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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is gifted and was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia at age six. I pulled him out in 3rd and homeschooled him. My mother created an English program just for him (she has a degree in education), and we worked with him through 5th grade. He wanted to go back to public in sixth. I focused on teaching him to control the ADHD without medication (from my own life experience, since he is exactly like me), she worked on the dyslexia. 
Last year I moved to a different city and enrolled him in a school with around 1500 kids.
His counselor called me one day last fall and asked why he had an IEP for dyslexia (I had been advised to keep his IEP for dyslexia, but I dropped ADHD from his IEP, because the psychiatrist who diagnosed him told me when I re-enrolled him in 6th that she didn't know what I did to help him, but he was the biggest success she'd ever seen. At his new school last year, the counselor told me that he shows no signs of being dyslexic. I told her how we accomplished that goal, and she was impressed. He's a 1st Sgt in JROTC, makes A's in English without studying, and is headed for the Navy, since that's been his dream for years. 
He just needed a hand up, and some focused teaching.

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I have a very similar story except my very bright son has ADHD and severe Dysgraphia. The public school couldn't begin to help him and his self-esteem was tanked. Homeschooling allowed me to meet him where he was  in everything. I have a background in education and a PhD in my field. I researched the heck out of how to teach a child with his learning differences. And in many areas, his learning was self-directed. Because of homeschooling, he never lost a child-like enthusiasm for learning. Eventually, he switched to Well-Trained Mind Academy classes in subjects I couldn't cover. He started attending a mainstream private in 9th (he's in 11th currently) and is a straight A student, and an extraordinary writer. I am most proud that he has a mind full of curiosity and that he has become a happy, confident young adult. I realize that OP's child does not have the same struggles but many people have strange opinions about homeschooling. Socializing was never an issue for us.[/quote]

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