View all of my ADHD and neurodivergence related videos kzread.info/head/PLF8M-ErcDDXIPBT5tRpjb5F28HLdznhyL

Overwhelmed and crying momma here of a adhd 13 year old boy with three older neurotypical teens in the home. When I say this is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life! Pray for me! This was helpful.

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to hear it's been overwhelming, Mary. I do know that feeling well. I've prayed for you! I hope things even out very soon for you.

@jdawg414

Жыл бұрын

You aren’t alone! I just had an extremely emotional morning to the point where I’m now looking into homeschool for my 2 adhd kids.

@mindfulvegetarian1693

Жыл бұрын

Just starting our journey w homeschooling , starting Monday 😳 My son is 13yr old ADHD ODD anxiety,depression . A little worried but excited as well , hoping for better days to come. Praying for y'all as well ❤️‍🩹

@tasd5673

Жыл бұрын

Keep going from down under 🇦🇺

@erint933

8 ай бұрын

I'm praying for you right now!🙂I am coming to realize one if not all my kids have ADD, and my husband does too (which we already knew about him). I've been in daily tears too, yet the school system was so not working either. You're not alone. Pls pray for me too! :-)

I never understood why my mom homeschooled me as a child until I saw my adhd child go through the same things I did. Nothings changed in 30 years. I needed this video!!!

SO incredibly grateful I found your channel. My 7 year-old ADHD child has had a horrific experience in public school. He has been labeled and treated as the "class clown" and the "problem child". He is slowly being crushed by the public school system, and he's constantly coming home in tears. We've decided to pull him and start our homeschooling journey. This video is so helpful!

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you made the choice to pull him and that this has been helpful! Thank you for sharing your story here.

@rachpalomo

Жыл бұрын

Wow this hits home, we are dealing exactly with this situation, I am all overwhelmed because I know the school year is almost two years to finish nish but we surpassed already the point where we did all things possible to work with this teacher and the school. My son is not anymore the happy kid he used to be so it's time to take a different route

@thehappysouledwomen7832

Жыл бұрын

You wrote exactly what was happening in our lives. My poor son since he was in kindergarten up until I pulled him out of public school (5th grade) was always labeled the distraction, class clown, the bad kid and it broke my heart. It took me so long to realize his problem is adhd. You aren’t alone. Homeschooling has been so much better for him mentally. It’s still a struggle for subjects he doesn’t like but it’s worth it so he’s not humiliated and struggling in public school. I pray you find what helps your son and remember you aren’t alone. God bless ❤

@enmuaa

Жыл бұрын

Yes it's like you are describing my 7yr old adhd boy 😢

@wildlingshomeschool7347

10 ай бұрын

This is us to a T. I pulled my son in the second semester in 1st grade. He was coming home everyday in tears, behavorial issues. Nothing I do nor the teacher did changed it. We have started over at the basics becuase he could barely read let alone do math. I swear he isnt retaining any information. Everyday is a fight. Im at my wits end. I dont want to put him back in school because he didnt flourish but at the same time hes barely retaining anything now. Im dont know what else to do.

Im an adhd mama homeschooling 3 adhd boys (and 1 tbd daughter 😂) with one being very severe. Saying each neurodivergent child is like double is so validating. I look at all the academic things i want to accomplish and feel so defeated when we spend so much time just navigating emotions that we can't get to all the academics

I just pulled my 5th grade, (finally got the guts to do it) and I have seen my sweet girl come back to life. I am so glad i did this. still working out the kinks. But she is smiling more and so much more relaxed. Any suggestion are welcome.

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

Hello Melissa! My biggest suggestion would be to grab a copy of What Your Fifth Grader Needs To Know by Hirsch (I'll link to it below). Let her take some time off and pursue some interests, but do have her read that for a little while each day. In the meantime, you can use the time to research homeschool styles, and even take some quizzes. Don't jump into a curriculum without knowing your goals and homeschool style because each curriculum caters to specific styles and goals. Try not to let yourself feel rushed, you have time, especially if she's reading the book I mentioned. Once you have narrowed down some curriculum choices (I highly suggest using Cathy Duffy Review's to research curriculum choices), let your daughter look through the choices and get her input since she's old enough to know what she might prefer. Best wishes to you! Let me know if there's anything else you think I can help with! Here's the book amzn.to/3EK570B

I'm happy I came across this video, because my child have been through a lot in public schools I will be home schooling my son from now on.

