you know muffy this subject is very close to me... when my son left 6th grade he was reading at a 3rd grade level... i couldn't get any help for him in junior high so i home schooled him... i worked during the day and taught my son at night... it was really hard on both of us... when he entered high school they retested him and he was only 6 months under his grade level... he is add without the hyperactivity and has many small learning disabilities ... his preforming iq is high... so he never qualified for much help... he is now 28... he dropped out of high school as soon as he turned 18 and it broke my heart... i have been praying that he would return to school... well last month he finished his GED... he set his mind to it and spent the last 6 months going to classes and taking the tests... this might sound like a small success but for my son it was huge... for me it was even bigger... Lyn