I knew a child who has it. She as a long term medical condition that required many hospitalization a and surgeries. Last I heard (several years later), she was doing fine. I guess she is a carrier or something. It was more of a concern for the people who worked with her than for her.

Nothing special or unique, but now that we are schooling at home with an online school my DS will not have to spend 3 hours per might on homework (he has LD and ADHD so did not get much done at school for years), He can finally participate in sports. He has always wanted to play on a soccer team, but there was never enough time in the day to get it all done. We signed him up for soccer on Wednesday. He is so excited. Today when the power was out, we took the "historic walking tour" of our small town rather than sit in a classroom with no lights as the kids at school today had to do.

A computerized curriculum that you would just have to monitor rather than direct like Time4learning or another such program?

The psychologist isn't necessarily going to be able to give you specifics about how to teach your child because many of them have never worked in a school like setting. Often they can give you general information about characteristics associated with the disability. Someone who has worked in a school setting, like a special Ed teacher or a school based OT or PT, has more experience with a classroom setting and can often give more specific examples of what to do with a particular child. Maybe you can find someone who used to work in a school setting that now has a private practice?

My DS is 11 and we stared Barton this summer. We are about half way through book three. We do most all of the steps, but sometimes I do forget. Wen you watch some of the later training videos, she give suggestions on working with teenagers. I actually apply those to my DS who is not quite a teenager yet. There are suggestions like if he won't finger spell that you use your hand as he sounds the word out. I have trouble with him figuring out the word while I am building it, then he just shouts our t the word rather than breaking it apart. I have gotten to where I have him turn away, or I block the work from view, while I am building it so he can't see it before I am ready. I tell him that we can't skip anything because even though the words are expats now, they will get harder. Then he will need to do all the steps. I don't know if that his true, but it works. I also put things off on Susan Barton, saying that this is the way she says we have to do it. He still will go,with that most of the time. The real problem that I would have with skipping something, is that every few days I find a little something that my child has trouble doing. It is all those little thing that have fallen through the cracks before. I am afraid if I skip over a step I will skip something that he does need to work on.

When we last moved we had to get rid of lots of pretty good furniture that was only a few years old. I could a local agency that works with refugees that our new to the us and have nothing. Absolutely nothing. They came to our house one day with a van and stuffed it full. We had so much stuff that they came back three times, and their office was about an hour away from my home. The men were so thankful. He said that usually what they get from people is pure junk that is left over from garage sales. We gave them beds, dressers, shelves, couch, love seat, a TV, dishes, pots and pans, towels, sheets. I just didn't have the time and energy to have pack up and have a garage sale when I was still working and my DH had moved six weeks before to start his new job.

I agree with the snack idea. Post-it notes and a nice pen. A pass to wear jeans for a day. (If the school would allow something like that) Microwave popcorn

I think it boils down to the fact that many people just don't think the federal government should be telling the states what they should be teaching. I don't think it really matters what the standards are, those people are not going to be happy with them. Some states had their own standards that were "better" or more comprehensive, or something, so people in those states don't like that they think their state will lower standards since that is all that is required by the federal government even though states are welcome to continue to have higher standards. Other states have much lower standards for what is taught. The kids in those states may actually benefit from the higher standards and the accountability that comes with the new standards. The idea is that if the standards are consistant between states, then kids who move arrond will have similar schooling in all states. We have experienced that first hand when moving from Texas to a stae with lower standards. My DD spent years in school in Texas where she started taking high school credit courses as a 7th grader. When we moved to a very small district in a neighboring state before she started 11th grade. While there were some great opportunities for her at this school that she would not have had in Texas, the academic requirement were much lower. When she started her senior year she only needed English to graduate. She didnt have to take any more science classes in this state because she had three sciences class by the end on 10th grade. Texas will probably never adopt the common core standards just because they (the legislators) do no want to be told what to do ny the federal government. The are other instances, unrelated to education, where Texas has declined federal money rather than do what the federal government wants. I have not read all the standards for every grade, but of what I have read nothing seems terribly unusual.

