[Homeschool gymnastics--Is it worth it?]

My parents pay for my son's gymnastics classes. He has done preschool, homeschool and recreational. The homeschool class was about having fun and that did not fit with my what my son wants.

 

He wants something more intense that will really push him physically, I called around and found another gym that has regular classes for the same price as homeschool classes.

[Low Income People and Extracurriculars]

Right now my parents pay for my DS's activities instead of toys for birthday and Christmas. The things that do not work out I teach. DS wants to play basketball. I may not be a former WNBA star but I can teach my son to dribble, pass, shoot and do lay-ups. We can play games like HORSE and PIG and play 1 on 1. I am talking to a few other rural families out this way and we are planning to teach the kids the basics and just letting them play pick-up games at the near by park.

 

We it guarantee him a spot in the NBA? I do not really care.

[looking for great animal evolution book w/ pictures]

My favorites were:

 

Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story

and

The Tree of Life: The Wonders of Evolution

[IEP, Neuropysch, random ???s]

I wanted to add that the first thing I did after I learned about my son's visual processing problems was to take him to one of the specialists I was referred to to get tinted glasses made. The first day he wore them he mastered place value and could borrow subtraction and carry in addition. He was excited because he could see what I was talking about and the numbers were not jumping around the page.

[IEP, Neuropysch, random ???s]

I have had both horrible and wonderful experiences seeking services for my son. No matter where you go or what you do remember you know your child best, if something seems off, it probably is.

 

IME what the laws says the school can/cannot do and what the school does are two very different things. Some people have great experiences even in the worst of schools, others have horror stories from the best schools. Every state is federally mandated to have a parent training center that you can go to to be trained to advocate for your child.

 

I took my son to see a neuropsychologist. She did a battery of tests and decided he had Cognitive disorder-NOS. She also came back with an overall IQ of 87. She also said that everything I was doing was perfect and to just go slow and not to expect much.

 

I read up on what Cognitive disorders are and then looked at my son and decided she must have tested the wrong child. I took my son to a learning disability specialist that tests to find the cause of the learning disabilities and to correct them rather then just write my son off as slow. The first thing the tester found was my son has severe visual processing problems and severe central auditory processing disorder. The tester also explained that because of the auditory processing problems a standard IQ test would not be accurate. He did a non-verbal IQ test and came up with an IQ of 126 but admitted that that is probably low considering how severe his visual processing problems are. I was given a list of referrals to specialists for vision therapy and to treat his central auditory processing disorder.

 

I waited until my son was 7 to pursue testing and he was 8 before we finally got real answers and a plan in place. I do not regret waiting, but I think the horrible experiences left a mark on my son and really harmed him.