I found a series of workbooks that might help. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1591474507/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1502764855&sr=8-5&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=what+to+do+when&dpPl=1&dpID=514X5RDBC7L&ref=plSrch We've used this one, but there are a bunch. I can only specifically talk about this one, but I thought it was really good. It talked about obstacle courses and how facing a problem is like an obstacle. It gave examples of situations and had kids list how they could think positively or negatively. It talked about how you need to exercise your positive thinking muscle. It was definitely geared toward kids and I thought it was really well done. I'd like to try some of the others.

I live in NA and our washer/dryer is in the kitchen. sortof off to the side, and in a closet- but definitely the kitchen. I'm not sure why they chose to do it this way. It's not how I would prefer- we've discussed moving the laundry to the basement and using the closet as a pantry, but haven't reached a decision yet. I don't hate it. It just is what it is.

Oh, I answered before reading that you wanted how often it could theoretically happen. I answered how often we actually do have dinner together. When we don't, it's often because he's golfing, not working. But he's at work by 6 am, occasionally, 5 am. He also comes home for lunch about half the time, but we don't really sit down and eat together. I don't always know when he's coming or not, just depends on how busy he is.

I use Pinterest. There's tons of book lists, by topic, by age group, etc. It's easy to browse and I've found lots of awesome stuff!

I'm not the OP, but I'm in the same position and I really, really appreciate everyone sharing here. It's really helping me think through things.

Well, my mom forced me to go to camp- I cried all the way there. Then I had the absolute best time of my life and went every summer for the longest time. Even after I graduated, I went back as a counselor. But, I don't know what I would do. It would be hard.

Facebook mostly. One group has another website that automatically sends emails and lets people sign up for field trips and pay via PayPal.

More than anything, my 7 yo daughter wants "stuff to make jewelry" for her birthday. We have bought several of the kit-type things, but the quality is awful. I would like to build a kit for her, buying larger, better beads than come in those kits, but I am *not* a crafty person so I'm looking for ideas of what exactly to buy at the craft store. Any ideas to share?

I'm glad you guys are saying I can do the LIPS or FIS at home- the website sounded like you needed to be certified. I'll research those programs. She was in speech for a few months a year or so ago, but they said she was on track now. (I guess I thought her ability to hear the differences between sounds had improved) She was repeating the sounds just fine, but then she'd move the tiles down and forget what order they were in.

Well, I found on the website that they need to do the Lips thing. I'm pretty sure it's not sound discrimination, it's memory.

Well, I gave her the Barton student screening and she did not do well. On the first section, she counted syllables instead of words even after a couple of explanations. The second section she did ok- she missed one the first time, but did correct when given the chance. The 3rd section- repeating the sounds and pulling down a square to correspond, she missed about half- though she usually got them right after a repeat- you are only supposed to repeat 6 times and she needed repeats more than that. So....what do you do if they don't pass the student screening?

I am in the US. I had contacted a group that does reading interventions/tutoring, but my preschooler actually does speech through the public schools and they have been good to work with- I'll check into that when school starts back up. I will have her take the Barton screening- she's at her grandparents right now and I'm trying to get some planning accomplished while they are gone!

I've been following the thread about curricula for a dyslexic 11 year old, but my situation is not as dire. My dd is going into 2nd grade. I've looked into having her evaluated and it is crazy expensive. The lady I talked to though said she shows a lot of classic symptoms. However, it's not like she can't read at all. She's just behind. We have been using LoE Foundations and it's taken us 2 years to get through A and B. As I consider how we should move forward, I'm considering if we should stick with Foundations or not? If not, what should we switch to? Any advice on how to help a young dyslexic would be much appreciated.

Me too. Getting information through watching/listening is so.much.slower. than reading it.

When I click on the list, I see a big advertisement for Logic of English, but I don't see that in the list? Is LoE appropriate for dyslexics?

My mom made one for me. I love it!!

Mine like flash cards with animals or states or whatever. We do a new one each week, it has facts and stuff on the back- we read it and talk about it and then we review all the cards up to that point. An art print of the week is fun too.

My kids don't have phones yet- they're young. But we are on a plan with MIL/FIL and one BIL. They asked us if we wanted to join because it would make it cheaper for everyone, so we did.

I don't have a reading list worked out yet- my almost 10 yr old ds is working through Percy Jackson books and some graphic novels from the library that focus on different gods/goddesses for fun. For "mom's choice" he's reading some books about Native Americans that I picked up from the library. We're doing American History this year and I thought that we could get started with that because I don't know how we're ever going to get through all that content!

LOL! My SIL uses a spare room as her closet. She doesn't have kids and her life is so radically different from mine that sometimes we can't even carry on a conversation. We do both read a lot though, so we can fall back on that. We don't see them often, but my dh appreciates me more after spending time with her!

Fb makes my life better, not worse. I don't post "perfect" things- I post funny things. My last post was something about how I can't be in the kitchen while my kids unload the dishwasher because it is agonizingly slow to watch. I also post cute pics of my kids. I admit, I do do this because I like getting lots of "likes" and comments, but I don't think it's a bad thing. I don't post multiple times a day or anything. A lot of times I feel like I've bonded with other moms. It also makes planning things easy. I have groups that I can keep up with easily. There were a few ugly things in the election season, but my fb feed is full of people I like, who post things I like to read.

I would push the doc to get her meds changed. When you're seriously depressed it's soooo hard to do anything. I've needed my meds before I was able to make changes that would help (exercise, etc.)

We have an unfinished basement. I wish it was bigger- it's not the whole size of the house- it's a very old house. We use it in the winter. We have a medium size trampoline down there, those exercise mat things on the floor, and a table. I sometimes do school down there with one kid while the other jumps with the toddler. During the summer, we just go outside, bit it's nice to have a place to burn some energy in the winter. When I was growing up, we had a huge unfinished basement and we would do all sorts of cool things down there- roller skate, build houses or mazes out of cardboard boxes, we set up whole areas for whatever we were into at the time- for awhile we had a school room to play school with the neighborhood kids. I wish our basement was big enough for all of that. Anyway, if I had a large unfinished basement, I would be thrilled and I wouldn't finish it!

Septimus Heap series? I think the first one is Magick. It's fantasy and fast-paced- lots of intrigue to keep the driver awake!

You're not alone. I have a kid like that and he doesn't have autism. He does have anxiety and a variety of other diagnoses though.