So good to know. Thank you!

We are looking at HOD for next year. It seems more gentle for my nearly seven year old, but will still cover all of what we are looking for.

Our darling little girl, who is almost seven, paints in a similar way. We are working on trying to clean off the brush before she tries another color, but no luck yet. She doesn't paint anything more than lines at this point. She is still working to add more details to stick people with a pencil. :001_smile:

Wondering where you all are located. Do you have a state homeschooling conference where you could find resources? Would your pediatrician be able to recommend someone? I know here in CO we have a couple of names of people and places where we can go. It took some research online to find things local. My daughter was in the public school, so she was tested there, but we also did some testing at the STAR Center. Hope this helps.

Anyone try Right Start? Maybe I need to make this a new thread. I am thinking about using this for our daughter who was in her second year of K and was just pulled home in January. She is doing really well at home and I think I will use HOD next year and I am considering RS K. I have used RS with my elder. Any experience? Thanks!

We have lots of sensory issues here! The Out of Sync Child is a fabulous resource as well as The Sensational Child, the STAR Center, and my husband and I recently attended a conference for children who are adopted and a bulk of the conference was on SPD. The woman who spoke was Dr. Karyn Purvis and she had a lot of great research and information for children who are adopted, but also works well for our bio kids. I'm sure you could find her online. We just picked up some of her DVD's and her book entitled The Connected Child Most children who have had trauma, neglect, abuse, difficult delivery, or learning disabilities have SPD. It is helpful to continue to pursue help. It can easily flip your world upside down and it is emotionally draining. Hope this helps!

I actually purchased a book entitled "Lick the Sugar Habit". Ha! It wasn't of much use. I needed my husband's help and I needed to get it all out of the house. We allow the kids to have a treat now and then, but we don't keep it in our house and I don't cook with it anymore. I do use pure maple syrup, honey and fruit in my cooking. I even gave up the flavored creamer in my coffee, which is HUGE for me. I have heard that during our 'monthly gift' is a good time to try to do without. If my family was still eating it and I had it in the house it wouldn't work. Also, give yourself a treat a week and find substitutions, not sugar substitutions, but things that are naturally sweet that fulfill that desire to have cookies and candy. This is coming from a girl who's favorite treats are fruity pebbles and lick a maid, so you can do it!! I honestly feel so much better without it. It doesn't mean I won't ever have it again, but I know when given the opportunity I could eat the whole box of thin mints and I just need to find balance before I dive back in. I do have to mention that cereal is difficult to find without sugar (Ezekiel is one brand), but we do have cereal with evaporated can juice, which is sugar. It is in everything.... canned tomatoes, beans, pasta sauce, peanut butter. Check your labels and try to buy things without sugar. That's just my two cents...