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Aut-2B-Home
This is an autistic homeschool loop that has been very helpful. Carol's Web Corner
Homeschool Educator of ADHD Child Shares Teaching Tips
Seasoned homeschooling mom shares her favorite tips on how to teach the highly distractible (ADHD/ADD) child while helping him to appreciate the gift he has been given. This is a great site with practical advice and useful ideas!
Homeschooling Kids with Disabilities
Offers information and support to people who have chosen to homeschool their children with special educational needs. Topics include things like: ADD/ADHD, Advocacy, Applied Behavior Analysis, Assessment, Auditory Therapy, Autism, Bi-Polar, Behavior Disorders, Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Child Development, Considering Homeschooling, Curriculum, Disability Information Clearinghouses, Downloadable Forms, Deaf-Blind, Downs Syndrome, Early Intervention (0-3 Years), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue, Fragile X Syndrome, Hearing Impairment, Learning Disabilities, Legal Assistance, and tons more. This is a one-stop bookmark site for loads of links to special needs information.
Introduction to Homeschooling Special Needs Children
This site says it is designed to "help you with the challenges of teaching very special children. All of my children have physical and learning challenges, and I have learning disabilities myself, so I know a lot about this area of teaching. I'm not an expert though-just someone forced to learn." Topics discussed are: Gifted and Learning Disabled: Homeschool Perspective, Gifted, but Learning Disabled: A Puzzling Paradox, and Ten Tips for Homeschool Survival.
Kaleidoscapes Homeschooling Special Needs Message Board
These boards are no longer active for communication, but the entire archive is still available for reading and contains posts from many homeschooling parents with special needs children. Lots of great advice and information here.
Much of Kaleidoscapes has been reborn as part of Network54. Recent postings and live boards for special needs are now located at http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/182528. Joyce Herzog
Joyce is a Christian author and speaker who has lots of experience and also curriculum for getting started with special needs students. Good site for lots of information. You can subscribe to her free e-mail newsletter [and] visit message boards and communicate with other parents teaching special needs children. . .. NATHHAN
Families Homeschooling Special Needs / Disabled Children, National Challenged Homeschoolers. Has a support network of over 10,500. Some of these are homeschool professionals willing to help, some are companies having an interest in serving challenged homeschoolers but most are families, homeschooling special needs children.
Contact address: P.O. Box 39, Porthill, ID 83853
Resources available to non-members on the website include three articles, resource reviews, recipes, crafts, poems, and a selection of Bible-based "encouragement" articles. Home Education Resources for varied Learning Styles: Learning Differently
This is a great site with tons of links and ideas. There site says, "Labels are funny things. A homeschooler quickly realizes that each and every child has a unique learning style. It's awkward to say some learners have "special needs". Since all our children are special, it's worth searching for a better way to describe differences. One strange thing about labels is that they tend to be focused on negative characteristics. Impairments, disabilities, challenges: these words describe conditions, not people. Often families of homeschooled children say they have more energy available to explore their strengths and to deal effectively with whatever their vulnerabilities may be. These are great on-line resources for families who are teaching children whose learning, for various reasons, does not match the typical learning curve. "
Ring of Special Needs Children Web Ring
Has over 400 listings. Exceptionally comprehensive list with info on many different learning challenges. These are not all homeschoolers but sift through what's available and you can probably find many sites relevant to your own needs.
http://home.earthlink.net/~tammyglaser798/authome.html
Homeschooling Children Who Aut to Be Home
This is the homepage of Tammy Glaser. Includes links to other homepages of
parents who homeschool their autistic children, articles of interest, and more.
www.ldonline.org
LD OnLine Website includes legal advice, teaching tips, Q&A section, and a free monthly
newsletter for parents with learning disabled children.
www.chask.org
CHASK - Christian Homes and Special Kids
Organization that helps Christian parents adopt special-needs children.
Website includes articles on raising children with fetal alcohol syndrome, AIDS,
blindness, ADD, spina bifida, Down's syndrome, and more.
www.interdys.org
The International Dyslexia Association (formerly The Orton Dyslexia
Association)
This organization provides information on dyslexia and will provide leads to
resources and tutors in your local area.
www.netnet.net/mums
MUMS - National Parent-to-Parent Network (Mothers United for Moral Support,
Inc.)
A support and matching organization for families of children with rare disord
ers or special needs.
http://www.homeschoolfoundation.org/funds/specialneeds.asp
The Home School Foundation--Special Needs Children's Fund
Offers grants to homeschooling families with special needs children to help
pay for curriculum. If you go to the main page you will also see that they
offer grants to widowed homeschool parents.
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