OT: Adoption and Homeschooling

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  • September 25, 2015 at 7:59 am
    Kelley
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    We may have a foster child placed with us next month that we’ve been doing respite care for who needs a permanent placement.  She meshes well with our family.  Our daughters are 7 and 2, and she is 6.  She LOVES school, and is very intelligent and doing well.  She also participates in speech therapy at school, so she gets a lot of support.  I feel with transitioning her here, and having to change schools (plus the state law is that I can’t homeschool her until adoption is finalized), she needs to stay in school and we’ll reassess later.

    My 7 year old loves homeschooling.  We have talked about it and she doesn’t want to go to public school.  We aren’t homeschooling because we don’t like PS, we just enjoy our time together and love learning together.  If we adopt, I would eventually like to be homeschooling all of the children, but I’m open to whatever is best for them.

    Has anyone adopted and transitioned to homeschooling?

    September 25, 2015 at 2:55 pm
    Cortney
    Participant

    I adopted all three of mine from foster care and transitioned from school to homeschooling with my oldest (went to school for K, 1, and 2nd).  I did not notice the transition from more traditional school to homeschool as a particular struggle (it has been 6 years ago now).  There have been many struggles along the way – mostly related to the immense amount of brokenness that comes with abuse and /or neglect.  Homeschooling (and focusing on emotional health over academics for a season) was a huge part of healing in our family.  Best of luck to you and your newest addition.

    September 25, 2015 at 4:08 pm
    Kelley
    Participant

    Thank you!  We’re anxiously awaiting more news and will have her with us this weekend for a week in October for her fall break.

    I’ve read a lot that homeschooling after adoption really helps with bonding and forming attachments.

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