HOD and high maintence child

[riegelbeagle]

I looking at HOD for my kiddos.I have 3 ages 9 yo,6 yo and 3 yo.My 6 and 3 are very easy going.Up until now we have been unschoolers.My husband and I want some structure.Our oldest is a challenge.He was dx with PDD at 5 yo.He is on a 2nd to 3 rd grade level.Some days he is fully engaged with the family and our activities but I have to be very creative.Other days like today I feel like we get nothing accomplished and want to cry like a big baby.So here are our concerns 1)my 6 yo is going to fall behind because some days I can't be creative ie plan activities etc for her and the 3 yo.2)my 9 yo needs some structure but some thing that's not rigid.My 9 yo by the way says he hates everything.So it can be frustrating when he claims he doesn't like anything.He wants to sit and play computer games all day.Anyone use HOD with an autistic child?Or do have a challenging child?
Leah
9 yo ds
6 yo dd
3 yo ds

[spidermansmum]

My son has recently been diagnosed with aspergers-he is just 6 years old.
I found routine is the key to getting him to do his schoolwork but we build up really gradually.So for the first week we just include one or two boxes and I make those the most liked bits.He really loves the craft/science type things.We then build up to include more and more of the subject or boxes...Tv is definately my boy's currency and he 'earns' his TV time with schoolwork.But like I said we start of gradually so week one we said you listen to this story and draw this picture and we are done AND gradually we build it up .I think my little ones aspergers means that he responds beautifully to a routine .I expect alot of resistance at first.Sadly small things throw our routine-our recent vacation meant we had to start almost back to square one with him as far as his curriculum goes.
I have only used Little Hands For His Glory and I suspect you are looking at later curriculums.I have to say that the curriculum is very good.I love the box styles as it breaks it up into short bits of schooling and that works really well with my son-his focused attention span is short.It has lots of hands on learning and that works well for us too.

[StillJulie]

I've done "read to eat."

At the end of each line the child is to read, I place a jellybean or some other such snack (raisin if you want something healthier). That could be adapted for a row of math problems or whatever.

That has helped my "I hate school" boy.

[yayadaisy]

My son is 9 and he can be quite hard to teach at times. He has ADHD and a learning disability so reading and writing are hard for him. But I find that with HOD we are done so quickly and just keep moving from one thing to the next it isn't to bad. Yeah we have our days when he just doesn't want to do school and those are struggles. But we have more better than bad. I try to space out our day like doing writing first(hates that), then science(loves that) etc. So he has something to look forward to by getting one thing done. HOD is really a great program for all learning styles or types with their are learning issues or not.

Sheila mom to five great kids, one angel and one on the way due really soon!