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Question: Special education Homeschooling?

I am looking for other parents that homeschool special education children. My son is physically disabled, but his intelligence is normal....just gets easily distracted. Anyway.....he is in 9th grade and reading at a 2nd grade level because the school neglects to do anything but put in a room with other children that are wonderful, but clearly not as mainstream as he could be. They have made promises, neglected IEP request and never return phone calls. I am just tired and figure I could do a better job myself. He comes home every either angry or sad because he is not getting what he needs. Anyway......point is....I need some advice on Homeschooling.....any suggestions? Material advice? Lesson Plans? ect....thanks in advance

Answer: Hi! I homeschool my two autistic spectrum children, age 7 and 13. My son is also dyslexic and gifted, so school didn't work out for him either. We also had problems with them following his IEP, I was having to tutor him, and he was having stomach aches & crying every day at school (never at home). So we started Homeschooling in 2nd grade.

I really enjoyed a book "Homeschooling Children With Special Needs" by Sharon Hensley which you can see sample pages at:

http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=70104&event=1016SBFCT%7C286401%7C1016#curr

You can actually buy that book anywhere, I usually buy my books at the local bookstore or online at Amazon or wherever I find it the cheapest!

Hensley is a homeschooler of an autistic spectrum child, but writes so that most, if not all, homeschoolers with special needs children will be helped. One of the most useful parts of the book for a beginning homeschooler like I was is at the end of the book. She gives recommended curriculum that you can use in your Homeschooling that are appropriate or suggested for special needs children. I have tried most of the curriculum she recommends and found all of it to be excellent, and to work well with my son. My son is also a distracted learner as you mention, with the added complication of dyslexia and short-term memory problems.

Another link if you want to join some egroups which I also found to be very useful the first year or two of Homeschooling is at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8259/special.html

Also the best catalog I found was at: http://www.epsbooks.com/ A lot of their curriculum is recommended in the Hensley book, which is probably how I found out about it. All of their curriculum is very good. I like ordering their print catalog to look at, but they also have a good online catalog where you can look at many sample pages which is nice.

Good luck with your decision! I've been there and know it's difficult!

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