Home schooling...advice?

Transplantmommy · Sep 4, 2008

I have CF and I went to public school all of my life. I picked up a few things here and there from other kids and missed school but I actually did well with not getting too many infections until I was in 10th grade. I missed a few weeks towards Christmas break which was really hard because I was at a new school that year. The teachers were understanding but they didn't know me that well yet.

My Junior year of high school was worse. I ended up missing 3 months straight because of pneumonia. I wasn't necessarily home schooled, but I did have my French teacher bringing all of my work and tests home to me and I was mostly "self-taught." When I went back to school in the Spring, there was little expectation for me to actually finish the year and pass...but I did! Anyway, that 3 months for me was horrible! I missed my friends and that socialization so much!

I just wanted to write in and tell you this because if you are seriously going to home school her....get a move on it because the longer you wait, the more of a chance that she might put up a fight with being home schooled.

Is she on an antibiotic everyday (like Zithromax) to help keep the bugs away? If not, that is something that you can look into too. Short of having her wear a mask to school, (which I would not have done if my Mom told me too)there is not a whole lot that you can do about keeping the infections away from her at school. Some parents will always send their kids to school sick because they don't think of what it does to everyone else.

I will be facing a similar problem when I send Brady to school in a couple of years. Not only do I not want him to get sick, I can't have him brining it home to me because of my CF and the transplants.

I hope that you figure something out. Sorry that I didn't help much with the home schooling thing...that's just not my expertise.

Transplantmommy · Sep 4, 2008

I have CF and I went to public school all of my life. I picked up a few things here and there from other kids and missed school but I actually did well with not getting too many infections until I was in 10th grade. I missed a few weeks towards Christmas break which was really hard because I was at a new school that year. The teachers were understanding but they didn't know me that well yet.

My Junior year of high school was worse. I ended up missing 3 months straight because of pneumonia. I wasn't necessarily home schooled, but I did have my French teacher bringing all of my work and tests home to me and I was mostly "self-taught." When I went back to school in the Spring, there was little expectation for me to actually finish the year and pass...but I did! Anyway, that 3 months for me was horrible! I missed my friends and that socialization so much!

I just wanted to write in and tell you this because if you are seriously going to home school her....get a move on it because the longer you wait, the more of a chance that she might put up a fight with being home schooled.

Is she on an antibiotic everyday (like Zithromax) to help keep the bugs away? If not, that is something that you can look into too. Short of having her wear a mask to school, (which I would not have done if my Mom told me too)there is not a whole lot that you can do about keeping the infections away from her at school. Some parents will always send their kids to school sick because they don't think of what it does to everyone else.

I will be facing a similar problem when I send Brady to school in a couple of years. Not only do I not want him to get sick, I can't have him brining it home to me because of my CF and the transplants.

I hope that you figure something out. Sorry that I didn't help much with the home schooling thing...that's just not my expertise.

Transplantmommy · Sep 4, 2008

I have CF and I went to public school all of my life. I picked up a few things here and there from other kids and missed school but I actually did well with not getting too many infections until I was in 10th grade. I missed a few weeks towards Christmas break which was really hard because I was at a new school that year. The teachers were understanding but they didn't know me that well yet.

My Junior year of high school was worse. I ended up missing 3 months straight because of pneumonia. I wasn't necessarily home schooled, but I did have my French teacher bringing all of my work and tests home to me and I was mostly "self-taught." When I went back to school in the Spring, there was little expectation for me to actually finish the year and pass...but I did! Anyway, that 3 months for me was horrible! I missed my friends and that socialization so much!

I just wanted to write in and tell you this because if you are seriously going to home school her....get a move on it because the longer you wait, the more of a chance that she might put up a fight with being home schooled.

Is she on an antibiotic everyday (like Zithromax) to help keep the bugs away? If not, that is something that you can look into too. Short of having her wear a mask to school, (which I would not have done if my Mom told me too)there is not a whole lot that you can do about keeping the infections away from her at school. Some parents will always send their kids to school sick because they don't think of what it does to everyone else.

