Ok....let me start with saying that this post is just to get stuff out of my head. For most of my 14 and 16 yr old DDs' school years we have homeschooled. There have been ups and downs but mostly ups. I am a licensed clinical social worker plus preschool teacher. Eight years ago with my youngest we went through trials and tribulations of finding out how to best help her learn. End result was an IEP indicating LD only. We knew that she was also ADD but not officially diag...nosed. We never initiated the IEP by using the PS system and continued to homeschool. My eldest we knew was Asperger's and ADHD-never officially diagnosed. Both DDs read late (eldest at age 12 and youngest age 13)but now above grade level in reading for both of them. Fast forward to this last year....we decided that we needed PS help to find out again how to help youngest learn. End result was private and public school testing/assessments with diagnoses of ASD1, GAD, ADD, and Comm. D/O. We decided to use a charter school to get several resources for free. But I feel like I have been slapped up side the head! How did the school miss these needs in the first testing/assessment for initial IEP? How did I miss these diagnoses when I am trained in the field? I feel like the rug has been pulled out from under me! Don't get me wrong...my daughters are wonderful teens and I love them dearly. I just feel like I should have known earlier, how did I miss the signs? I now question my every move. I question am I doing enough? Do I need to do more? Am I missing something? And now I am running to the school district asking for my eldest to be tested and assessed. But my two teens are soooo different and how HFA looks is sooooo different for each of them. My emotions are sooo up and down. I hear that they are great kids and yet....and yet....I have thoughts of what ifs, should have, could have! I am just feeling lost right now and still trying to be the strong, advocate for my wonderful girls! Thanks for just listening!!
Saturday, October 29, 2016
HFA Facebook Group Note
This below was written on the HFA Facebook Group:
Ok....let me start with saying that this post is just to get stuff out of my head. For most of my 14 and 16 yr old DDs' school years we have homeschooled. There have been ups and downs but mostly ups. I am a licensed clinical social worker plus preschool teacher. Eight years ago with my youngest we went through trials and tribulations of finding out how to best help her learn. End result was an IEP indicating LD only. We knew that she was also ADD but not officially diag...nosed. We never initiated the IEP by using the PS system and continued to homeschool. My eldest we knew was Asperger's and ADHD-never officially diagnosed. Both DDs read late (eldest at age 12 and youngest age 13)but now above grade level in reading for both of them. Fast forward to this last year....we decided that we needed PS help to find out again how to help youngest learn. End result was private and public school testing/assessments with diagnoses of ASD1, GAD, ADD, and Comm. D/O. We decided to use a charter school to get several resources for free. But I feel like I have been slapped up side the head! How did the school miss these needs in the first testing/assessment for initial IEP? How did I miss these diagnoses when I am trained in the field? I feel like the rug has been pulled out from under me! Don't get me wrong...my daughters are wonderful teens and I love them dearly. I just feel like I should have known earlier, how did I miss the signs? I now question my every move. I question am I doing enough? Do I need to do more? Am I missing something? And now I am running to the school district asking for my eldest to be tested and assessed. But my two teens are soooo different and how HFA looks is sooooo different for each of them. My emotions are sooo up and down. I hear that they are great kids and yet....and yet....I have thoughts of what ifs, should have, could have! I am just feeling lost right now and still trying to be the strong, advocate for my wonderful girls! Thanks for just listening!!
Ok....let me start with saying that this post is just to get stuff out of my head. For most of my 14 and 16 yr old DDs' school years we have homeschooled. There have been ups and downs but mostly ups. I am a licensed clinical social worker plus preschool teacher. Eight years ago with my youngest we went through trials and tribulations of finding out how to best help her learn. End result was an IEP indicating LD only. We knew that she was also ADD but not officially diag...nosed. We never initiated the IEP by using the PS system and continued to homeschool. My eldest we knew was Asperger's and ADHD-never officially diagnosed. Both DDs read late (eldest at age 12 and youngest age 13)but now above grade level in reading for both of them. Fast forward to this last year....we decided that we needed PS help to find out again how to help youngest learn. End result was private and public school testing/assessments with diagnoses of ASD1, GAD, ADD, and Comm. D/O. We decided to use a charter school to get several resources for free. But I feel like I have been slapped up side the head! How did the school miss these needs in the first testing/assessment for initial IEP? How did I miss these diagnoses when I am trained in the field? I feel like the rug has been pulled out from under me! Don't get me wrong...my daughters are wonderful teens and I love them dearly. I just feel like I should have known earlier, how did I miss the signs? I now question my every move. I question am I doing enough? Do I need to do more? Am I missing something? And now I am running to the school district asking for my eldest to be tested and assessed. But my two teens are soooo different and how HFA looks is sooooo different for each of them. My emotions are sooo up and down. I hear that they are great kids and yet....and yet....I have thoughts of what ifs, should have, could have! I am just feeling lost right now and still trying to be the strong, advocate for my wonderful girls! Thanks for just listening!!
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Finding this blog....again
Well I was looking through the old homeschool boxes of saved records and found a copy of this blog from 2004-2005. Read through it with my kiddos and we all wondered if this blog was still here. Surprise! I was able to find it.
Well we made it back to CA in the summer of 2013. Christina's health was horrible in NC and had to come where health was a priority. We stayed a year in one city then returned to the first town where we lived in the Central Valley area. We made some friends in the other city and travel there (2 hours one way) about every three months. We are living near (2 blocks away) to a homeschool family that we started our homeschool adventures with. They are doing homeschooling a little different than us but we still enjoy seeing each other and having fun together.
Both teens are in high school. Oldest is trying to pass the California High School Proficiency and attending the dual enrollment program at the local community college. Youngest is going to a charter school. Oldest is a writer and artist. Youngest is loving dance and coloring adult coloring books. Both have a love of books and reading!!
We have some struggles and challenges but homeschooling is still a great joy for our family!!
Well we made it back to CA in the summer of 2013. Christina's health was horrible in NC and had to come where health was a priority. We stayed a year in one city then returned to the first town where we lived in the Central Valley area. We made some friends in the other city and travel there (2 hours one way) about every three months. We are living near (2 blocks away) to a homeschool family that we started our homeschool adventures with. They are doing homeschooling a little different than us but we still enjoy seeing each other and having fun together.
Both teens are in high school. Oldest is trying to pass the California High School Proficiency and attending the dual enrollment program at the local community college. Youngest is going to a charter school. Oldest is a writer and artist. Youngest is loving dance and coloring adult coloring books. Both have a love of books and reading!!
We have some struggles and challenges but homeschooling is still a great joy for our family!!
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