Nope, still looking. Online place cancelled my order, out of stock:(

It looks like lots of courses are not on it though?

I just bought 7 courses on black Friday. Should've gotten a steaming account instead! There are so many we want to watch still!!!

Any tips for knowing which one your child is likely to do better on? Ds 15, hasn't done any practice tests yet (coming soon), nor taken the PSAT. But I've seen mentioned a few times that certain kids may do better on one than the other. Obviously, I can have him do some practice tests & see which he does better on, but thought I'd ask here too:) Thanks

Got one!

I'm trying to find a copy of this book. The cheapest I'm finding is $150& up because its out of print. (Book 1 is too easy for my child, which is easy & cheap to order, of course) Any ideas? I've searched Amazon, Abe books, book depository, ebay, etc.. I'm thinking of having friends who work at our BOCES & public school see if their building owns it to borrow. Or maybe ARC, if they have a library. Or, does anyone here want to sell or rent their copy to me? I'm not sure if it will be quite right for us, so I really hate to spend that much unseen. Thanks for your ideas!

We had a few talks in grade 9, after unschooling until grade 8, but they didn't make a difference. Then he went to a summer college engineering program & all of a sudden is much more open to buckling down. We have had 2 talks this year in 10th because the work load is so much more than he was used to. I did start making a detailed checklist for each subject for him, so he can see exactly what needs to be done. Next year, he's DE at the CC, so this is the year to find the work ethic if he really wants to go engineering. We've also chatted a lot about college expectations, & admissions- scholarship expectations, which is helping too. Interestingly, he is happy to work for hours on coding for his robotics team without any prompting:). I have had to move that to AFTER his other subjects are done daily.

Yeah, I need a full eval for more info, definately. The school psych actually did do a lot of extra tests that I asked her to, so I have more info than typical. GAI was very low, not sure how that was taken into account for the FSIQ, but will discuss that with neuro when we have our appt. thanks, that hadn't occured to me to question. I should probably say that I had no idea she would test SO low, although I probably should've. I did know that she wasn't near average. It comes out in lots of things & always has that I think we just ignored & stuck my head in the sand about, now that I really think back. Not just academic, but daily life stuff that she just doesn't get.

My neighbor actually teaches workshops in building tiny homes & would help us build it:). That's a pretty good idea! Our next oldest after him may need supports living on her own as a young adult & would give her space too eventually.....hmmm. We definately have the land & no zoning laws here in the country

I'm still campaigning to dh to build an addition with an inlaw apartment, but wow, building on is expensive. Sure would help our space issues though. We're only 15 min from campus in a rural area, no traffic here:)

We're planning to use it with Breaking the Barrier (ipad version is only $15) as a git 'ER done, check the box subject. (Kiddo has zero interest in learning a language other than computer code & wants to devote his time to other pursuits & I'm ok with that, but he needs " some" language on his transcripts) I also have Galore Parks French in case we decide we need that too or he doesn't like BtB. We did a whopping ONE day of French this fall before moving on to other things. But plan to do it in the spring when some of his other commitments are over (coding class & robotics group taking a lot of time right now).

Yeah.. The more I think about it, the less I think it will work out well. I just hate to need loans for living expenses. The baby will be 3 then, the toddler 5, plus the older ones. Having him need to study & coming home late, um,,that seems rough. He's DE next year at the CC, so we'll see how that goes. I guess he will need a car to commute eventually. (There should totally be lockers for commuters! My college had a commuter lounge with lockers, bathrooms, a kitchen & study area) My parents house could work better, although maybe living with your grandparents is lame. But they are rather young & active, he often bikes, kayaks, hikes with them now.

Just wondering if you have a college child living at home & going to school locally. How's it working out? Do your kids study at the library or at home? Are they participating in "college life": clubs, parties, on campus events? Obviously, the house rules about curfews & what not would be different for a 18/19 yr old in college than the younger siblings. Our oldest is in grade 10 & probably wants to go away for school, but financially may wind up having to start locally at our state school & transfer to an engineering program later (has a 3-2 program), unless he gets a killer scholarship somewhere. We have a full house (5 kids, small house, everyone but the oldest share bedrooms) & studying with toddlers around kinda sucks. My parents live local too in a huge empty house & travel a lot, so there's also the possibility of him living at their house to watch it while they're gone & have some space to himself (his own room & study area). I had the typical school away party experience & loved it, but now see the financial value of not paying for room & board. He's not a partier (at least not yet) in fact I could see him just staying in his room playing video games at night, & joining the physics club.. Who knows. He has a long way to go, maturity wise, but is only 15.5 still anyways. Just trying to visualize what living at home in college "looks like" from those who have btdt. Thanks

Have you talked with your daughter about her diagnoses? Does she "know" she has mild ID & ASD or do you still just go with the "learning disabilities make it school work hard" line?

That is EXCELLENT advice! Thank you:)

For a really long time, I've been in the "she'll catch up eventually" camp & now it's finally sinking in that "oh, probably not"

i need a crystal ball, obviously, since thinking about the future is freaking me out

I want to smack myself for feeling like this. We also have a 7 year old severly disabled kiddo (non verbal, non mobile, trach, seizure disorder, newborn developmental levels), so I should know better. It is grief, I think, it is. This is still new info to us. I see my girl who struggles academically, but loves art & is TAing a preschool dance class this year & doing awesome but I just can't yet picture her as an adult... And my dreams for her are feeling so skewed now from what may be reality. I know she's only just turning 13 & we have a long time still, but... We Foster & have adopted several of our kids from foster care & I just keep thinking over & over that most of our kid's birth moms weren't bad people or neglectful on purpose, they were young girls with borderline IQ, too high to qualify for services, but unable to make good, safe decisions. Which scares the heck out of me for my daughter. Yes, she has much more support than they did, but I now so easily see how it can go down that way. Sorry, starting to meander in my thoughts here...

