by Kathleen Lynn

Created on: January 14, 2009

Little Jimmy is bouncing up and down in his chair. He starts tapping his pencil on the table and humming. Soon his humming escalates to a song he is singing aloud as he works. His sister is concentrating on her assignment and nudges him to be quiet. Jimmy yells back at her. And in his excitement he stands up from the chair and it clatters to the floor. Mom comes to his side and sits the chair up. She tells Jimmy to go back to his writing assignment. Jimmy is upset and frustrated. It takes mom a few moments to calm him down. After sitting down he refocuses on his homework. Soon his foot is tapping the floor loudly. His mouth is making the noise of a car as he pretends his pencil is a truck. His sister is growing angry that her own concentration is being disturbed. Mom has to seperate the children and put her daughter in another area of the room or another room to focus. Mom is losing her patience with Jimmy. He has worked on the paper far longer than she had planned for this to take. As Jimmy begins to get rowdier, mom begins to get more frustrated.

Jimmy has ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Somedays every activity one tries with Jimmy is a challenge. He can not control his erratic, noisy behavior. He can not control his attention span. His playing while working is not a sign of how much he cares about his work. It's a sign of a problem beyond his control. His sibling's distress at his behavior is indicative of a classmate or friend who has to share a learning environment with Jimmy. Not only is it challenging to teach Jimmy but it is a challenge to keep other children from being distracted by his behavior. But there are solutions to this problem and the others that learning disabled children face.

Homeschooling reminds one a lot of parenting - a tough job with infinite rewards. Finding out your child may or does possess a learning disability remind yourself of why you have chosen homeschooling. Remind yourself the great many rewards that comes from being successful in the endeavor. Once you have positively reinforced yourself, take the time to research the disability. Learn exactly what it is, the negative influences it can raise while in school, and common advice on the issue. Disabilities can present themselves in various ways. Parents that are raising disabled children of any form do the best job when they keep themselves well informed of the issues.

During your research, you may also encounter methods of teaching the child with these difficulties.

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