Im so glad i found you. I think i need to need homeschooling. Shes havent the absolute hard time at school. It breaks my heart

Thank you for this. My adhd 1st grader is in public school and is struggling so much. We are pulling her out soon and I can’t wait to have my child back. Her self esteem has been crushed by the public school system and it has broken my heart

So thankful to have found you! My family and I are an ADHD family. This year will be our second attempt at homeschooling. The first time, in 2021, with public school virtual learning, I decided to pull them out. But I was unprepared what it all entailed. I hope to be more prepared, but also think outside the box as well.

I have ADHD too, my husband is aspie. Most of our 13 children are neurodivergent. We homeschool too. Thank you for all your videos.

@NerdyPanda-td1tz

10 ай бұрын

Hi! I was wondering, don’t feel the need to share if you don’t want too, I have ADHD, and so does my son, we attempted homeschooling during covid, but things were different then, his younger sister wasn’t in school, he wasn’t diagnosed and medicated yet. So it was actually impossible 😂 mostly because of my ability to focus and handle the chaos at that time. I’m thinking about trying again with just my son because his specialized school placement isn’t working out. He’s coming home with worse behaviours among other issues. He’s actually excited to try homeschool again, how did you as a parent with ADHD (assuming it’s as severe as mine) handle the homeschooling successfully? What resources did you use? What helped you? TIA❤

I was never taught these tips as a child. I’m 36 and taught myself to cover up all the other reading material when I started. It works great, I didn’t get overwhelmed and distracted to other areas of the page.

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

Hello Kristy, Thank you for commenting!

ADHD myself also 👋🏼 with an adhd child. I'm highly considering home schooling my boy & this was super helpful. ❤

You are a Godsend 💕 I ordered the reading strips. My daughter got so overwhelmed when presented with a novel that had smaller font (and was 300 pages long). She was so overwhelmed. I have been making her use a bookmark to keep track of where she is reading to stay on track, but I bet she would benefit from the strips. I also have her set timers and put time limits on what she is working on, and it works wonders.

Just wanted to add, when i was younger, i spent so much energy trying to maintain eye contact that i never heard the words.

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

Same here!

Love your channel and your authenticity.

This was so needed. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you so much for sharing! I really needed to hear this. God bless!

This really helped me! Thanks so much, the discipline is really what got me.

My child has just been diagnosed and we are struggling to make the decision to homeschool. I am currently a full time spanish teacher and part time school counselor where my child goes to school. Thank you for the insight on what homeschooling an ADHD child is like! Very appreciated.

@Caroline-ez8ls

Жыл бұрын

Praying for you, my friend❤️

My grandchild has melt downs and I can see he is frustrated and angry but crusted too. Thank you. I will be sharing this video with them. Thank God for you because this is your ministry too even if you didn’t know

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

Thank you,Terry! 🙏

Excellent advice!! Thank you 🩷

Thank you for you inspiration!

Thank you, I found your tips very helpful and have made some notes

@mountainhomesteadfamily

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, so glad to help!

I recently found you when searching out homeschool planners and I am so glad I did. Sent from above. Thank you.

@mountainhomesteadfamily

10 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Very helpful! We have the 3 o'clock melt downs if we dont have an outing that day!

This is so helpful for me and my family! Thank you so much!

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Great message.

Amazing video ! ❤

Such a helpful video! So many new tips I’ve never heard and I’ve been living the neurodivergent school life for awhile. Great information! ❤️

@mountainhomesteadfamily

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for this video. I’ve got 3 kids who are neurodivergent. Definitely a different experience than teaching my neurotypical child.

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! Yes, it is a challenge!!

Dianne craft got my kid to read after years of struggle , love her, and thanks for tips :)

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! And you're welcome!

We are considering pulling our 5th grader next year who is ADHD as well and has other issues…that go with that and celiac …. But also looking to do my 9th grader and 2nd too… Not only are they neurodivergent they are so highly intelligent and high functioning that it seems daunting. We found someone to partner with for the younger too but the older one he’s the question … Currently they are in a classical education Christian private school … I will be watching your neurodiverse playlist tonight!!!! And all week as we have to make a decision sooooooonnnnnn!!!!!

It helps if y’all let them run in circles wile you read the lessons from an adhd mom with all adhd kids 😂 ❤ they are listening even if it doesn’t look like it 😊

I need this soooo much.......I have ADHD and my daughter has it and anxiety sensory issues also. We have a little one with downs.

