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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 509564" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>(((((hugs)))))</p><p></p><p>You are in a big enough city that their might be special need home schoolers. You might be able to combine home bound services for him with activities with other sp ed families. I know that one of the big cities near me has a large hs group and a small subset of that group that is special needs. The small subset is welcome at all of the large group activities and they also have some of their own activities. Plus some of the kids from the larger group come to some specific activties to help with social skills. It isn't always true, but for the most part I have found that homeschoolers are FAR more tolerant of kids with problems than those in reg school. Not just the kids, the family is more tolerant. HS kids interact with kids of all ages, not just those in or close to their grade, and they just are more accepting. Or that is what we have experienced - even when Wiz was at his most violent and rigid we were NOT shunned or told we were "doing it wrong". We just got support and people willing to always give him one more try.</p><p></p><p>It might be a resource if you could find a group like that. NOT to homeschool him all the way, but if you do homebound for any length of time, it could provide the social activities he needs/likes. And there are usually a lot of parents around, which once they understand will be a good thing.</p><p></p><p>Just food for thought.</p><p></p><p>Sorry about the period, love your advocate, hugs to you and Q!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 509564, member: 1233"] (((((hugs))))) You are in a big enough city that their might be special need home schoolers. You might be able to combine home bound services for him with activities with other sp ed families. I know that one of the big cities near me has a large hs group and a small subset of that group that is special needs. The small subset is welcome at all of the large group activities and they also have some of their own activities. Plus some of the kids from the larger group come to some specific activties to help with social skills. It isn't always true, but for the most part I have found that homeschoolers are FAR more tolerant of kids with problems than those in reg school. Not just the kids, the family is more tolerant. HS kids interact with kids of all ages, not just those in or close to their grade, and they just are more accepting. Or that is what we have experienced - even when Wiz was at his most violent and rigid we were NOT shunned or told we were "doing it wrong". We just got support and people willing to always give him one more try. It might be a resource if you could find a group like that. NOT to homeschool him all the way, but if you do homebound for any length of time, it could provide the social activities he needs/likes. And there are usually a lot of parents around, which once they understand will be a good thing. Just food for thought. Sorry about the period, love your advocate, hugs to you and Q! [/QUOTE]
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