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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are a military family facing a potential overseas assignment.  Our 4th grader is twice exceptional, gifted with adhd and dysgraphia.  Public school has been a mixed bag- not much help for dysgraphia- but he loves his friends, PE and recess.  He also has perfect grades so he feels successful.

There seem to be few to no appropriate private schools available and I don’t think that I want to even attempt to navigate public schools internationally.  The IEP battle here has been brutal.

So if you were going to start homeschooling, would you start in the US or would you wait to jump in once you arrived at your new location?

I am reading the well-trained mind now.  My husband and I both have graduate degrees in both hard and soft sciences and have experience teaching.  We also both lead scout troops, so the content/ teaching aspects don’t really worry is too much.  I would have to stop working overseas so I would have time.  I just worry that the curriculum decisions would be higher stakes since I would be further from US resources.

I am also looking at the Institute for Excellence in Writing as a writing curriculum- I may need to implement this myself even if we don’t move.

The possible locations include Tokyo, London and Naples.

Check out Eva Goldstein’s IEW classes at Open Tent Academy. She’s been teaching the IEW curriculum for decades.  Your son is at the perfect age to start. My older kids started in late elementary school and are now taking her high school classes. Open Tent also offers some other great online classes that he might enjoy. Note that enrollment will open in March. Her classes fill quickly.

Thanks for any advice/ opinions/ other resources you can share![/quote][/quote]

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