Thank you

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome 💕!

Thank you! I am so glad I stumbled onto this video. My husband and I are finally to the point that public education isn’t helping my twin neurodivergent boys. I’m am extremely nervous moving into the homeschooling route. I think it is the best choice since I’m pretty sure my kids will soon get kicked out of public schools. Any tips on keeping the kids socialized?

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

You might try some homeschool co-op groups where your kids can meet friends 🥰

Hi there 🙂, I'm glad to have found your channel! I've been homeschooling our 3 kids the past few yrs and am coming to realize that our middle kiddo and even maybe the others have ADD. My husband and his family have ADD so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised but I'm relieved to find your channel because it's been so very rough to know how to teach my kids. I'm in tears most every day because it's so hard. So I'm looking fwd to hearing your perspective. Any tips on how to find the right child psychiatrist and whether meds have worked for your family?

@mountainhomesteadfamily

8 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear it's been a rough journey, and I can completely relate. It is hard! As for a psychiatrist, I'd ask around in your area! You can start with your kids pediatrician. They'll likely refer you to a specialist. I hope this helps!

@erint933

8 ай бұрын

@@mountainhomesteadfamily Thank you so much!🙂I'm going to search out behavioral specialists too.

Thank you so much. I'm so overwhelmed. My daughter was just diagnosed and I was told that putting her into public is imperative. I cannot do this. I think I have ADHD undiagnosed and so I'm in full stop mode and trying to find first steps.

@ReiverGrad14

2 жыл бұрын

Why is imperative? I homeschool my adhd child and have for 3 years. I also have adhd. First steps would be going on facebook and getting hooked up with adhd homeschool groups. You are not alone!

@radmomthoughts3507

Жыл бұрын

I would strongly disagree that it's imperative to public school an ADHD child. I wasn't diagnosed with ADHD until I was an adult, and I believe that's because I was homeschooled through high school, so it was never a problem with my education. Between my mom and I, we were able to create an environment in which I thrived: taking a break every 20 minutes, changing studying locations frequently, having me give input on what I would work on for the day or even for the year. I thrived through high school and was on the honor roll in college. My dad and older brother, who both have ADHD, were perfectly miserable in public school and did not do well in high school, not from lack of intelligence, but because of boredom and frustration.

@diannaannette6956

Жыл бұрын

@@radmomthoughts3507 How long were your breaks?

@radmomthoughts3507

Жыл бұрын

@@diannaannette6956 5 - 10 minutes. Sometimes 20. If the child is hyperactive, it would be super helpful to do jumping jacks, handstands, seeing how long they can stand on one leg, etc. I was inattentive and easily discouraged, and I still feel the need to take a break to do something that I'm good at, especially when I'm doing something new and challenging. I was just working on something difficult this morning and felt myself getting overwhelmed so I went in the backyard and played an old game on my phone that I've mastered, and came back when I felt better and finished it easily. Finding techniques that work for you as a kid really helps you cope with life as an adult.

@diannaannette6956

Жыл бұрын

@@radmomthoughts3507 Thank you. The part about doing an activity that they are good at/mastered is insightful and make so much sense.

ADHD is not something wrong with a kid though. It is just how they learn just like not being ADHD is their way to learn. There's two different types of kids and some are book Learners and some are Hands-On learners. ADHD kids are kids that just learn through hands-on. And medicating them all is insane. You medicate all those kids and we will never have anybody to do our hard labor and our physical jobs that we need done. People are just different and neither is wrong. Also ADHD is not something genetic. This is why the US has the most ADHD kids in the entire world. Would it comes down to is what we feed our children you can still have Hands-On learners but the reason kids are the way they are is because of the chemicals in our Foods and we allow too much dyes and chemicals

Hi Shela, just saw you on here. This is James his mom.👍

@mountainhomesteadfamily

9 ай бұрын

Hey there! Thank you for popping in!

My 4 years old son got kicked out of three different schools this year for his behavior!!!! I think I should home school him, but I have ADHD myself and I am afraid I won't be consistent in teaching him

Any tips on helping them with writing? My son absolutely hates it, even if it is just a little bit.

@mountainhomesteadfamily

10 ай бұрын

Try the book called Jump In for writing!