I actually checked out our local Boces life skills program for grades 9&10. I used to have students in it & wanted to see what it is like currently & happened to run into a staff member recently. I feel atrocious saying this but my first thought was "my kid is not THAT disabled", even though technically, I think she probably IS academically close to the typical student there. The other kids "looked" developmentally disabled, kwim. I think she'd be shocked & upset if she knew that a class like that is appropriate for her. She doesn't think of herself that way, I'm sure, even though she knows she struggles. I'm having a really hard time putting into words what I'm trying to say & I know I'm sounding really judgmental, I'm sorry.

We live in such a rural area, is the other problem, not a lot available even for public schooled kids with disabilities. I will ask around more though. I'm not sure how she'd fit in there either. Yes, puberty is definately making everything worse. The depression, anxiety, anorexia all started within months of getting her period. Oh, & her iron level just came back ridiculously low, so hoping supplementation will bring that up & help with energy levels, since she's already sleeping 10-12 hours a night. Wait, I can't smack the kids at co op? Trust me, we had a big pow wow about it with the moms & talks with the kids. We're doing the Christine Reeve Xmas shopping pack this week- I saw your recommendation last week. I'm ordering a few of her other ones too, good stuff. She sort of likes it, but it is just what she asked for:) Thanks.

My dd turns 13 this week. She has always struggled academically & socially in some ways too. She also deals with depression & an eating disorder. Recent testing revealed a lot of things- we should've done an eval years ago. I'm a former special Ed teacher & have always just adapted or modified her work as needed. We're waiting to get into neuropsych for a full eval. But her Ed psych eval showed a borderline IQ & huge problems with memory & processing speed. (The wm & ps Not surprising to me after working with her all these years, but the low IQ was a blow to me, I had no idea) Her older brother is starting to look at engineering schools & doing a pretty intense college prep program & robotics teams & summer engineering programs- things like that. Not comparing them, just mentioning it because now she is starting to ask about college & her future. She KNOWS she struggles much more than her friends, she understands that her peers are doing things like reading The Hunger Games series in a week & starting Algebra, while she struggles with double digit addition:( Socially she has had some difficulties over missing social cues with her friends but most of them are used to her quirks & it's fine. There has been some teasing in our homeschool groups about her using books on tape, Grrr. She's into typical teen pursuits- make up, Dr. who, SuperNatural TV shows. Audio books of popular series have been a life saver! She loves Art and has started drawing or painting daily & started dance classes last year (although it's a fine balance with those & an eating disorder) which she enjoys. We've always gone with the explanation of "everyone learns things differently & in different ways" & have explained about learning disabilities making things like math & reading harder for her, so that's why we adapt things. But it's hard as she gets older- it's getting more obvious- co op & 4 H classes are starting to be more academic & difficult to modify if I'm not the teacher. (Except All the art ones I'm teaching this year) She's bummed out by doing "baby" work for school (her term) & wants to talk about college plans. But then can't work for more than 15 minutes with fatiguing or melting down. She specifically asked for more life skills math & activities this year, so we're doing them with typical stuff as well. I'm not sure what the future holds for her... We talk about vo tech options, community college... She'll need to come a long way to be able to do that. She's not low functioning enough to qualify for programs for people with ID, but low enough to probably need some support down the road. I'm hoping we'll have more info after a full eval. How have you broached this subject with your older kids with disabilities? Who are able to "get" the fact that they can't do what their peers can? It's heartbreaking.

Here's our list for this year: (just Am Lit stuff, not everything!) Scarlett Letter TomSawyer & or Huck Finn Red Badge of Courage Uncle Toms Cabin Grapes of Wrath To Kill a Mockingbird Poe We're using the free lit guides off the Glencoe Site:)

My pet peeves are parents who insist on staying with kids at drop off events (for kids with no special needs) Parents who talk all during classes, field trips, presentations & won't correct their kids misbehaviors. Parents who insist all their kids must be in a group together with the oldest child- causing the whole group to be dumbed down & too loud. Ugh. Expecting bright upper elem/ middle schoolers to be allowed in all teen groups & activities. My teens want to hang out & chat or play a game or take a class without your 10 year old. Sorry. Oh, & parents who want to be in a co op, but not ever actually want to teach all year, while I'm teaching 3 classes a meeting to make up for it. Eta- yes, I'm a little bitter this year, I know. Getting burnt out on leading stuff.

I run a co op with a "parents must stay rule". Several reasons: Half the kids seriously cannot behave without a parent present. Parents want to drop off all 7 of their kids ages 3-15 with the teachers for free babysitting/ teaching while they run errands all day (but yet not ever volunteer to teach or help out themselves all year) Our insurance policy (required by the space we use) states that parents must be present. (Without a parent, they wanted us to have a day care policy which requires a ton of documentation & training and costs much more)

Hmm, that hadn't occured to me. Most people locally do the SAT. Wasn't there a thread about who does better on SAT vs ACT? Off to search:)