home schooling

i never really wanted to home school and this break from school was only supposed to be for a few days so i didn’t really prepare for my daughter to be home for a month and now i find myself with a bored 7th grader who is craving interaction with anyone besides her mother and whose anxiety over the unknown is rising.

what can i do:

• get a schedule in place and inform her of what is going to happen when
• set up some social events- not easy when her friends are busy with school and after school activities until 5pm (grandma?)
• take her to see one of her brothers- they are always a Godsend
• teach her something new
• get her out of the house as much as possible
• get myself some time away so i have the patience for these long days and so I don’t get resentful (just one yoga class a week is all i ask for)
• ask for help
• get help
• schedule up as much as i can with tutors and lessons and therapies and doctors etc
• think positive- it will all be behind us soon
• help her with calming techniques and coping mechanisms to get her through her own anxiety and frustration about being a child without a school
• get some laughs in-funniest home videos?
• teach her some skill to increase independence in her new environment
• meditate

the sad thing is that there are so many kids with autism who don’t fit into a program or a school and who have to be home with their parents way too much. It can’t be good for the child or the family- it’s like a codependency that inhibits everyone’s growth. that’s just the way I’m feeling about it right now, in my family, with my child. We need to move on.