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I agree with Raine. Every child has a different learning style and

schools can't adjust to each one of them. I started teaching in 1975

and have been able to watch a genereation (or two) of my students

grow. Four years ago my husband and I adopted a 10 year old girl who

was failiing in public school. She had a IEP and was diagnosed with

ADD and depression. I homeschool her...or I should say that she

homeschools herself. She is at least a grade about her " class " in

every subject and travels regularly with a professional choir. Four

years ago she was unable to read and now she reads constantly.

Homeschooling also helps because you do know what goes in their

mouths and can react to a bad day or sleepiness. She needed a lot of

meat when she moved in and now she is happier as a vegetarian.

We use herbs and she has learned what she needs to sleep better,

improve her concentration etc. She doesn't do this unsupervised but

we talk about her feelings and health.

Please don't feel bad about yourself. Just like our bodies are

always changing, our kids change...just at a faster pace. Explore

your options and don't let the school pressure you into putting him

on meds.

Laurel

 

herbal remedies , Raine <rainelovesj@s...>

wrote:

>

> Hi Debra,

>

> I hope you don't mind if I offer a suggestion? My son was

diagnosed with

> ADHD in first grade which began a journey that lead us to

homeschooling.

> He's been at home for 10 years now, along with our daughter (who's

never been to school). If I may, I'd like to recommend reading

anything you can get your hands

> on by John Taylor Gatto (there's a lot of his writings online). He

may help to change your ideas of what learning looks like, and in

what settings it takes place. You may well find another way that

works better for your son.

A BIG congrats to you for caring enough to look at things, and I

offer encouragement to you as you begin. I can relate fully.

-Raine

>

> chickfarmer1 wrote:

>

> > <snip>

> > My 7 year old son is so smart, but at shcool he's just not

> > performing. He's distracted. At home, in his room, he does work

> > from the next grade level. So I looked at the ADD file. I

thought

> > my son had quite good nutrition. He's my good eater, but then I

> > was feeling inadequate about not feeding my children well, not

> > pushing it to the next level and spending the extra on the

organic.

> > <snip>

>