Well, I will say that I am in the camp of I don't bother. I early June, I had left the dishwasher door open and forgot about it. When walking through the kitchen, I then kicked the door with my toes catching two toes right on the former edge of the door. They swelled and turned slightly purple. Had to keep them taped together for about three weeks before they stopped hurting. Over the years, I have broken both pinky toes and a big toe. Sometimes I went to the dr but other times I did not. You do get good pain meds when you go to the doctor, but otherwise the treatments were the same. Now, I do always take my kids to the doctor for stuff like this just in case. My dd broke a toe in the 8th grade by kicking her instrument case that she would always leave on the floor in the middle of the room. At least then she stopped leaving the bassoon in the middle of the floor.

My DS turned 11 in June and still has occasional accidents. Usually no more than once or twice a week. Sometimes he will go several weeks without an accident. Then he will have accidents several nights in a row. He has progressed to where he will wake up right after it happens instead of sleeping in it the rest of the night. Interestingly enough, it is common for kids with dyslexia to wet the bed for much longer than other kids.

Developmental Delay is a common diagnosis in preschoolers. A lot of evaluators don't like to be more specific at such a young age because kids can change quickly. If you are really only worried about insurance coverage then that diagnosis should be fine. Not thatvthis matters since you are HS, but Usually about 1st grade, school districts will will reevaluate and give a more specific diagnoisis.

I would probably go with the newer computer, but only if it had windows 7. I really don't like windows 8.

For a reluctant reader there are still lots of options of books that have AR tests. My DS also has a reading LD, but he is occasionally more willing to read graphic novels of which there are many in AR. Now, his school did not have any for the kids to read, but I was able to use the AR Bookfinder website to find graphic novels in his range and order from Amazon.

Could be inflammation in the lining around the lungs? I can't remember what it is called though.

It sounds like there is no consequence for him turning in something late to the tutor and he knows it. Is he doing the same thing in school? What is the school policy for late work? My DD used to turn in her work late all the time, but the school had no consequences like a lowered grade. As long as the work got turned in by the end of the semester she was fine. Is he using a planner or other calendar to keep track of when stuff is due. At this age, you can give him the tools, but that doesn't mean he will use them.

Is a good deal? The price sounds reasonable for something from a caterer. Cold you make something yourself cheaper? Sure, but what is your time worth to you?

I wouldn't mess around with a foot wound that isn't healing. Since it has been several weeks I would go to the doctor. My mother has had to be hospitalized to go on IV antibiotics for foot wounds.

iPads do have built in text to speech as all apple products have. It is called Voice Over.To turn it on, you go to the settings menu and scrol down to the very bottom. Look for the accessibility thingy. That opens up the controls for Voice Over

Wow, it sounds like you live in my town except we are not near Canada. It doesn't sound like moving to the small town adds that much to your already long commute, and the kids would be closer to the grandparents, so I say to go for it if you can afford it. Where I live pellet/wood stoves are much cheeper to run than other forms of heat. We 4 cords of wood cost us $500 for he year and pellets would be about the same if we got a new stove. For a little extra the hardware store (45 nim away) will deliver. It is so nice to be able to walk places. The kids don't have to wait for me to take them somewhere. Even I enjoy walking when the weather is nice. The job situation here is similar. A $10 per hour job is a good job and there are not many of those. The school district is the major employer in town. There is no organized child care here either. Most kids stay with relatives or own their own.

Homemade granola bars? Sausage balls? What would you make at home for breakfast with those restrictions? Or think non breakfast style foods like bean burritos.

If his issues are causing you to be physically ill, then maybe sending him to school would not be such a bad thing. It would allow you to separate school issues from parent/child issues. You don't want how you feel about his school behaviors to impact the rest of your relationship. His behavior does sound like he has some other issues besides just dyslexia/dysgraphia that need to be identified and addressed. You could choose to do that privately or through the school.

Have you tried saline nasal spray and a humidifier? I live in a dry, desert climate and get many more nose bleeds than when I lived on the Gulf Coast. It could just be the current weather pattern is a bit dryer than normal.

I don't freeze much already cooked so maybe others can help. But for lunches, I used to make up sandwiches by the loaf and freeze for the week. I would bag each in a separate sandwich bag then store the frozen sandwiches in the loaf bag. Peanut butter and jelly (or marshmallow cream) freeze nicely. I would also freeze meat and cheese sandwiches. Either add the condiments when you take them out of the freezer or throw in condiment packets like the kind from fast food places (can buy at SAMs club)

If your service is T mobile then any phone they sell will work on their system. Depending on the phone, you may need a different SIM card, but they can take care of that at the store.

The last time we got a new phone the person at the store put a new SIM card in it and made it work with the same phone number.