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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, a few pages back you thanked a teacher for posting, saying you didn't have access to teachers. Then, you posted that you came from a family of educators. Which is it? That's a pretty important question as you need to identify resources in your life who know your daughter and can recommend some paths to consider.

Secondly, children who have long term or frequent hospital stays have access to special hospital teachers/tutors, through the patient advocate or social work offices of the hospital.

In DC, this program is called Home/Hospital Instruction program (HIP). This is also the name of the program in MoCo.

As for long term concerns, a good independent guidance counselor, or a special education advocate, or a college counselor can be of help to you. There are many programs out there for young people with your daughter's challenges. Some focus on particular job and life skills training, others on a college curriculum.

The Threshold Program at Lesley is one of the most famous.

http://www.lesley.edu/threshold/

There are resources out there, OP. It just sounds like you need to research and access them. Good luck to you and your daughter.[/quote]

Thank you.

What I meant was I had little access to area teachers. My family is out of state.
The tutor program here is called homebound. I won't get into details but it is wrought with issues, including lack of teachers available and lack of teachers who know high school level courses. And as the school told me, it's not designed for kids who have long term illnesses--it's meant for shorter, non permanent illnesses.

Thank you...[/quote]

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