SarahC2013, your child won't get the social in a Spec.Ed class, but your child would if they would be mainstreamed. Your child will learn more from you in my opinion, my son did, I homeschooled him for 4 years. A lot of the time, your child will be given the bare minimum, and my opinion, you'd challenge him/her more. As parents we believe in our childre, we don't label and cast them aside.

I am planning on homeschooling next year. He is falling behind and is in every “intervention” class. He is so smart but does not learn or process like the other kids

I just saw all the other comments /responses to my question thanks to everyone for your input this is really helpful. Thank you

Thank you so much for your response! And the request to the website 😊 Yes our daughter was born with a rare birth defect called Gastroschisis and so her health has been our #1 concern. The teacher and therapists seemed nice enough but we fear they will not be familiar with her condition. She gets tummy cramps often and it usually takes a deal of effort to get her relaxed again. A problem we have too is we were told by the school nurse and others of the intake team that in order to be approved for home schooling we had to have a written note by a dr/physician. However our pediatrician said they can't deny us the option with or without one soooo were kind of stuck in a "he said, she said" type of situation. Also the Dr has not been very helpful were actually in the process of switching since she is also unfamiliar with our daughters condition. She didn't want to sign a request for us at first she doesn't "think she has a weak immune system".... this coming from a dr who only sees her once or twice a yr so that's been our situation so far. Kind of frustrating.

Can you homeschool through your school district? I homeschool my kindergarten daughter through a charter school in my town, we have a iep for her, she does speech through school campus 1 time a week. And will meet with the special ed teacher when she meets with her regular teacher maybe once a month. The school also has many enrichment activities for socializing. For us thats a great balance. I hope you find what your looking for.