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[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Dawn. I have a wonderful husband and an only child who is 12

years old with high functioning autism. His OCD involves having bad thoughts

and thinking he's done something or said something bad. A couple of years

ago, he had what was labeled generalized anxiety disorder. After two years

with an overcritical special ed teacher in Lifeskills, he has OCD. I was

after her the whole time to stop being so critical because of his anxiety

but as usual teachers don't listen to me and my child ends up suffering. I

decided to homeschool my child this year after his last year teacher told

him that he was going to be made fun of at Jr. High. She also told him his

next teacher would be ten times harder than she is and he would wish her

back. Needless to say, homeschooling has been a major blessing for both of

us. I've seen so many improvements and the greatest one is that I have a

child who enjoys life again. Do I have regrets in not homeschooling

sooner...some. But I wasn't ready then, and I wanted to get him through

elementary school. Life is good now and I hope with " gentle teaching " I

will be able to reduce and maybe even eliminate OCD in my child's life.

Thanks.

Dawn