Thanks! Good idea about the 'get it in writing'. I am going to talk to the school on Friday to see if there is a chance we could explore the option of part time at school.... I wonder if that would work out. Thanks, I did not even think of that!

She is 8 and in 2nd grade. She was not premature but actually 9 lbs 10 oz and they had to use the vaccum to get her out. REally rough time learning how to breastfeed. And learning letters/numbers took a very long time. She was otherwise on track developmentally wise. We have an appointment with a OT and a tutor. Do you have any other recommendations of therapies? Thank you!

I am in IDaho. I read through the laws and it says I have the right to take her out at any time and homeschool. I mentioned to the school initially that we may be pulling her out. The principal is a great lady and so are all of the teachers, which makes it hard to pull her away from, but they just dont have the time to give her what she needs at this point. I will check out that HSLDA program as welll. Good idea! Thanks!

Great Ideas! I love what said about starting out with a re-set. I am teaching her how to fly fish and we have gone on some great mother-daughter expeditions this winter. I am hoping to do some of our work outside as well. I think we could both use a bit of a stress-reset here. Great suggestions, I am printing them out.!!

Thank you, that made me cry actually. Im so needing all the encouragement I can find! I have my 3 yr old at a montessori school 3 days a week and 6 yr old doing well in public s now so I think I will have the time to pull it off. I just feel nervous that i wont be enough...but what I can give her is more than what she is currently getting. Very true. Thank you! :grouphug:

I'm addicted to this forum because it's so nice to find intelligent mothers/educators whom are willing to share their ideas and suggestions. I'm going to keep this super short. I tried to search the forum for suggestions before posting this. If you know of a discussion on this topic already, will you lead me to it? My current decision: My dau is in special education off and on throughout her day at school (math, reading and writing). This transition happened about a month ago. The beginning of the year she wasn't this stressed out, but now that she has so many para pros and schedules to juggle, I think it has maxed her out. She is feeling overwhelmed with all of the transitions, inadequate amongst her peers, and is mad at herself for being so easily distracted (all of this coming out only the past few months). The school knows absolutely nothing about dyslexia and it was not even discussed by them in their IEP meeting until I was pushing for it. I sat with my dau in her math-time class last week and I was so overwhelmed. The class has 27 kids in it, walls filled with stimulus and words all over the room- up to the ceiling actually. My dau is in the very back and sits next to an obnoxious kid (I have had her moved three times). So many kids off task. Wonderful teacher, just so many distractions. Shorter story: not a great environment for a dyslexic, easily distracted, child. More confused and frustrated. With my background in psychology and case management, and after reading the numerous books recently and online articles about dyslexia learning styles etc., I'm ready to pull her out and do our own curriculum that I can focus on her strengths. I have her set up to meet with a specialized tutor too for an assessment. We have already started Barton and are doing it in the evenings, which I think is really great to start from ground zero and building up. QUESTION: Why is it so hard for me to finally pull her out of public school? How do I know it's the right decision? How can I build my confidence? She is so eager to learn and very bright. She is an amazing artist and I feel like we never have time for her to explore her art. We have a great relationship and I really enjoy spending time helping her learn. Has anyone else been in this position? Is there something else I should try before I pull her out? THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! I hope to someday be able to help encourage moms that are in my same position, just getting started on this new path. I also have a three year old son and a 6 year old son (who is already reading above my dau's level).

thank you so much! See, I wish I had someone like you as my neighbor that is already doing all of this. I guess I thought it was too easy because I feel overwhelmed with trying to make sure she is getting everything she needs at this time. So when I watched the first training video from the dvd, it seemed too simple, like there should be more going on. I definitely did not give it the amount of time needed to explore. I like how you said Barton lets me catch all the holes and make sure he really has it. As a second grader she has been moved along much quicker than she was ready for. We have been doing extra things at home, but with two different schools it has just added to her problem. So taking her out of school and starting from the first step would be ideal. We did not do any of the testing and I just saw that online today that we need to test. The program I have is from my mother in law. It has all of the pieces to it. I am going to buy into the program though and try to get as much information as I can over the weekend. Thank you for the EF ideas too. I'm looking forward to exploring this site and reading over what you guys have already talked about, etc. Those nitpicky slow steps and working memory are huge, thanks for saying that. I just ordered 5 books off of amazon on working memory, EF, etc. I need to learn more about this for sure. Thank you for taking the time to write all of that, it really means so much!

Thank you! I watched the first video but felt like it was actually too easy- like maybe there is another program that covers more at once. I'm just in the research phase. I am going to study up over the weekend and get started on Monday with Barton to give it a try. I don't like the part of OG where I have to come up with my own lessons- that sounds super time consuming. Searching the website is a good idea too. Thanks for your input!

Thank you, ladies! I actually have the first three books for Barton, I just haven't been trained in it. The reason I was leaning towards OG was because of the word Multisensory. I want something that will work on several levels. Strengthening her short term memory, etc. Does Barton do a good job with this? I may just have to come up with my own curriculum for the executive functioning stuff. I'm most likely going to have to cut back my hours at work and homeschool it sounds like. Now I'm just talking aloud haha. Thanks for your input! I haven't met any moms yet that are in my same position so I am grateful for this thread!

Hey there, I'm new to this site. I'm researching how to get my OG certification. From what I understand, I do the weekend training and then I have to do a practicum in order to be certified? How long did it take you gals to get certified? I have a Bachelors Degree in Psychology. I am looking to work with my second grader and hopefully other kids in our community. I'm from North Idaho- there are no other tutors in the area and I'm fed up with trying to find someone when I could do it! I believe multisensory tutoring would be most helpful from all of the other tutoring styles I have found. My dau also has issues with executive functioning/memory etc. From what you have studied with OG, do you think it helps strengthen executive functioning etc.? Thank you!! I'm glad to meet other moms/professionals on the same journey. Cheers, Kaitlin