Please bear with me, I'm still figuring this out in my head but need your help, advice, thoughts and opinions...

I'm a teacher by training (preschool and junior primary), but for the majority of the past 10 years I've worked with a number of families as a professional nanny, night nurse, homeschool tutor, special needs facilitator etc. Last year I taught pre-school and my class was majority children with learning difficulties, behaviour problems and 1 child who was very bright. Currently I'm teaching grd 4. I enjoy teaching, BUT I get very discouraged when I see what goes on in many schools. I have children in my class who can barely add in their head, yet I'm supposed to teach long multiplication and division! These are mainstream children who have every advantage. I usually spend 2 afternoons every week after school doing extra tutoring (we're not allowed to be paid for this). I miss working with my 'special' children. Those who take a month to learn what a circle is and then one day just get it and their eyes light up and they sparkle and run around telling the world! And other days you spend the whole day getting them off their bed because they have no will power or they are so ill you need to see them in hospital to give mum and dad a break.

Anyway, I'm hoping to find a way to find these children and families. There MUST be families out there who need the additional help? I'm not just a babysitter, aupair agencies are little help as they don't understand.

If anyone understands my ramblings, do you have any thoughts, ideas, advice?

Tx :)