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MaryB69
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 Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: Does anyone else homeschool their child with ASD? |
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| My son will be 4 in August. We really want to homeschool him cause he does so much better with the one on one attention. He's started to really pick up on lots of things. We use sign language with him quite a bit cause it helps him to understand better. Does anyone else homeschool their ASD child? |
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roygerdodger
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MaryB69
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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I know exactly what you mean. We're doing it for several reasons. Chip & Josh have lots of food issues. There are lots of foods that make them really sick. It's easier to list the foods they can have than to list the foods they can't have.
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Mary
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KID
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: Reply to 'Parents Discussion'. |
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I may not have Autism or Autsim like disorders but I do have SPD/APD and I'm homeschooled(used to go to regular school but had to be pulled out cause of my SPD/APD was just getting worse). It depends how bad the Autism is with your child though I know alot of Autistic/Aspergers people who hate public school and a few who actually like it.Again it all depends on your decision/how you feel about putting him in public school. I do have a suggestion though if you decide on doing school: Private School that way hell still get attention/more friends, and the teacher will understand his 'specialness'.
I wish I was in PrivateSchool(I loved it in 1 and 2 grade). Good luck with your decision making! ^-^ |
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MaryB69
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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There's so many foods that he can't have that it would make it difficult for a school to even make sure that he doesn't get the foods that he can't have meaning he'd be sick pretty much all the time. We don't really have any choice but to homeschool him. I do plan on trying to get him into play groups and other activities like there's a homeschool time at the library here. There's also homeschool activities at the youth center here. I'm also a member of a mom's group that also has activities for the kids. If I have my way, he won't have to worry about not being around other kids.
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trialanderror
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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I have decided to homeschool as well. My children are a bit upset about it, but they'll have to just get over it. The behaviors that they have learned from their interpretation of the social situations at traditional school have made a mess of their lives. I have two out of three with AS and they barely function in a social situation. Kids can almost smell their issues before they enter the room. They pick on them upon entrance (even if they don't know them) and my kids are overactors trying to compensate for it. The things that are possibly funny or witty that other kids do are not something that comes naturally to them, so they try to fake it. That causes more problems than helps. It is their interpretations of what the other kids are doing and their misunderstanding why they get the reactions they do that causes most of the situations to go awry. Since I have had them home, it has been so much better. I can introduce things at their pace and I can give them the one on one direction before it gets away from them. You can't get that kind of attention in school.
I have heard so many people make complaints about socialization, as it were. Well, I feel these kids need to learn socialization under a watchful eye so that their exposure and interactions can be positive. ANYTHING is socialization from going to the park or the grocery store to going to the doctor or visiting a friend.
It is really a matter of you feeling this is the right choice for you and your children. Sidenote... My kids have food issues too. They have a terrible time with preservatives and food coloring. My son gets such a problem that he was calling me from the clinic everyday. No more problems and we all are happier for it. Hope this helps! |
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flowergal
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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Hi. I homeschool all 3 of mine (9,7,4 1/2), one of which we are 99% sure has AS issues, definitely 2 have some sort of sensory processing issues too. Although, that isn't the reason we homeschool them. It was my hubbys and I belief that God wants us to do that with our children. I do feel though that my children have benefited from the one on one attention they can receive. Social situations are much better too. I am able to help guide them thru difficult issues or times. I love homeschooling them, but it was a decision that we did not take lightly, but I am very glad we do it for them. It may not be for everyone, the first year is definitely the hardest, we are going on our 3rd year and it is much better each year! It isn't always easy and we still have battles over doing school work....but I have seen such wonderful improvements in my children. Best of luck with your decision, it sounds like you have your child's best interest at heart....take care.
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wiccanaspie
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject: Homeschooled Aspies |
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| I homeschooled my Aspie sons (in 2nd and 4th grades, at the time), because the school they were attending "couldn't handle them". My youngest son LOVED it and did wonderfully. He got to the point where he wouldn't do the paperwork part of school, but if we went for a drive, he was all about asking me how things work and why things work the way they do. He is a science buff and LOVES learning about nature. He also loved looking things up online that he was curious about. We would sit down and look things up for hours a day, just to figure the world around us out. My oldest son didn't fare as well- until I figured out what sparked his interests. He wouldn't do anything for school until I got him a manual for our car and told him he had to tear the car apart and put it together properly. He had to figure out compression ratios for math, read the manual for reading, his elective was auto shop too LOL. EVERYTHING had to relate to the car, or he just didn't care and wouldn't bother with it. I was a little frustrated, at first, but once we found his "thing", it was awesome. I have Asperger's as do all 4 of my children. I hope you do choose to homeschool your Aspie... it is a wonderful experience, and it truly helps Aspies build a strong connection with their "teacher". My only advice is to look for what interests your child most and try to relate as much of their schooling to their interests. |
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wiccanaspie
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="trialanderror"]
I have heard so many people make complaints about socialization, as it were. Well, I feel these kids need to learn socialization under a watchful eye so that their exposure and interactions can be positive. ANYTHING is socialization from going to the park or the grocery store to going to the doctor or visiting a friend.
