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  1. I figured out I was looking at a random broken link - I found the tab of all the sample lectures!
  2. Yeah ok, I mean it’s saying to enable JavaScript and download Flash Player… I sent them a message to see what they say. Edited to add: I missed the link to sample lecture videos entirely so whatever random sample video link I did find that didn’t work is irrelevant!
  3. Ok I’m trying to figure out Derek ownens but when I try to watch the sample video it’s saying I need to enable Javascript…are his videos updated to another video type since JavaScript is old technology? Am I missing something there? nevermind! I must have found an old link somewhere that didn’t work and missed the link for sample lecture videos entirely!
  4. I have slowly realized that our plan for dad to teach physics isn’t going to work. So I am looking for a self-paced option that has video instruction because I simply can’t take the time to learn and teach it. Options I’m considering: 1. Physics-Prep physics 1 and call it Honors Physics since I’m not paying to do it through PAH. 2. AOPS physics 1 (don’t really want to pay for this, and it’s not self-paced, but she’s doing well with a private tutor with AOPS math so maybe this would work?) Opinions? I really want option 1 to work but I can’t wrap my head around the AP course without the AP designation on the transcript - can I really just call it honors and be done with it?
  5. That's basically what we are leaning towards. I'm thinking a gap year is a good possibility too, giving her more time to see how things shake out.
  6. We are dealing with some mental health issues that will make living on campus very difficult... She wants to work with therapy riding and spends hours at a therapy barn each week already. I agree that an online degree is a poor option for equine related studies, but barn access is not an issue, and I was trying to think of options that we could work towards given the "living away from home in a community setting" will likely not work. Who knows, maybe in the next year or so mental health will improve and it'll be a non-issue.
  7. Fair point over negative consequences. This type of response also happens when asked to complete a chore outside of her routine (autism) and sometimes over no discernable reason. There are times when she'll appear irritated and grumpy and it'll build to extreme anger over 1-2 days without an outside of routine trigger. Regarding self-awareness and self-advocacy - she is seeing a therapist, and she is asking me for appointments sooner than scheduled each time this cycle repeats. She is actively involved in medication choices, and this behavior/issue is new in the past 7-8 months. she can both tell me when she noticed it starting and has told me it's getting worse. Tracking her mood daily shows me a grumpy/irritable day prior to each angry day, and following each angry day. There are usually a couple good stable happy days in-between.
  8. Can someone help me know what I could be looking at here? my 14 year old is already diagnosed ASD, OCD, anxiety and ADHD. We are having issues with anger/depression outbursts. example: A small trigger (I picked up her sweatshirt from the floor - an issue I've addressed a thousand times, and matter of factly told her she owed me a chore for leaving it on the floor again) this caused an over reaction, she scratched her shoulders to make them burn, screamed, cried, inconsolable, uncooperative, we had to give her two hydroxyzines to calm her down. she was hitting her legs and pinching the backs of her hands saying she was a terrible person and deserved to hit herself. About an hour after taking the second hydroxyzine she was totally calm, wanted reassurance that we didn't hate her and was emotionally worn out for the rest of the evening. Psychiatrist suggested trying lamectol at the last apt., but agreed to try upping the flovoxamine first to see if it's just "depression". What do I research? What does this sound like? it's always a "little" thing that sets her off, and in the past 2 weeks has had 3 such outbursts. sometimes she's angry with herself (like this one), other times she yells and screams at us saying we are unfair and hate her, etc. with no capability of listening or thinking logically. she seems depressed a lot, but as I have been tracking moods more closely the past couple weeks, she's either "normal/stable/engaged/happy" or "depressed/irritated/angry". but the depressed/irritated/angry days/periods of time are really impactful on the family and her ability to function.
  9. I'm looking for an online degree option for equine studies - Post University is 1 of 2 options I've found (the other is an associates degree at Ohio University). But I'm not seeing many people talk about them. Has anyone used them for duel enrollment? undergrad? High enrollment rates with abysmal low graduation rates makes me concerned.
  10. I'm working with a 7 year old boy who is adhd inattentive type who needs to increase confidence in writing. I saw a thing with reading where they had to spend (pick age appropriate time - K was 10 minutes) to read in all these fun locations (under the table, to a stuffy, under the covers, etc.) to earn a hot chocolate party. Can you help me brainstorm a similar idea for writing? I am thinking a bunch of "easy" tasks that involve movement, creative thinking, and make the writing part of the adventure instead of an undesired task, to help increase writing stamina and let the need for 'perfection' fall away in light of a fun goal. The idea would be to have a "goal sheet" with each task on it. Color in the tasks as he completes them, and when all are completed, have a party or some other reward. some of my ideas so far: -cave writing - tape paper under table and draw a picture and label it. -raindrop search - have words written on raindrops put around a room and find each and write them on a paper with raindrops -spy writing - hide behind a chair and write a sentence about what is happening in the room -detective writing - a secret message is missing the rest of its words, fill in what you think the words should be. Help! I need more ideas!
  11. One thought I had was to take a half credit's worth and spread it over a year to make it less intense, or to just do half a year and something else the other half. The other thought was to start at the top of a book list and read down until she is mentally done, and let that be how far we get and assign credit based on how far we get. My DD is not sensitive, widely read on a variety of topics (I have used books to introduce her to stuff so we can discuss things she will encounter with peers), autistic - black and white and a deep thinker. I haven't exposed her to much on the tv because of younger siblings. She's been exposed to some of the ideology by studying slavery in context of American history, but I've so far avoided the holocaust beyond a really broad discussion and reading Anne Frank's Diary. I really want her to study this while she's at home so I can help her process it. I realize it will be a difficult topic/course, that's why I'm starting to think through it now.
  12. I have a list of books/movies/documentaries that I've collected over the past few years on the holocaust and I want to put it all together into a holocaust studies course for my 11th grader next year. The thing I'm struggling with is how to know how much is too much? Has anyone does this before and have a suggestion on number of resources that is sufficient but not overwhelming?
  13. That's what I needed to know, thanks for the clarification!
  14. My daughter did most of Second Form Latin in 9th grade...she finished 3/4 of the book, but the drill and methodology was killing her love of latin. When we stopped, she had an 85% overall in the course. She won't finish it - dad actually put his foot down and said she had to quit that and start with something else. We are going to switch to Cambridge latin for 10th grade. I am going to have her start from the beginning, with the plan of doing unit 1 and 2 in a year. For her transcript, would you just ignore Second Form Latin and make Cambridge latin count as Latin 1? Or would you count Second Form Latin as Latin 1 and Cambridge as Latin 2?
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