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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve seen many children with ADHD do very well with homeschool. The children and families seem more open to diversity and I never saw another child being teased for being different during a co-op, summer camp, field trip, or any other homeschool activity. I say this as a non-parent working specifically with SN children in these different groups.

The parents and co-op groups create opportunities for social gatherings. Co-op meets weekly all day like school, but they also plan field trips, summer activities, etc. Many also arranged play dates regularly and things like that outside planned group activities.

There’s also much less dictating things like you must sit still during class, just fewer rules but things still ran smoothly because most classes were 5-8 kids with 1 teacher and 2-3 parents helping. As long as you aren’t being disruptive or dangerous most people don’t say anything about the kids standing up during lessons or other quirky things some kids do that would be frowned upon or even disciplined for in public.

There’s a good mix of NT and ND children from what I’ve seen and parents were very supportive of each other and sharing ideas. Even as a non-parent I was always accepted and I cannot say that about working in public schools when I was in the same role.

You also can choose your own curriculum or supplemental curriculum and that alone can make a huge difference. Most parents do homeschool for 3-4 hours per day so there’s naturally more time for other activities that might be good for an active child.

I spent 5 years in several homeschool groups and was amazed at how bright the kids were and how close and accepting of others the communities were. It’s night and day from public school and what I initially thought homeschool would look like. The only downside I saw was that it definitely requires a level of income or family involvement that many can’t realistically achieve.[/quote]

I'm going to play devil's advocate here and throw out that experiences are so different at different schools and with different teachers.  Other than choosing your own curriculum, I feel that all of your points above apply to my child, in a public school, through several grades.  It starts at the leadership level though.  Our school's motto is "We see you, we welcome you, you belong here."  Maybe we need more homeschool teachers with that ethos to become public school principals![/quote]

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