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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 621905" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>i'm guessing he feels less heard than you do and its more that than the social piece. i'm guessing he's tried to use his pass, tried to tell them he cant (whatever), tried to tell them....and i'm guessing he was told the equivalent of tough noogies.</p><p></p><p>and that's an awful feeling.</p><p></p><p>did you ask him what would make school better for him? (guessing, "I don't know") </p><p></p><p>its a question worth asking, and its worth asking what HIS solution for this year would be....other than to stop going. i'd whip out the all time fav trump card about it being the law as I was asking these questions---i'd make it abundantly clear that not going was not an option, regardless of what your online schooling search turns up.</p><p></p><p>kids don't necessarily need physical school for socialization, or a formal social skills group...there are plenty of opportunities in the course of life. there may be homeschooling groups in your area that can guide you to organized events or help you with your state requirements for online/homeschool/whatever.</p><p></p><p>but I would strongly caution you to think this through. i'm sure you can manage for the rest of the year, but you might be setting a precedent in his head that could become a nightmare.....you don't want to worsen the anxiety. </p><p></p><p>if you could pinpoint what exactly is the worst of it maybe you could switch teachers, find a resource room, switch to a short term modified day with increasing increments--week one, 2 classes, week 2, three, and so forth. </p><p></p><p>but you need your team to help you both figure out a plan....that's probably step one.</p><p></p><p>and FWIW, it was both a blessing and a curse with 6 classes/6 teachers....mine wasn't stuck all day one awful teacher, but believe it or not, socialization actually became much harder--there really isn't time to chitchat, and you may see one friend for one class and never see them again for the rest of the day. what was really a bonus was the educational opportunities---a wide variety of classes to meet needs, and engaging electives. </p><p></p><p>this too shall pass ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 621905, member: 8831"] i'm guessing he feels less heard than you do and its more that than the social piece. i'm guessing he's tried to use his pass, tried to tell them he cant (whatever), tried to tell them....and i'm guessing he was told the equivalent of tough noogies. and that's an awful feeling. did you ask him what would make school better for him? (guessing, "I don't know") its a question worth asking, and its worth asking what HIS solution for this year would be....other than to stop going. i'd whip out the all time fav trump card about it being the law as I was asking these questions---i'd make it abundantly clear that not going was not an option, regardless of what your online schooling search turns up. kids don't necessarily need physical school for socialization, or a formal social skills group...there are plenty of opportunities in the course of life. there may be homeschooling groups in your area that can guide you to organized events or help you with your state requirements for online/homeschool/whatever. but I would strongly caution you to think this through. i'm sure you can manage for the rest of the year, but you might be setting a precedent in his head that could become a nightmare.....you don't want to worsen the anxiety. if you could pinpoint what exactly is the worst of it maybe you could switch teachers, find a resource room, switch to a short term modified day with increasing increments--week one, 2 classes, week 2, three, and so forth. but you need your team to help you both figure out a plan....that's probably step one. and FWIW, it was both a blessing and a curse with 6 classes/6 teachers....mine wasn't stuck all day one awful teacher, but believe it or not, socialization actually became much harder--there really isn't time to chitchat, and you may see one friend for one class and never see them again for the rest of the day. what was really a bonus was the educational opportunities---a wide variety of classes to meet needs, and engaging electives. this too shall pass ;-) [/QUOTE]
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