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My suggestion for the first year would be to "detox" from the school environment, and do mostly child-led learning.  In other words, decide what is most absolutely essential for actual, sit-down schoolwork.  Probably math, right?  Because that is sequential, and he would need to stay on track if you decide to put him back in school.  Look at Teaching Textbooks, which is a complete curriculum that you do not need to help him do--he can do it all himself.  Then for everything else, just let him be.  Take him to the library every week.  Go to many places.  Go to cultural events and shows.  Have him listen to books on CD.  Let him build with Legos endlessly.  Have him write letters and emails to family and friends.  Maybe have him start a blog to keep track of his new homeschooling life.  Keep him involved in daily physical activities.  Sign him up for clubs in your local homeschool group.  Read out loud to him every day.  That's all.  Let learning be fun and organic again, like it was when he was a toddler.

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Not OP.  This sounds great for a toddler and early elementary school but for middle school and quite possibly high school?!?  I can't imagine...[/quote]

You'd be surprised!  Though it doesn't need to be just math--OP would determine which subjects were non-negotiable for daily work, and math is the one that springs to mind first, but it could be the three R's, or the three R's plus history and science, or whatever she prefers.

And it doesn't need to be a whole year of detox.  Maybe all her son would need is a month of relative freedom.  I don't know his special needs, but OP does.  She would know what to do.
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