<p>My son has an IEP (Specific Learning Disability); main problems seem to center on central auditory processing and some short term memory issues. At public school, with the help of an educational advocate, I have been able to get speech and counseling services provided.
He has an unusual hobby- paintball. Its actually more than a hobby. Its his passion and his dream is to be a pro pball player. It actually has been very good for him, even though I was very skeptical about it at first. He is quite talented at it, and it is good for his self-esteem.
The team he is on does a lot of traveling around the country for various tournaments, and it interferes with his school schedule. He is begging me to homeschool him.
I have a little experience with homeschooling, having homeschooled my d for awhile in 1st grade, but how compatible is LD with homeschooling? I worry about how he would receive the services he is now getting, such as speech and counseling. I look at the whole idea with a mixture of excitement and dread. Excitement because I kind of like the idea, dread because I'm afraid it would take too much time away from my endeavors to go back to work, and I know from experience with on-line classes that it gets old very fast if you just have to hole up and work at home on the computer.
I read a lot in the past about John Holt's unschooling ideas, and I'm intrigued by combining the homeschooling with paintball travel.
Am I nuts to even consider this?
I also posted this in the LD area.
Thank you!</p>
<p>just bumping...
Happy New Year too</p>