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[quote=Anonymous]My ds is in 7th grade. He has severe ADHD, plus dysgraphia, a visual processing disorder and anxiety. He is very resistant to doing work. In the past PDA has been mentioned. He is also extremely quirky.
He went to public school for elementary with an IEP. We advocated a lot for him and it was still a disaster. School refusal was common and he wanted to being badly bullied. We decided against public school for middle. We enrolled him in a private school and I think he’s learning very little. He hasn’t read a book or done a science project the whole time he’s been there.
We aren’t sending him back there for 8th grade. I don’t want to send him to our town’s middle school for 8th grade. It’s a terrible middle school and he would be back with the bullies.
My plan was to homeschool for 8th grade and then enroll him in public for high school. The high school would be a large regional and would be some of the old kids mixed with new kids. Of course, we would set him up for IEP testing beforehand and advocate for what he needs.
A friend got in my ear this weekend about how this is too many transitions for him and a recipe for disaster. I don’t really know what to do though. I’m trying to play the cards that we are currently dealt to the best of my ability. She suggested keeping him at his current school for one more year. But, I don’t believe he’s learning much and I can’t justify wasting more time and money there.[/quote]

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