You mentioned a see through paper to place over reading to help kids read... do you have a link to some?

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

Hello Erin! Yes, here is a link to the kind we like but there are different kinds. amzn.to/3C29wMQ

You mentioned Christian Liberty having a testing service for ADHD. Can you expand on that and provide me with a link please. Thank you!

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

Hello Nancy, they do not have service for testing ADHD. Their service is for testing to see where your child is academic wise. The had an optional counseling service to help you navigate a curriculum that will work for your child based off of their special needs. You can learn more here www.shopchristianliberty.com/special-service/

I have adhd and i hate reading, when i see a long paragraph i give up its just too much

Hi! This video is great! I i’m reaching out hoping you can you can elaborate more on getting the help of your spouse? My son is neuro diverse. Also, have you had experience with brain integration therapy with Diane ? Feedback on that ? Thank you ♥️

@mountainhomesteadfamily

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Lisa! Yes, we have had experience with Crafts systems! We have been using BIT and we do notice a difference! As far as hubby...communicating on a continuous basis is key in our home. I had to express to my husband that I could not do this without his help, and since he works full time I had to be very specific and clear with exactly what it was I needed help with. Also, since we have so much going on he needs reminding. It also took some patience on my part while he learned the ropes. I hope this is helpful to you! Let me know if there's anything more I can help you with!

Do you have any tips to help a child with dyslexia and dyscalculia? We don’t have a lot of resources available to us here locally unless you are in public school. And any tips on how to help a adhd child focus? We can’t really afford a therapist. My oldest has dyslexia and her younger sister has adhd. Took me a while to let go and just let her hop while she does school . It’s the starring off into the abyss that’s hard haha

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

Hello Kaitlin, I'd look into Diane Crafts programs. It's hard I know. Homeschooling 1 ADHD kid is truly like homeschooling three extra kids! They take more time and innovative ideas. A checklist can help sometimes though. It's helped mine to be in charge with their own checklist so they can work at their speed through the day. It also helps to find engaging books to keep them interested, and so when you are curriculum shopping you might try letting them help you choose. This made a big difference in our homeschool!

I’m having a hard time finding that transparent paper you’re talking about. Does anyone have a link? Maybe I’m searching the wrong thing but I’m typing melamine paper and it’s something way different.

@mountainhomesteadfamily

4 ай бұрын

Hello, I'm sorry I didn't see your question sooner! Here is a link amzn.to/3UtYfhs

What college was it ? For the counseling and curriculum tips? I can find the part of the video that said it

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

Hello Jessica! It's Christian Liberty Press. www.shopchristianliberty.com/

I think my 4yr old has adhd. I've never had a him as a child so I don't know. I am going back and forth with getting him tested. I don't want the "label" to follow him, as a teacher told me will happen. I think I had adhd. Not confirmed. I'm looking for ways to teach him and to go through life with him, more easily. Am I overlooking the links you said you'd post? Thank you

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

Hello Renewed! I'm sorry I didn't get to your comment sooner, I wasn't able to respond on my phone. Is this the link you had trouble finding? kzread.info/head/PLF8M-ErcDDXIPBT5tRpjb5F28HLdznhyL As for the label, it's not so bad! It's actually very helpful because it comes with tools and resources that help us succeed! Best wishes to you in the journey, you can do this!

@John1908-vo1iv

2 ай бұрын

​@homesteadhomeschoolfamily- some parents shared that they were not able to get life insurance for their children due to pre-existing ADHD. The label does follow them throughout their life. Cannot enroll in military or are denied certain jobs

Can parents take kids out of school even if the school year is so advanced at this point in April?

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I believe so! Contact Homeschool Legal Defense Association! Also, look up your state laws regarding homeschool. There should be an official state website addressing it. If I can be of any more assistance let me know!

Is nerodivergent mostly only autistic children? Not adhd

@mountainhomesteadfamily

2 жыл бұрын

No, it includes ADHD, dyslexia, and all of the learning difficulty labels.

So, my time is 3pm. I take ashwagandha and i can finish the entire day AND focus

@mountainhomesteadfamily

Жыл бұрын

I've started taking ashwagandha too and I have noticed I feel better, thank you for sharing that because now I'll pay more attention!

@momteacherlessons7296

Жыл бұрын

Chlorella too! The combination is like a miracle. Sunfood brand is awesome! I take the himalaya organic caplets for ashwagandha. Thanks for responding!