Homeschool Math Curriculum
June 29th, 2007 | 
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Question: Home Schooling my Son with Autism..?
I am strongly considering Home Schooling my son that has autism and is 9yrs old. He would benefit highly from a home program where he could be worked with one on one and not be in an environment that is too overstimulating. Also he has dietary restrictions that are hard to implement in a public school setting.
My question is what is the best curriculum out there for teaching a child with autism. I plan on getting the books, " A Work in Progress: Behavior Management Strategies & A Curriculum for Intensive Behavioral Treatment of Autism " and "100 Top Picks For Homeschool Curriculum: Choosing The Right Curriculum And Approach For Your Child's Learning Style".
I wanted to see if anyone here can start me off in the right direction based on their experience, there are just so many curriculums out there.
I want to use handwriting for tears, what other programs for math, history, science, etc are good for children with autism? Asides from ABA which I already plan to implement.
Answer: I homeschool an eleven year old girl with severe autism.When I pulled her out of public school a year ago she could not read or do basic math beyond counting.Like you, I researched different curriculums and finally decided that the best curriculum is the one you make yourself. For reading, science and social studies we use Dick and Jane type books. For math I tried Saxon Math and it was frustrating for her, so we gave it up and are now using Kumon Workbooks and she is actually learning. We really do not spend much more time on lessons than most kids do on homework.
Autistic people tend to enjoy lining things up, so when she was introduced to the number line in the kumon books she really took to it. Now she can add one to a number and we are about to start on the twos. Kumon is a very incremental approach to learing math. It is not a ccomplete curriculum, but covers the primary basics that your son will need in order to eventually understand the higher level math. The lessons are designed to be less than twenty minutes long for normal children.My daughter takes quite a while to complete her "assignement" as I literally have to direct every move she makes.I have heard that Miquon Math, Singapore Math and Developemental Math are good math books for autistic students as well.
If your son is starting to read then I would consider starrting him off with "sight words". Dick and Jane type books are exellent for teaching autistic kids to read primers. This is what I have been teaching my daughter with and she is now ready to begin phonics. I would also look up www.timberdoodle.com as they have a special auttism category and can make reccamendations as well.
As a final note:When I buy curriculum or manipulatives/equipment to use for my daughter I never know for sure if it is going to be a hit or if I have just wasted more money until we actually use it.So I would borrow what ever curriculum, books and supplies that you can. If something turns out to be a big success then you can always buy your own then, but if it is a "misss" then you will not have wasted time and money.
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