An IEP is a learning plan for the public school. It wouldn't be applicable for homeschooling. In fact, it isn't even related. I get where you are trying to go, but there isn't anything illegal about homeschooling your kid with no supervision in Idaho and other states.
That’s not accurate. Homeschoolers can receive services under an IEP, if they choose to. I’ve personally known several that did, from help with relatively “minor” disabilities, to significant ones. (By minor, I mean something like speech therapy, as opposed to very life-limiting physical health issues.)
I chose not to, with either my ADHD child or my very-high functioning Asperger’s child. Just accommodating instructional method and scheduling was sufficient to allow them to thrive educationally. (And at home... good grief, being able to allow a kindergartner to FINISH things made a huge difference in his frustration level. We quite literally never had another meltdown... public school was NOT the place for him. College is so much closer to homeschooling, with intermittent classes and primarily self-directed work, that he had zero issues transitioning.
How horrible. I guess that explains why Idaho is #28 and AZ is #1 when it comes to serving people with disabilities. I guess I am just used to a certain standard of care. Well, I guess that's just one more reason she was so anxious to leave AZ. Moo.
Neither of my two would even consider themselves disabled. They’re far more educated and prepared for life than most of their peers.
I admit, I’m very curious as to just where along the spectrum JJ is. The public reaction seems to be that he’s very high needs, but I haven’t seen anything documenting that. Was one of the videos of him long enough to give that impression?
I stand by my statement: Not providing required therapy to a child with special needs is child abuse. Send them to school to get it, move to a state that provides it, or pay for it yourself. I don't care about their excuses.
Public school, by it’s very nature of institutionalism and one-size-“fits”-all, was severely detrimental to two of my children. Even their teacher recommended homeschooling. They would have been considered special needs, and likely held back and under-educated if they had remained in the system. Instead, they thrived.
A basic assumption that public school is always more effective is incredibly harmful.