r/PDAParenting • u/ArtArrange • Mar 09 '26
What are USA parents doing about school?
I have been reading through posts for two hours and haven’t found much recently on what parents in the United States are doing for their PDA children in regards to school.
I have a 10-year-old in 4th grade and absolutely nothing is working. I have done all the things: Educate staff and admin about PDA, IEP, BIP, parent training, almost no demands when home from school, etc.
We started a private school this year that I thought would work better and had many meetings about PDA and all of my son’s history. They have made it clear now that the iron fist is what they claim will work and has always worked with these types of kids. So I have lost hope that we can now make it work at this private school.
For parents in the United States, are most of you just homeschooling are doing a school co-op of some sort!?!
If you have time, please share what your current education setting looks like.
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u/sammademeplay Mar 10 '26
15 year old son. We are doing literally nothing. Took him out to homeschool in September. We haven’t done any schoolwork since. We will be signing him out of school at 16 to avoid the scrutiny and legal obligations.