Hello, I am new to this sight and need some help with a teen with LD. Discipline….how to handle this. I have looked through some of the posts on here and it seems you have many intellegent people here. My husband says I am to easy on her, I think he is to tough. What to do?! She is a handful and until recently we didn’t have a reason for her behavior. She is so angry, volitile, aggressive, and frustrating! And of course as is the LD way she claims no responsability for her actions because it is always someone elses fault she is in trouble! :? Only have known she is LD for a few months and she is 14! Although I had insisted to her ped. Dr. (and others) many times that there was something “wrong” with her the “symptoms” were to vague to get them to take me seriously. As I also homeschool her I made the huge mistake of thinking she was lazy or just plain trying to drive me crazy when she couldn’t learn her multiplication table after 4 years! I am still in the guilt, anger, guilt, sadness, researching, guilt, did I mention guilt phase of it all? :wink: Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who reply.
Can you get some professional counseling? Our medical insurance covers up to 30 visits a year, and no referral is necessary. Try calling your medical insurance company to find out. Your daughter would probably benefit from professional counseling, and family counseling would also be a good idea (not to mention counseling to help you with the feelings of guilt).
It would be very difficult to make worthwhile suggestions over the internet, especially without knowing what kinds of LD your daughter has been diagnosed with. If it’s dyslexia (difficulty learning math facts is a common problem of dyslexics), then you may want to join the dyslexiasupport2 list at http://groups.yahoo.com . There are many other email support groups, so you may also want to search there on your daughter’s specific LDs.