Public Schools vs Home Schooling a child with health problems?

My daughter is 7 years old she has been dealing with acid reflux since she was born. Due to her acid reflux she has asthma and her reflux has become more severe.I am sending her to public school now and yesterday I received a letter in the mail from the school about her attendance. I did speak with her principal at the being of the year and it is even in her school records that she has this medical condition. She has been progressively getting worse with this and complains nightly about her stomach. She catches every little bug that is going around and she can not help it.She also had H1N1 during these absents and the nurse has called me on several occasions telling me to come pickup my daughter because she is running a fever. She has had doctors notes for these absents and the doctor even wrote the school a letter stating this is and would be an ongoing problem until she has surgery. I spoke with the principal today and he said that even with a doctors note with these many absents she maybe held back next year. Even though she is making straight A's in school. My youngest daughter attends the same school and she has not missed any school and they can not see that my oldest daughter is really sick. I have looked into Jubilee Academy and other homeschools. I just need a little more advice about this issue.Public Schools vs Home Schooling a child with health problems?I have severe asthma and acid reflux along with liver problems. I'm 15. My advice to you is to not only keep on your daughter's diet (no tomato, no spice really helps) but to also look into your options.

Homeschooling in her case would be great. For me it would never work. I mean, but you HAVE to pick up your daughter if she has a fever. The only thing is that when you teach her from home, you must make her work even on bad days. If you can enforce a working environment, go for it. But do know that homeschooling is hard if your a single parent.



As far as her health goes, have her use hansanitizer after you leave a store, when she gets in the car, between classes (till she leaves) ETC. This helped me tremendously! I use it all the time now.



Good luck!Public Schools vs Home Schooling a child with health problems?If you want her to be in public school, you probably need a lawyer. It would be crazy to hold back a child who is getting straight A's--maybe move her up instead? Homeschooling is a good way to keep you daughter's environment more controlled. Going to public school is the best way to make her sick. You shouldn't be forced into homeschooling because of the unreasonableness of the people at the public school. If you want to homeschool her, I'd recommend private homeschooling. That way you would be in charge of when she works on her school. Good curriculums for that age:

Learning Language Arts Through Literature

Math-U-See

Alpha Omega

Apologia Science Exploring Creation Series

My Father's World

KONOS

A Reason for Handwriting

How Great Thou ArtPublic Schools vs Home Schooling a child with health problems?Schools are bureaucratic institutions with rules made to fit the majority and little wiggle room for unusual cases. Schools will see a sick child who misses a lot of school as a problem and may want to hold her back and constantly quiz you on what's going on because their system flags that many absences as a possible truancy problem--despite your having told them otherwise. Teachers may get irritated if she's often complaining and wanting to go to the bathroom more often or something and she might feel pressured into hiding health problems, which could make matters worse. She'll always feel pressured and behind when she is in class, too, which isn't good for her either.



I'd say that homeschooling would be best for her. Then you won't have to worry about her getting behind when sick because she'll just pick up where she left off and she may even be able to do some lessons while sick. (For example, she might be able to watch some educational television programs or videos, or listen to you read a lesson aloud to her while she lies on the couch. The day might involve fewer lessons and less paperwork but still get some lessons done whenever she's able.) She won't be exposed to so many germs that her system can't handle right now if she's not around hundreds of germ-carrying children, so she'll probably get sick less often. You'll have more control over what she eats and her environment--which might lessen the severity of her health problems, too.



I would suggest that if you decide to use an umbrella school option, be sure to discuss how they will deal with lots of days off due to illness. You might want to skip the umbrella school (depending on the homeschooling laws in your state) and just choose your own curriculum, so that you have more control over the pace that she's expected to work at.



Good luck.