I will be facing a similar problem when I send Brady to school in a couple of years. Not only do I not want him to get sick, I can't have him brining it home to me because of my CF and the transplants.

I hope that you figure something out. Sorry that I didn't help much with the home schooling thing...that's just not my expertise.

Transplantmommy · Sep 4, 2008

I have CF and I went to public school all of my life. I picked up a few things here and there from other kids and missed school but I actually did well with not getting too many infections until I was in 10th grade. I missed a few weeks towards Christmas break which was really hard because I was at a new school that year. The teachers were understanding but they didn't know me that well yet.

My Junior year of high school was worse. I ended up missing 3 months straight because of pneumonia. I wasn't necessarily home schooled, but I did have my French teacher bringing all of my work and tests home to me and I was mostly "self-taught." When I went back to school in the Spring, there was little expectation for me to actually finish the year and pass...but I did! Anyway, that 3 months for me was horrible! I missed my friends and that socialization so much!

I just wanted to write in and tell you this because if you are seriously going to home school her....get a move on it because the longer you wait, the more of a chance that she might put up a fight with being home schooled.

Is she on an antibiotic everyday (like Zithromax) to help keep the bugs away? If not, that is something that you can look into too. Short of having her wear a mask to school, (which I would not have done if my Mom told me too)there is not a whole lot that you can do about keeping the infections away from her at school. Some parents will always send their kids to school sick because they don't think of what it does to everyone else.

I will be facing a similar problem when I send Brady to school in a couple of years. Not only do I not want him to get sick, I can't have him brining it home to me because of my CF and the transplants.

I hope that you figure something out. Sorry that I didn't help much with the home schooling thing...that's just not my expertise.

Transplantmommy · Sep 4, 2008

I have CF and I went to public school all of my life. I picked up a few things here and there from other kids and missed school but I actually did well with not getting too many infections until I was in 10th grade. I missed a few weeks towards Christmas break which was really hard because I was at a new school that year. The teachers were understanding but they didn't know me that well yet.
 
 My Junior year of high school was worse. I ended up missing 3 months straight because of pneumonia. I wasn't necessarily home schooled, but I did have my French teacher bringing all of my work and tests home to me and I was mostly "self-taught." When I went back to school in the Spring, there was little expectation for me to actually finish the year and pass...but I did! Anyway, that 3 months for me was horrible! I missed my friends and that socialization so much!
 
 I just wanted to write in and tell you this because if you are seriously going to home school her....get a move on it because the longer you wait, the more of a chance that she might put up a fight with being home schooled.
 
 Is she on an antibiotic everyday (like Zithromax) to help keep the bugs away? If not, that is something that you can look into too. Short of having her wear a mask to school, (which I would not have done if my Mom told me too)there is not a whole lot that you can do about keeping the infections away from her at school. Some parents will always send their kids to school sick because they don't think of what it does to everyone else.
 
 I will be facing a similar problem when I send Brady to school in a couple of years. Not only do I not want him to get sick, I can't have him brining it home to me because of my CF and the transplants.
 
 I hope that you figure something out. Sorry that I didn't help much with the home schooling thing...that's just not my expertise.

TestifyToLove · Sep 4, 2008

We have M on homebound until we finalize his adoption. His social workers from fostercare refuse to authorize us to homeschool him. We're a long-term homeschooling family, so sending him to school would make him not normal for HIS family.

What his social workers don't know is that the school is fully aware that as soon as we get our court order for his adoption, we'll officially register him for homeschool and remove him from the public school. Because of that, the homebound teacher is actually acting more as a liason and resource person while I find my footing with a child with mental retardation versus actually tutoring him.

This school year, I have 5 other children in school full-time ranging from 6th grade down to first grade. We've been homeschooling for 8 years now. If I didn't believe in homeschooling per se, I'm not sure I would pull a child out unless they were having medical issues (or academic issues). But, its easy for me to say I'd pull a child having medical or academic issues in a nanosecond. In fact, I once debated sending my Hemophiliac son to public school and ultimately decided I did NOT trust the school to manage his bleeding issues.

