Christmas is only a few days away and as I see friends post pictures of their child’s school Christmas party or play I start to feel a little mom guilt for homeschooling Jude. He is an extremely social kid, he craves social interaction. Since we started homeschooling he receives far less socialization than he used…
After weeks of meetings, tests, and questionnaires we finally received the results from Jude’s full psychological evaluation. It’s a very complex process with equally complex results but ultimately we learned that Jude doesn’t have any major psychological issues or learning disabilities. He did score on the low end of the spectrum for ADHD and that…
Jude is a task driven child. If he doesn’t have a project to do he will create one which sometimes means I get my furniture rearranged or closet completely emptied. So this summer I will be spending a lot of time engaging Jude with different activities to keep his busy little brain occupied. Since he…
I worry a lot about Jude. As a mother I think it’s pretty typical to worry about your children but when you sense something might be a little “off”about your child it causes you too over analyze every little detail. I want to talk about how I deal with Jude’s SPD (and other sensory issues). …
I could never seem to accurately explain Jude to people. Whenever I tried to describe Jude’s behavior my words would always fall short. He has to be experienced to fully grasp his “MORE THAN” nature. Like most 5 year old children Jude is active, unaware of personal space, emotional, loud, and full of energy but…
Yesterday Jude graduated from preschool. Next year he will be starting kindergarten… KINDERGARTEN! I was really looking forward to watching him participate in his class presentation and walk across the stage to receive his preschool diploma but alas my typically outgoing child caught a case of stage fright. His teacher offered to go with him…
I’m not one for bribing my kids but using incentives are a great way to reward good behavior. We currently use a sticker chart to help encourage positive behavior in Jude. We’ve been using a sticker chart for about 7 weeks and have seen great success. The key to his success? Finding his currency. Currency…