Reply to Totally overhauling your life to homeschool somewhere cheaper?

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "Totally overhauling your life to homeschool somewhere cheaper?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you for the responses. I am not from the U.S. originally so I do worry about how I would fit in somewhere in, say, the Midwest. My in laws are local (DC suburbs) and my own family are all still overseas.

Re meds we have tried Ritalin and Adderall, both of which made oldest DC very jittery and agitated. Then guanfacine which they’ve both been on for ages, which helped at first but now doesn’t seem to be helping as much (and makes them fall asleep and wake up very early… couldn’t give it at night as it gave nightmares). I am a bit scared of SSRIs and things like Abilify because of the lasting side effects. Like, I don’t want to add more issues with medication if a lifestyle change could help.
Part of the issue is that I have not been able to find anyone who can handle DC. We tried nannies in the pandemic and 3 of them quit. So we are doing almost all afterschool care ourselves, plus some grandparent help. I don’t think most nannies could handle my kids behavior, even if we could financially swing it. Private schools would almost certainly kick them out due to behavioral issues. Just feel a bit trapped.[/quote]

If the school is constantly calling about issues maybe it is time to press for non-public placement??   Or a different public placement??

Further out in the suburbs to keep extended family support of there is any??

Is you home country an option?? If school funding gets cut here would there be a more comfortable option?

For moving I highly recommend a very systemic or check list approach: 
-As far as lower cost areas you might feel more comfortable.. what areas of the country maybe have a higher xpat community of your home country?? 
-Might be areas with a more diverse population or area with a large or multiple Universities. 
-Coss check that with potential employers that fit your or your spouses profession??
-Then cross check that with special needs schools & programs? Or home school co-ops. 
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics