She needs to be removed from the school system and social media. Those things were poison to her. If you fed her poisoned apples all her life and it made her deathly ill, would you keep feeding her poisoned apples?
Obviously a huge change is what she needs. She's only a few years away from adulthood any they may lose her forever. She needs intervention now. And she's my daughter's age and I homeschool. It's really not that hard. They basically school themselves at that age.
I think most people who don't homeschool simply don't understand what it looks like and assume it's hard or can't be done because it keeps getting compared to public school.
My homeschool kids get the curriculum I choose for them. There are hundreds to choose from, from regular school books to online programs. They each get a customized curriculum that I mix and match for them, based on their learning styles. In your niece's case I would recommend online, because it will teach her and grade her and the parent's just have to track her results, and if she starts doing bad, you stop her and fix the problem then have her continue. In homeschool we don't focus on testing and grades, we just move them through and each lesson needs to be mastered to move forward. We don't fail anything. Move at her own pace, however slow or fast that is.
And to graduate you simply print out a diploma or have one made for you. If college is in her future (which i sincerely hope it is not because that's even worse than public schools now days) then you need to stick with accredited curriculum. Also in homeschool we put focus on whatever we want, not necessarily what the public schools focus on. If college is in the cards then you have to meet those requirements, other than that you would just do what you want. my 15yo learns math, and ela, and also spends a considerable amount of time on entrepreneurism, art and life skills like cooking, gardening and canning, and they are learning music at home and I'm not even a musician. My daughter used duo lingo for years since elementary to learn Spanish and the last two years she's been learning Javanese with it. The most amazing part of that is I didn't assign it to her, she did this on her own. It's amazing what kids will do when you open the world to them for their education.
Homeschooling in the age of the internet is so stupid easy. Some things can get complicated depending on you state but the actual homeschooling is not bad at all, an in the case of some kids who are being led down dangerous paths in public schools, could save their lives.
She needs to be removed from the school system and social media. Those things were poison to her. If you fed her poisoned apples all her life and it made her deathly ill, would you keep feeding her poisoned apples?
Obviously a huge change is what she needs. She's only a few years away from adulthood any they may lose her forever. She needs intervention now. And she's my daughter's age and I homeschool. It's really not that hard. They basically school themselves at that age.
I think most people who don't homeschool simply don't understand what it looks like and assume it's hard or can't be done because it keeps getting compared to public school.
My homeschool kids get the curriculum I choose for them. There are hundreds to choose from, from regular school books to online programs. They each get a customized curriculum that I mix and match for them, based on their learning styles. In your niece's case I would recommend online, because it will teach her and grade her and the parent's just have to track her results, and if she starts doing bad, you stop her and fix the problem then have her continue. In homeschool we don't focus on testing and grades, we just move them through and each lesson needs to be mastered to move forward. We don't fail anything. Move at her own pace, however slow or fast that is.
And to graduate you simply print out a diploma or have one made for you. If college is in her future (which i sincerely hope it is not because that's even worse than public schools now days) then you need to stick with accredited curriculum. Also in homeschool we put focus on whatever we want, not necessarily what the public schools focus on. If college is in the cards then you have to meet those requirements, other than that you would just do what you want. my 15yo learns math, and ela, and also spends a considerable amount of time on entrepreneurism, art and life skills like cooking, gardening and canning, and they are learning music at home and I'm not even a musician. My daughter used duo lingo for years since elementary to learn Spanish and the last two years she's been learning Javanese with it. The most amazing part of that is I didn't assign it to her, she did this on her own. It's amazing what kids will do when you open the world to them for their education. Homeschooling in the age of the internet is so stupid easy. Some things can get complicated depending on you state but the actual homeschooling is not bad at all, an in the case of some kids who are being led down dangerous paths in public schools, could save their lives.
Maybe you could start a conversation along those lines; see if she might be open to being homeschooled.