Quote From: reneep When My daughter was 13 she was in a severe auto accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury. She suffered short term memory loss. The kids and even one of the Teachers made fun of her because she couldn't remember their names. The school said a traumatic brain injury is not a disability, so they refused to put her in special education. She gave up and quit at 16. Then when our Son started K, they said he was learning disabled. After 6 months of tests and specialist, they could find nothing wrong with him. But they did put him in special education for 1 hour a day. They told me to except the fact that he may never learn to read. We put him in a small private school , he was reading in 2 weeks. After 2 years, the school closed down. Now he is almost 11 and my youngest daughter is 8. We have spent thousands of dollars on curriculums and I am stuck. We started out great, then Grandpa died. Then another Grandpa died. I just can't get back on track. I feel like an absolute failure. We live in a rural area with the most horrible schools. The bus that goes by used to be full of kids, now there is only a handful. The only people I have talked to at the library that know about our homeschool community are all faith based programs. I am so not interested in my children learning their faith from their academics. What do I do, I'm lost!
If you have the internet then you have everything you need. It can all start there. When searching online, you can find something that might interest you or your children. This is called unschooling. Making your own curriculum combined with books that I purchased at a teachers store. It works for us and my children are so happy. It just takes time be patient. My prayers are with your family.
Tracy
