We used it for 8-9 months, one hour a day - 5 days a week. I saw improvements in lots of areas (short term memory, long term memory, read comprehension).

I would also suggest the Teaching Company Videos on High School Chemistry. He really explains the concepts well and walks through the math in logical steps. It made "abstract" concepts more concrete for my son.

We did Math U See - it took us a full year but we did get done. There is plenty of review of Alg. 1 material in the exercises also.

I made it to Boot Camp class 3 times and did treadmill 2 other days. Not weighing till end of month (Bob Greene plan). Did "soso" on the not eating after 7:00 - need to work on that more this week and need to work on drinking more water.

Need to lose at least 25 - I am doing the Bob Greene plan - first working on adding daily exercise and no night time eating after 7:00.

We used it along with Holt Chemistry Book. It is not a standalone program but it was very useful in explaining the "math" of chemistry and some of the more complicated concepts. I would recommend it - but you will need a regular chemistry text as a base and the videos would supplement that.

We are doing sign language as our foreign lang. DS also has language issues. It is going pretty well - sentence grammer is different than English but so are most other languages.

I agree with all the previous posts. My sons iq is 84 - very slow processing speed is a major component. He tested at grade level (11th grade) in math and reading on the achievement tests but did score way below average in writing (which i expected). My son does have cognitive issues and it reqiures ALOT of repetition for him to learn things - but he has been successful - its juat alot harder for him than it is for someone with a higher iq.

It doesn't look like she is reading anything "fun". Without spending a lot of money, I would go to the library and talk to the librarian (no need to give lots of details just say you have daughter with reading issues) and ask her to recommend fiction books that are geared for pre-teens that are written at the 3rd grade level. Then the mom can pre-read them and have chapter discussions to see if there is a reading comprehension issue. Another option is to get a book she wants to read that is at too high a level on audio and also get the book. Have her follow along.

For Science you might look at Plato (formerly CyberScience) - it is computer based. It is very visual, has lots of examples, interactive exercises, quizes and tests. You can look at demos and purchase the subscription through Homeschool Buyers COOP. There are courses at middle school and high school level - http://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/index.php?option=com_quickbase&Itemid=268

I get pants and jeans on ebay (you can search by waist/inseam size). The "slimest" pants or jeans I have found are by Wranglers - but the khakis definitely have a western look - but at least they fit. At lot of times the items are new.

I think sometimes we have a tendency to swing the pendulum to far when we are facing an issue and in my experience that doesn't work. So start changing things slowly and realize it may take some time to develop the new skills. My son is also not very social and so I require some social "experiences" every week. Make sure to start slow - just think if someone told you that the one thing you don't like to do will be the focus now. For example, give her a few choices to choose from (once a week library teen program, church youth group, community recreation class for teens) and have her do that for a while and then add to it. My son is still awkward in these situations but things have gotten better and he even found some things he liked to go to. Same on chores - I do think it helps build responsiblity. I don't know how you feel about allowance but it works well in my house. They only get the allowance if they do the chores without me asking - if I have to nag them then they don't get it and they have to the chore anyway. Again start small and then add tasks (and increase allowance). I know you are feeling down right now and so it is important to find the positive things going on in your daughters life and hang on to them. We all make parenting mistakes (I am too controlling) but kids are resilient. 15 is a hard age for any parent of a teenage girl - it does get better (my dd is now 20), but I do think if you start addressing the issues you have identified in small steps you will see progress.

I am doing ASL for son. He will do 1st year at home and then do classes at community college. There are a lot of resources: videos at library, internet online classes, computer software. You can also practice it anywhere - when my daughter was taking it - she use to sign the lyrics to songs while we were driving.

I am just starting training and I live in Texas. I find it is much harder to run outside (because of the heat and humidity) than the treadmill so I run outside once a week, so I will get a feel for how well I am doing outside, but then I do rest on treadmill where I can control the environment. Since I am just starting I am definitely not an authority - just making comment on my own observations.

Great job. I am just starting to train (4th week) and needed some encouragement - running in this Texas heat, regardless if it is dawn and dusk, is not fun.