I do believe her distracting behavior is partially due to stress which is due to not being comfortable or understanding what is going on around her. I don’t think she ever got accustomed to the classroom environment. I think she needed that 1to1 the first week or two that worked to guide her where she needed to be throughout the day until she understood. Her PK and K teacher did this and she was very good at walking in and following the routine. In this class, she never got there.

Thank you! I actually found her site through TSCHAA and the curriculum guide which is helpful for most children but my 6 year old is mostly nonverbal and her behaviors are currently too distracting for the standards. I found the autism oasis for nonverbal autistic children and wonder if it would be a good fit? Have you heard of them? https://www.theautismoasis.com/programs

Good afternoon! My daughter was diagnosed with autism and has been attending attending public school in a self contained classroom with an IeP. However, due her frequent elopement, understaffing in the classroom, poor academic growth and lack of commitment from the school to provide her needs, I made the decision to place her in ABA to help with these behaviors (elopement, loss of focus and attention, help with following/understanding instruction in a classroom environment. Which brings me to you and this post: I needed to unenroll her from school in order to focus on ABA therapy because of the limited providers and the hours being during the school day. Because of this, I must homeschool her as the school district rejected option 1 (providing homeschool due to medically related issues). I’m not entirely sure what option 2 is as both it and option 3 in SC seem the same. I’m looking for an academically centered homeschool association that accepts autistic children and has a good support system in place that helps me keep organized with, hopefully, a great curriculum to teach. I’m not a teacher by any means and NEED this guidance to know where she should be at what point as a comparison and help to keep her as close to level with her peers as possible. I prefer a scientifically and historically accurate education so I’ve been avoiding religious based homeschool organizations. Although I am Christian, I don’t agree with the politically charged push into altering the education of students towards one religion or the other or eliminating/altering books, ideas, teaching revisionist history about racism, etc. I actually prefer a more open discussion to allow them to form their own ideas with a foundation in truth through their education. A little background… I found that in 2020, when she was home with me and working 1 on 1, she excelled. I informed the school that providing a shadow or allowing a therapist to work with her while in the classroom will be best for her until she understands what is expected and gets into a routine. They refused to provide a shadow and rejected an outside person due to the law. Her teacher for the 2019-2020 school year has remained the same. At the time, she was the only one in the class of 8 kids with different needs. It took half the school year (2021-2022) to find an additional person for her and another 3 months into this school year to provide a 3rd but still added 4 more students. At this point, her progress and attention span had significantly dropped and I felt like I hit a wall. She would escape frequently from the class and was kept from activities like music, art and library time. I knew she felt like she didn’t belong due to her shy behaviors around the students and school. She looked as if she didn’t know what to do with herself. She needs help remaining focused constantly now which is the reason why I wanted her in therapy. I feel like I’ve lost precious time and I don’t want her to lose anymore of her progress. Any suggestions on homeschool associations, curriculums, etc will be greatly appreciated! Thank you for your time! Stressed South Carolina Mom