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[quote=Anonymous]My DD is 12 and in 6th grade and I felt a lot like you do when she was 10. I was prepared for MS to be a disaster because she can’t tie her shoes well and would never be able to get ready for PE quickly enough, she had no friends and would be alone all day, and wouldn’t be able to keep up academically. We have spent so much money on therapy that I feel like we will never be able to retire.

Here’s how it panned out. DD has made 2-3 solid friends and she is so happy about that. She doesn’t often see them on weekends but she isn’t much into that anyway. The point is that she has people to hang with at school. For gym she wears Nikes with a zipper (FlyEase - highly recommend) so she never has to tie or untie. She still does a lot of tutoring and is never going to be a strong student but is eeking out Bs and an occasional C. Now that she is in classes divided up by skill level, she isn’t around the peers who are way ahead of her in math, reading, etc and I think that is better for many reasons. Her processing speed is so slow that she couldn’t keep up with the brighter kids and it was a big cause of self loathing. She is much happier now. Having PE every day helps her burn off excess energy so I think she can focus better and she strongly prefers the freedom to do her own thing as compared to the highly choreographed ES schedule.

It is so much better than I ever imagined. Keep the faith, OP.  All your hard work is making a difference and things will be ok. [/quote]

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