If you want to talk about homeschooling, I'd be more than happy to talk with him. Obviously, I feel strongly that homeschooling is a viable and good option. If I didn't, it would be so much easier to send the entire clan to school and spend my days with just the toddler and waiting for the coming baby boy.

TestifyToLove · Sep 4, 2008

We have M on homebound until we finalize his adoption. His social workers from fostercare refuse to authorize us to homeschool him. We're a long-term homeschooling family, so sending him to school would make him not normal for HIS family.

What his social workers don't know is that the school is fully aware that as soon as we get our court order for his adoption, we'll officially register him for homeschool and remove him from the public school. Because of that, the homebound teacher is actually acting more as a liason and resource person while I find my footing with a child with mental retardation versus actually tutoring him.

This school year, I have 5 other children in school full-time ranging from 6th grade down to first grade. We've been homeschooling for 8 years now. If I didn't believe in homeschooling per se, I'm not sure I would pull a child out unless they were having medical issues (or academic issues). But, its easy for me to say I'd pull a child having medical or academic issues in a nanosecond. In fact, I once debated sending my Hemophiliac son to public school and ultimately decided I did NOT trust the school to manage his bleeding issues.

If you want to talk about homeschooling, I'd be more than happy to talk with him. Obviously, I feel strongly that homeschooling is a viable and good option. If I didn't, it would be so much easier to send the entire clan to school and spend my days with just the toddler and waiting for the coming baby boy.

TestifyToLove · Sep 4, 2008

We have M on homebound until we finalize his adoption. His social workers from fostercare refuse to authorize us to homeschool him. We're a long-term homeschooling family, so sending him to school would make him not normal for HIS family.

What his social workers don't know is that the school is fully aware that as soon as we get our court order for his adoption, we'll officially register him for homeschool and remove him from the public school. Because of that, the homebound teacher is actually acting more as a liason and resource person while I find my footing with a child with mental retardation versus actually tutoring him.

This school year, I have 5 other children in school full-time ranging from 6th grade down to first grade. We've been homeschooling for 8 years now. If I didn't believe in homeschooling per se, I'm not sure I would pull a child out unless they were having medical issues (or academic issues). But, its easy for me to say I'd pull a child having medical or academic issues in a nanosecond. In fact, I once debated sending my Hemophiliac son to public school and ultimately decided I did NOT trust the school to manage his bleeding issues.

If you want to talk about homeschooling, I'd be more than happy to talk with him. Obviously, I feel strongly that homeschooling is a viable and good option. If I didn't, it would be so much easier to send the entire clan to school and spend my days with just the toddler and waiting for the coming baby boy.

TestifyToLove · Sep 4, 2008

We have M on homebound until we finalize his adoption. His social workers from fostercare refuse to authorize us to homeschool him. We're a long-term homeschooling family, so sending him to school would make him not normal for HIS family.

What his social workers don't know is that the school is fully aware that as soon as we get our court order for his adoption, we'll officially register him for homeschool and remove him from the public school. Because of that, the homebound teacher is actually acting more as a liason and resource person while I find my footing with a child with mental retardation versus actually tutoring him.

This school year, I have 5 other children in school full-time ranging from 6th grade down to first grade. We've been homeschooling for 8 years now. If I didn't believe in homeschooling per se, I'm not sure I would pull a child out unless they were having medical issues (or academic issues). But, its easy for me to say I'd pull a child having medical or academic issues in a nanosecond. In fact, I once debated sending my Hemophiliac son to public school and ultimately decided I did NOT trust the school to manage his bleeding issues.

If you want to talk about homeschooling, I'd be more than happy to talk with him. Obviously, I feel strongly that homeschooling is a viable and good option. If I didn't, it would be so much easier to send the entire clan to school and spend my days with just the toddler and waiting for the coming baby boy.

