hi There, Honestly I have not read all of the responses you have gotten due to time, but I want to put in my 2 cents only because I just hoemschooled my son for 2 weeks. My son was doing well for the first 3 months of school and started going downhill in December. He became very disruptive in a manic talkative way. He could not stop moving, talking, interupting, and being very impulsive. He went from hardly ever going into time out to being there 4/5 times a day. I decided that this was not good for him or his class and pulled him out. Thankfully he goes to a very coopertive private school. The point of pulling him out to homeschool him was for him to still learn while in this manic state. It was NOT EASY!!!I was exhausted, frustrated, in tears at times, glued to the house and twitching from not having alone time to regroup. He did great though. He did far more work than he would have in school. He got more very needed sleep. He was not with the other kids disrupting them and being bizarre. And it gave the school and us time to come up with a plan, if need be, for him to return to school with support. After almost 2 difficult months and homeschooling for the last 2 weeks he started school again yesterday. Knock on wood--he did very well yesterday and today. Everybody agreed that temporarily homeschooling him was in his best interest. BUT if I had to do it for a long term my husband would have to have a padded room booked for me. By the way, I am a special needs teacher and spent my career with very challenging children but it is a whole different ball game when it is your own child, in your own house, 24/7. I made the decision on what I truly thought was best for him and for his class. you need to do that too. Some kids do much better at home. I am glad for us it was a short time and hopefully he will be able to stay in school. Good Luck, Bugsy's mom [/QUOTE]
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