My point is that ground can always be made up down the road- especially with a bright child. I would ask her what she feels most comfortable doing? If easing the workload means that she has more time to focus on the therapy (less stress, pressure and homework) that could actually boost confidence down the road if the message she gets from school and parents is "We understand you are struggling through a challenge but we also have confidence in your future because you are a bright, hard working student."
Hils, thank you for sharing your experiences.
I agree that this math class doesn't impact her academic future, and she sees that too. As far as workload, the regular paced math classes have more work because they are not skipping problems or pages. That is one of the reasons for wanting to stay in adv. math. She also finds it more engaging and her friends are in the class. Tough decisions, plus I am considering homeschooling for math since she has it the last hour of the day.