TestifyToLove · Sep 4, 2008

We have M on homebound until we finalize his adoption. His social workers from fostercare refuse to authorize us to homeschool him. We're a long-term homeschooling family, so sending him to school would make him not normal for HIS family.
 
 What his social workers don't know is that the school is fully aware that as soon as we get our court order for his adoption, we'll officially register him for homeschool and remove him from the public school. Because of that, the homebound teacher is actually acting more as a liason and resource person while I find my footing with a child with mental retardation versus actually tutoring him.
 
 This school year, I have 5 other children in school full-time ranging from 6th grade down to first grade. We've been homeschooling for 8 years now. If I didn't believe in homeschooling per se, I'm not sure I would pull a child out unless they were having medical issues (or academic issues). But, its easy for me to say I'd pull a child having medical or academic issues in a nanosecond. In fact, I once debated sending my Hemophiliac son to public school and ultimately decided I did NOT trust the school to manage his bleeding issues.
 
 If you want to talk about homeschooling, I'd be more than happy to talk with him. Obviously, I feel strongly that homeschooling is a viable and good option. If I didn't, it would be so much easier to send the entire clan to school and spend my days with just the toddler and waiting for the coming baby boy.

katlynnsmom · Sep 5, 2008

Thanks all,
I talked with her cf doc'c nurse today. She said alot of their kids are homebound. I will check more into that for now. As far as her pitching a fit about missing school...forget that. For some reason she would rather stay home. If I do the homebound I will look into some kind of social activities for her. Keeping her out of school the rest of the week. She sees her cf doc. monday. Hope she is better by then. Can do without the hospital stays for awhile. She enjoys them ...all the fun stuff in the activity room. ..And also she has been on the zithromax for along time now.Three days a week..She has been on cipro since 25th of last month..Still got the bug..Thanks for all the advice...
Nora

katlynnsmom · Sep 5, 2008

Thanks all,
I talked with her cf doc'c nurse today. She said alot of their kids are homebound. I will check more into that for now. As far as her pitching a fit about missing school...forget that. For some reason she would rather stay home. If I do the homebound I will look into some kind of social activities for her. Keeping her out of school the rest of the week. She sees her cf doc. monday. Hope she is better by then. Can do without the hospital stays for awhile. She enjoys them ...all the fun stuff in the activity room. ..And also she has been on the zithromax for along time now.Three days a week..She has been on cipro since 25th of last month..Still got the bug..Thanks for all the advice...
Nora

katlynnsmom · Sep 5, 2008

Thanks all,
I talked with her cf doc'c nurse today. She said alot of their kids are homebound. I will check more into that for now. As far as her pitching a fit about missing school...forget that. For some reason she would rather stay home. If I do the homebound I will look into some kind of social activities for her. Keeping her out of school the rest of the week. She sees her cf doc. monday. Hope she is better by then. Can do without the hospital stays for awhile. She enjoys them ...all the fun stuff in the activity room. ..And also she has been on the zithromax for along time now.Three days a week..She has been on cipro since 25th of last month..Still got the bug..Thanks for all the advice...
Nora

katlynnsmom · Sep 5, 2008

Thanks all,
I talked with her cf doc'c nurse today. She said alot of their kids are homebound. I will check more into that for now. As far as her pitching a fit about missing school...forget that. For some reason she would rather stay home. If I do the homebound I will look into some kind of social activities for her. Keeping her out of school the rest of the week. She sees her cf doc. monday. Hope she is better by then. Can do without the hospital stays for awhile. She enjoys them ...all the fun stuff in the activity room. ..And also she has been on the zithromax for along time now.Three days a week..She has been on cipro since 25th of last month..Still got the bug..Thanks for all the advice...
Nora

katlynnsmom · Sep 5, 2008

Thanks all,
 I talked with her cf doc'c nurse today. She said alot of their kids are homebound. I will check more into that for now. As far as her pitching a fit about missing school...forget that. For some reason she would rather stay home. If I do the homebound I will look into some kind of social activities for her. Keeping her out of school the rest of the week. She sees her cf doc. monday. Hope she is better by then. Can do without the hospital stays for awhile. She enjoys them ...all the fun stuff in the activity room. ..And also she has been on the zithromax for along time now.Three days a week..She has been on cipro since 25th of last month..Still got the bug..Thanks for all the advice...
 Nora

