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Category Archives: Learning Disabilities

Homeschool: The How And What

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

This is not our first time around on homeschooling.  We did it for over a year in the 4th-5th grade.  At the point I pulled Rye out of 4th grade, he was falling behind academically and was extremely frustrated by the school environment. Which, for us, meant nearly daily meltdowns at home.  I pulled him [...]

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People With Perfect Children Are Perfect Parents

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Alright, I’ll be honest.  I am not feeling the love today.
Normally I start my morning out reading a little bit of a certain pretty & friendly site to start my day.  The site is light, mindless, it’s beautiful,  and without conflict, pain, or struggle.  I find this very appealing first thing in the morning.   In [...]

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Forward Motion

Monday, April 5, 2010

Bipolar, seizures, learning disabilities, memory problems, inattention – they are all related.  That’s what the new doctor told me today.  Not always, but often.  Kind of a package deal, if you will.
We have progress over here on the medical front.

I’m happy to say that we now have good insurance through Don’s work and we can [...]

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The IEP Meeting

Monday, March 22, 2010

Well, it’s done for now.  It was very tense and 2.5 hours long and we still didn’t cover everything.  But we did get Rye a shortened day.  And he will no longer have Social Science or Science classes for the rest of the year.  We’ll just focus on reading, writing, and math.  I’m happy with [...]

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The World Is A Classroom

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

I was watching “19 Kids and Counting” tonight and Michelle Duggar said this about her kids and homeschooling, the world is a classroom.   I thought it was great.   Because it’s so true.  And I wonder, is “out-of-school schooling” better for some kids that “in-school schooling”?  Could be.  And I may have one of those kids.
Now, [...]

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The Calm

Friday, March 12, 2010

When underwater, the world above is muffled.  The sounds are hardly detectable.  The sight is blurred.  And the weight of the water pushes on the body like a gentle, loving embrace.
Rye is out of school now until the school can come with a better plan for him.  Being a victim to physical assault and gross [...]

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The Fear And The Confusion

Thursday, January 28, 2010

One of the things we deal with on a nearly daily basis is Rye’s fear and confusion.
Despite the fact that he is very social, outgoing and somewhat daring, Rye has a lot of fears.  Many of them are common for children his age and many of them are exacerbated by the fact that he naturally [...]

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IEP Meeting & Clampdown

Thursday, January 21, 2010

So, in a strange turn of events I went to the IEP meeting yesterday and the teachers and administrator there apologized for Rye getting out of school suspension.  His case manager asked me to please not think that is how things will go at this school and to not let it discolor my view of [...]

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Smokin A Pall Mall, Drinkin A Colt 45

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

I am happy to announce that Rye is back in school today.   He did not finish all of the school work sent home for his 3 day hiatus however considering the English teacher alone assigned him 57 pages of grammar work to complete in a grammar book she did not even send home with him [...]

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Learning Disabilities And Emotional Lability

Monday, January 18, 2010

So, AA and Sherry’s comments got me thinking about learning disabilities which then got me thinking about their effect on emotional regulation.  Rye is quite learning disabled.  We have not had him testing recently but we know from previous testing that he has significant dyselxia, short term memory problems as well as processing disorders (auditory [...]

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All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Monday, January 11, 2010

Rye started at the new school today.
The new school is very different from the old school.  The old school enrolls primarily upper-middle class students who come from families where both parents went to college, have corporate or professional jobs and live in very large, shiny new houses in planned subdivisions.  The kids are very competitive [...]

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