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Does anyone home school?
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Re: Does anyone home school?
Considering that it costs a school $23,000 a year to educate a special needs student I don't blame them for trying to get federal help with the cost. It still doesn't make a lick of sense why your parents would fight and pull their kid out of school because they wanted to give him more support not less.
Test scores=\= intelligence. Just like getting good grades at home with your mom =\= professional success.
Epilepsy comes with a bunch of comorbids which impact the brain/functioning long after the seizures stop. Maybe your brother got lucky and is hugely successful. The type of supports a special needs child needs to prepare for adult life can't be replicated at home. I'm actually not anti homeschooling. I think with the right kid and the right parent it can work out well. I think its a horrible choice for a special needs child.
What a horribly short sighted way of thinking. Your child needs professional help. Your child needs the social support much more than a neurotypical kid. I would work my way up the food chain with paperwork from professionals in hand to get my kid the services he needed.
If you were homeschooled and your kids are (going to be) homeschooled and you've never worked in a school, how the fuck would you know what goes on in one and whether or not there have been changes?
IQ tests are actually very rarely adminstered, they need to be conducted in a one-on-one setting with a licensed psychologist. The "IQ" tests that come back with results from the Iowa tests (and other standardized tests) are not true IQ tests. The average IQ in the US has been steadily increasing since the 40s, due largely to the increase in standardized testing and children's ability to be familiar with testing environments. Intelligence tests can also only be adminstered once per lifetime or the results are not true measures of IQ (as with many other tests, the MMPI, rorschach test, etc). IS give IQ tests as part of some IEPs to measure growth in problem solving abilities, but a person's IQ does not change over their life. Overall, many, many professionals do not agree that an IQ can be quantified at all. If you ask Gardner, there are too many types of intelligences to even begin an attempt at quantification. You know nothing about what you're talking about but nice of you to call us stupid in the meantime.
And if by "you guys" you mean professionals who won't let ignorant internet randoms tell them their career can be replicated on pinterest, then yeah. We do.
Not an opinion. It's a fact that kids who receive professional help from trained, qualified professionals are going to be more likely to be employed/integrated into society than those who do not.
On a side note, I hate the term "butt hurt". It's like "moist". ick.
There isnt a "feud". People come back to read the drama when the bat signal goes up.
It's not for us, but I guess because it doesn't affect me personally I don't really care how people educate their kids. I do know two kids who are homeschooled. Both have autism. One tried public school for a few years, she withdrew further and further. Her mom home schools and does it well. The daughter one of the best ballet dancers in her age range in Canada. So I think even without ASD she would have been homeschooled.
I do understand the fear people have about home schooling, perhaps picturing a Duggarist existence. But it's changed a lot. In my city home schooling looks like this. You pay 8500 a year to belong to one of three private schools who have a home ciriculum. Your child attends music and gym class weekly with other students and all field trips. You and your child meet with tutors once a week. Fifty percent of the actual lessons take place in the community.
Part of me wonders if it's just another way for parents to stay too involved in their kids lives. I need that separation between DD and I, however I don't judge those who don't, or at least I try not to.