Diagnostic Testing – To determine your child’s strengths and weaknesses, you will want to administer diagnostic testing. You can secure diagnostic tests from different curriculum providers, and online sources. You also have the option of having a question and answer session, with your child and other creative means to determining what your child knows, and needs to learn.
Dual enrollment– When a high school student is also enrolled in college while also receiving credits high school from a single class or classes, they are dual enrolled. This program is often used by advanced high school students. Homeschoolers may also utilize this option made available by colleges and many have graduated from high school and college in early due to dual enrollment programs
Deschooling– To de-school is to take a break after leaving traditional schools to distress, decompress and allow the child to enjoy the freedom. Some parents realize while allowing their child to de-school, that the child would be an excellent candidate for unschooling, a type of child led learning. Deschooling is most needed after a bad traditional school experience.
Diploma – While a diploma is not necessarily required for a homeschooler, some parents like to issue diplomas to their homeschoolers upon completion of homeschooling. If your child is going to college, the recruiter will be more interested in a transcript.
Eclectic Approach – An eclectic approach to homeschooling means that the homeschooler will borrow what works from different approached to fulfill educational needs.
Educational Neglect – A homeschooling family can be charged with educational neglect if it is determined, they are not actually teaching their kids anything. At one time, this was a looming threat to homeschoolers, but not the occurrence is rare.
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