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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With a homeschool program you really only need about 3 solid hours of work. After that focus on teaching life skills like cooking, gardening, budgeting, home repair, etc. You have a great resource by having someone that can devote 1:1 attention to her, at this age that’s huge. Take full advantage of it and make it as structured as possible while still being fun.[/quote]

all kids, even kids on the spectrum, deserve to be around other kids and adults and be exposed to the world. relegating the child to 3hrs a day of homeschool with grandma based on mild complaints about a school that frankly sounds unchallenging, would be massive parental malpractice.

the child is apparently academically advanced but going to a tiny “church basement” school she dislikes. It is VERY common for kids that age to proclaim they don’t like school. this is a child who deserves to be placed with similar peers and teachers who actually know how to teach advanced kids.

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Also homeschooling would cripple her socially at a time when she needs to be working on her social skills the most.

For SN kids, absent truly extenuating circumstances, we need to fight to keep them from being isolated and pay more attention to ensuring they can interact with the world. This is more important than with NT kids.

If you go down this route OP you could end up with a kid who refuses to leave home or engage at all. I’ve seen it happen to well-meaning parents who give in to their kids who say they “don’t like school.” It snowballs. [/quote]

OP just wants to homeschool her child, not lock her in the basement devoid of all social interaction.[/quote]

But in practice that is what homeschooling will amount to here - a life for a child devoid of most normal social interaction. And it can snowball from there. [/quote]

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