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The Stress Effect

Thursday, September 30, 2010

The Good News: After a few days at home, Rye is back to himself.  Perky, animated, grounded.  His usual bouncy self.
The Bad News: The cause of his mental distress was and is his school situation.
This will have to be addressed.
This is the direct result of our state pushing for and insisting on mainstreaming all kids [...]

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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 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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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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