My daughter’s dyslexia has created a lot of anxiety for her over the years, which means a lot of meltdowns during a homeschool day and week. Homeschooling a child with learning anxieties is no small feat. In fact, this summer we couldn’t even discuss the start of school without my daughter emotionally shutting down for the rest of the day. I knew we needed to make big changes this year, but I’ve been surprised at how small the adjustments were that created those big changes. Little by little, we’ve tackled our homeschooling in different ways to try to help her in this area, each year making more progress. And this year, it’s been the best yet.
The adjustments we’ve made this year were largely due to some of my summer reading, particularly a book called The Self-Driven Child. (Check out more reading suggestions on homeschooling ADHD here.) I loved this book because it helped me to understand her stress and the remedy—giving her more control. The 4 small adjustments that have made such big changes to our homeschool year largely include giving my child more control of her day, not necessarily more independence but more control. Here’s what that looked like for us.
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