I am now Home schooling John through Treca digital Academy. It is not the path that I wanted to take, but I knew eventually that it was the road we would be on.
Treca has a wonderful program which allows John to work at his own pace. Treca works within a 12 block system in each subject, you can not move ahead until one block is completed. John is completing one block a week, this is not normal speed for students. He will probably be moving into 5th grade by next month, I feel that Treca is a good choice for him for they will continue to challenge him. The Public School was not able to challenge him academically and this sometimes caused him to become bored and frustrated.
I made the choice to home school him because the public school system was not able to accommodate John's special needs, they did not feel he qualified because he has high academic scores. The school system did not want to label him as having a emotional disability.
It is always very complicated when your child does not fit into the "normal" standards that most children do. I often feel that our society expects all children to fit into a square hole and when your child does not fit into this standard they are not able to accommodate you. I believe that our society feels that we should all fit into a uniformity and when we don't there is a concern.
Along with home schooling you still have to maintain your child having social functions for they can learn how to interact appropriately with others. John is involved in boy scouts and through Treca he will be going on field trips.
I have also found out through a variety of concerts of different types of music that Jazz seems to calm his rages. Music can very often soothe are souls. John is still on the same medications, but at times they make him very tired.
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