TestifyToLove · Sep 5, 2008

Socialization is not nearly as hard as people imply it is. My kids all do scouting. Yes, its other children, but much smaller numbers. The boys scouting groups are only about 5-8 kids per group. Our Girl Scout troop is bigger but only around 20 girls.

My 12 year old plays soccer competitively. My 9 year old daughter takes ballet and jazz weekly.

They attend church and Sunday School. And, we have other homeschooled friends who the kids get together with and play together with.

None of my kids are lacking in socialization, except my CFer who came home 5 months ago He's been public schooled to this point. But, he's been in a self contained special ed classroom, so he still has little idea how to interact with anyone. He can't interact with other children nor adults because he was never taught that in school.

TestifyToLove · Sep 5, 2008

Socialization is not nearly as hard as people imply it is. My kids all do scouting. Yes, its other children, but much smaller numbers. The boys scouting groups are only about 5-8 kids per group. Our Girl Scout troop is bigger but only around 20 girls.

My 12 year old plays soccer competitively. My 9 year old daughter takes ballet and jazz weekly.

They attend church and Sunday School. And, we have other homeschooled friends who the kids get together with and play together with.

None of my kids are lacking in socialization, except my CFer who came home 5 months ago He's been public schooled to this point. But, he's been in a self contained special ed classroom, so he still has little idea how to interact with anyone. He can't interact with other children nor adults because he was never taught that in school.

TestifyToLove · Sep 5, 2008

Socialization is not nearly as hard as people imply it is. My kids all do scouting. Yes, its other children, but much smaller numbers. The boys scouting groups are only about 5-8 kids per group. Our Girl Scout troop is bigger but only around 20 girls.

My 12 year old plays soccer competitively. My 9 year old daughter takes ballet and jazz weekly.

They attend church and Sunday School. And, we have other homeschooled friends who the kids get together with and play together with.

None of my kids are lacking in socialization, except my CFer who came home 5 months ago He's been public schooled to this point. But, he's been in a self contained special ed classroom, so he still has little idea how to interact with anyone. He can't interact with other children nor adults because he was never taught that in school.

TestifyToLove · Sep 5, 2008

Socialization is not nearly as hard as people imply it is. My kids all do scouting. Yes, its other children, but much smaller numbers. The boys scouting groups are only about 5-8 kids per group. Our Girl Scout troop is bigger but only around 20 girls.

My 12 year old plays soccer competitively. My 9 year old daughter takes ballet and jazz weekly.

They attend church and Sunday School. And, we have other homeschooled friends who the kids get together with and play together with.

None of my kids are lacking in socialization, except my CFer who came home 5 months ago He's been public schooled to this point. But, he's been in a self contained special ed classroom, so he still has little idea how to interact with anyone. He can't interact with other children nor adults because he was never taught that in school.

TestifyToLove · Sep 5, 2008

Socialization is not nearly as hard as people imply it is. My kids all do scouting. Yes, its other children, but much smaller numbers. The boys scouting groups are only about 5-8 kids per group. Our Girl Scout troop is bigger but only around 20 girls.
 
 My 12 year old plays soccer competitively. My 9 year old daughter takes ballet and jazz weekly.
 
 They attend church and Sunday School. And, we have other homeschooled friends who the kids get together with and play together with.
 
 None of my kids are lacking in socialization, except my CFer who came home 5 months ago He's been public schooled to this point. But, he's been in a self contained special ed classroom, so he still has little idea how to interact with anyone. He can't interact with other children nor adults because he was never taught that in school.

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