My son is also a slow processor and I had him tested in 8th grade and he just needed additional time to do work. They were going to give it to him in ONE class but after seeing the number of kids in his class plus his issues that's when we decided to homeschool. I find that having a checklist of things to do everyday is very helpful and if he's taking longer than normal or is stressing out about it, we will adjust the list. All is "home" work is due on Friday and that gives us the weekend to go over it and spend time on it if he needs help. His IEP is good through 11th grade and I can ask for special accommodations when he takes the SAT/ACT, which won't happen until next year.

My son doesn't enjoy writing at all but I enrolled him in Write at Home in the HS Expository Writing Class. I think they offer three different levels of this class and all of the sessions are six weeks long. It's his first online writing class and so far he is really enjoying it, which is a bit surprising to me because he really struggled to get started with writing. The class uses Canvas for tracking and it is very easy to use. The teacher doesn't give grades on the papers but rather feedback which is very positive and used to determine what he should improve on. I wanted my son to engage in a nurturing class environment and just get used to writing papers every week to develop his skills. Overall, I highly recommend it! :thumbup1:

My dc is in the fundafunda biology class and is also behind. I actually created a new account to respond to your comment. Overall I find the organization of the class to be lacking and I'm a bit disappointed. I don't know how the students can keep track of what they need to do because my dc needs a detailed to-do list (autism). Every week I setup a daily schedule and I'm having a hard time figuring out what dc needs to do. We did finish the test and the lab, but for homework 5 and 6 it's very confusing. All the information for the homework is contained in an email about where to find the information instead of actually being on the homework assignment. It also says to use Chapter 7 for some information but it's not straightforward. Due dates are confusing because dc was given two weeks for the lab, but in Canvas it shows as being due in a week. Quiz 5 showed up as being a due over a year ago and I'm not quite sure when dc needs to turn that in. The teacher writes everything on a piece of paper for every video and I'm not sure my dc is "getting it" even though there is note taking going on. The test went okay but I can tell it's not clicking. We are currently looking into other options because dc is a visual learner and some visual videos about cells, etc would be more helpful at this point. We probably will just finish this class using it as a supplement. :mellow: