Three more days and counting until Caroline goes back to school! All of them but one, whom I am homeschooling. She's the easy one to
homeschool, Jane that is. I tried homeschooling Caroline but she does so much better with tighter structure and other teachers. Her New Year's resolution was to stay at one school for an entire year. Kind of sad, but a good goal. We hope that she can finish an entire year at one school for a change. Maybe even for all of middle school. We shall see....
Hi Megan, You are the second person to tell me about the connection between bipolar disorder and autism. I am going to do a search on the internet because I am very interested to learn about the study. I am not surprised especially since Griffin is also bipolar and ADHD. There is mental illness and who knows what else, on both sides of my family. Thanks for the information.
ReplyDeleteI think that staying in one school is a good goal too. Griffin had a very difficult time when he was in two different schools in South Carolina (they have horrid schools there because they do not spend any money on education). In between the two schools I tried homeschooling but he needed the socialization with his peers that he gets in school. So, now that we are in NC the school is soooo much better, which explains how he can be in a mainstream classroom.
We had Bob Drews here today. He brought us the Word and told us about his ministry to Japan.
ReplyDeleteMy oldest is read to go back to school. Jonathan thinks he's crazy, "Why would anyone want to go back to school?"
And I'm so ready for the kids to go back to school. I can clean my house and it will stay that way for at least a few hours.
i recently decided to homeschool mateo when we move in april. he's actually the opposite of your daughter. he does better without the structure. he needs the flexibility and for the learning to move with him and his interests and needs. i'm going to give it a try. i just posted all about this actually. i'm finding more and more parents of special needs kids (and bipolar kids) who homeschool. it's so interesting to me. and i hope it works out for us. i think it will. :)
ReplyDeleteI really really wish that homeschooling would have worked for Caroline because we have had so many unsuccessful stints at various schools--all were fine academically, but it was the social aspect that was the problem. I've tried homeschooling her several times and it was a disaster. She just refused to work for me, and once kids are past the early elementary years, there is so much they need to have down pat, and we had to hold her back a year as a result of her refusal to work at home. So our goal is to keep her in a school, but I am envious of parents of bpkids who can homeschool successfully.
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