Non-traditional HS options for ADHD 8th grader

[JohnnyHeck]

You are the greatest Jennifer! I told Ted about our forum and that there would be some saintly soul who would generously answer the call. I told Ted it would be you for sure, and you have not disappointed! I am passing the links on to Ted. I hope he will take my advice and trust this forum, join up, and speak for himself in future posts. My only issue for not showing this forum w/o at least one reply, was that I was not sure this was the right place for HS issues. But, in the case of ADHD, it does lead directly to the next issue of non-traditional college. I believe that his daughter, Anna, will hang in there to finish middle school. The greatest stumbling block I believe is the math for the 8th NC test. She goes to a public multilingual school with Chinese as her ethnic tongue. My guess is that her self-esteem is so fragile that she doesn't want to continue with the "educational experience", that's why I have immediately turned Ted onto ALEKS, as I am having great success with 2 math-phobic adult students. But what comes next? Perhaps complicating matters could be that Anna's mother is employed in Ed. field. I can almost palpably sense a big issue here. I know we can help Ted and Anna and her mother. Ted is an MBA from Chicago U. with discretionary time available, so the smarts and time side of this thing should be no problem. It's all going to be on the psychosocial side. As an engineer, I have to admit that this will be my weak spot on trying to be the most help. Although with an ADD son, I certainly can empathize, and I do have some real experience to bring to the table. Thanks again for jumping in!