HoosierMommy,
<<<<Hugs>>>> to you and your DH. Many of the children that I have fostered over the years have been in exactly the same situation as your DN. For the most part, they suffer from a complete lack of caring when it comes to academics. Given encouragement and knowing someone is actually watching and caring tends to turn it around. The MOST important thing for you and your DH is to make it clear to your DN that you believe she can do this. Kids that know someone else has faith in them makes them begin to believe in themselves. With that comes confidence and from there it gets easier.
One thing that has worked really well for us is having the kids read aloud to younger children in the house. Little ones aren't judgemental of a mispronounced word or the speed of delivery. It has helped us tremendously in building confidence in tentative readers.
As far as having her moved to your district... Can you register under your address? In NM, with a school system that is hit and miss from school to school, people do it all the time, just a thought.
Keep us posted! You can do this!!!
Last edited by BWBShari; 03/08/10 04:15 PM.
