HUDSON, Ohio — Jessica Kliskey is a mother of two — her oldest son, Paul, is 8 years old and a student at Hudson City Schools.

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"He has severe ADHA and ODD and a spectrum processing disorder, so he has problems with focus, and textures, so he doesn’t eat a whole lot, and he has to have his clothes a certain way and he gets over stimulated a lot," Kliskey explained.

When schools went online, Kliskey was able to teach her son full time, but she said it was still difficult for him to learn remotely.

"My son couldn’t do them; it was too much for him to sit there and listen, so I just kind of taught him from the materials that were given.”

Kliskey said without the daily socialization that in-person school provides, her sons mental health began to take a turn for the worse.

"He really went down a rabbit hole where he didn’t like leaving the house after awhile. He wanted to just stay home because leaving the house was too sensory distracting. Not leaving daily was really a struggle for him."

Hudson City Schools went back to in person learning on Jan. 25, and Kliskey said she has already seen huge improvements with her son.

"His teacher has called me and said what a great job he is doing, and has just touched in and my son seems to be really receptive he’s getting it, where as before it used to be I’m kind of off the walls, he is just kind of sitting and paying attention.”