homeschool for panic & anxiety disorder

My child was homeschooled by the school district for a short period. It really did not help because the panic & anxiety soon turned to depression and he would not get out of the bed for homeschool.

Dealing with a wonderful behavior therapist and medication (which he is off of now) helped him return to school.

My family was very supportive and we researched everything we could find to understand how we could help him overcome this disability.

I too would be interested in information on homeschooling a child with anxiety and panic. I have a 14 year old I plan to homeschool next year. In addition to the anxiety, he is gifted/learning disabled. The school setting is not working for him at all.

hi…i don’t know any of this but there really is a altenative school called the the The Round Peg School in NYC…check it out good luck

My advice to you is to pull him out of school now, and don’t send him back for the fall. Keep his IEP updated, just in case he wants to go back to school. You have a teenager like I do, and it’s hard to find people who are home schooling a son or daughter alone, if that is your case. I home school my son who will be 14, and suffers from panic and anxiety disorder.He is on medication and it has helped a lot! My husband and I pulled him out of the school system on the advice of his psychiatrist. He is also ADHD and a dyslexic. We have for years independently tested him and found that in the public school system “you have to be a round peg period”. It is very difficult to home school boy of this age alone, but the alternative of sending him back to a huge school was not an option. He wasn’t getting anything he needed, so we hired and educational advocate, who is also a tutor, and she comes in twice a week to help me and supervise his program, as it’s require for me to have her do this cause I don’t have a degree. This has worked ou t very well! She also connected us w/ another home school family, who has a son who is 13 and is not LD or has the same issues as my son, but a nice kid, so we feel really lucky that they like each other and get along well. This is his only friend. He is much happier being at home w/ me, and having his Dad taking him on field trips. We try our best not to overwhelm him, and we let him choose what he likes to do for electives, and what we can afford! We home school for 3 hours in the summer, and 4 1/2 during the regular school year. This way, he never feels like he is being pushed and 6 hour school days are not what these kids can handle. We have found that networking is hard, but LD online is good, along w/ the discovery channel.com and the history channel. If you do decide to do this don’t overwhelm your self w/ every single thing on the internet. It can get depressing for you! If you need anything else, or any other information, you can write me at my home e-mail. OH! I also use a pc program called “Middle School Advantage 2002” which covers all subjects and is great for kids. It costs about $40.00 for the entire disc program and easy to download. I wish you the best of luck in your decision, and the best to your son.!

You can get Middle School Advantage for about $10 on Ebay. Have you taught him how to read?