I agree about socialization coming from ANY activity in public... we went shopping weekly (the boys helped me find the best bargain for my buck as math class too LOL) and to the park at least 3 days a week... we also visited with cousins that are also Aspies. |
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Mon
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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I'm contemplating this issue myself. My nearly 4 year old daughter is likely to receive a formal diagnosis of AS in the next 12 months (according to the psychologist).
Our concerns with her what most parents of ASD children would have. How will she cope with the noise of school, more to the point what will happen when we get her home, will she meltdown for hours on end. Will the teacher be sensitive, or be frustrated with her. How will the other kids cope when our daughter demands that people 'stop staring at her?'.
Its a tough one. |
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mollyandbobsmom
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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| My husband and I have thought about homeschooling but we are hesitant. Our 7 y/o son loves his classmates, even those who are mean. Our son listens in class and does his work (mostly). The problem is, of course, social. He wants to play with his peers but it is TORTURE when he gets hurt. He is so smart and I'm afraid I wouldn't be a very good teacher. I didn't finish college (stopped when I had our first child). I guess we are taking a wait and see approach to the next few years of school. Once he reaches high school he could do the online high school. We just need to get through the next few years!!! |
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PunkyKat
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| I am homeschooled. I've been homeschooled since 5th grade and I will be starting 11th in the fall. I was abused in the public school both physicaly and emotonaly by both kids and mostly by teachers. Most of my teachers were having ego trips and whatever they were trying to get me to do often ended up in a power struggle. My third grade teacher was also VERY unorginased and was always skipping chapters and cancling projects. I was SOOO looking foward to the unit on animals and when we finnaly reached it, she had us skip to the next chapter. I think she did that purposly becasuse she knew that was the only thing I was good at. I hated her since and always will. My parents tried in vain to get me the help I needed but couldn't get it. They gave up trying to fight a fight they could not win and decided to homeschool me. My mother says I learned more in one week being homeschooled than I ever did in six years of public school. The sosolation thing is a lie. The only socalation I got from public school were insults, smacks, kicks, and hits. Some social life. |
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ouinon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:54 am Post subject: |
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I am AS parent with an AS/PDD 8 year old who homeschools.
He tried school, hated it, and has not been back for the last three years.
We have been following a correspondence course but then this year the law changed so that whereas previously the corr school was responsible for all his assessment now the Academic Inspections of certain regions are assessing children on these courses separately, ( which I did not want him to have to do, which is why we used this course at all), which he passed, with a flexible inspector giving him lots of time, but from now we will be entirely home-unschooling; no courses at all, and just keep an eye on where he is supposed to be up to with those manuals you can buy for each school year. His next inspection will be next june.
He wasn't doing much course work anyway, about an hour and a quarter a day to complete the assessed homework and that was it. He had learned to read without any teaching, same with writing. He just picked it up from comic books, computer games, my reading comic books to him intensively ( at his request) for about six months 3-4 years ago, and general exposure to writing around him. He didn't read till age 7, but then apparently a lot of children left to learn at their own rhythm don't either. It is even possible that too early imposed reading reduces learning in other more fundamental skills areas according to studies.
I also noticed that even in extra-curricular classes he began to suffer if the teacher/leader was not vigilante enough, or there was a lot of noise. He was teased and began being bullied in fencing and music, and also began to wriggle, grimace, zone out etc, from the overload of stimulation. Karate on the other hand is great. He now does two sessions a week.
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rachel46
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:17 am Post subject: |
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I'm a parent of an 11 yr. old son -AS- and we have homeschooled for 2 years. He did public school for 4 years and it was OK until 3rd grade. Long story short, my son was extremely smart, not a behavior problem, I didn't have the stomach or patience for the insane IEP process, they didn't know what to do with my son "We really think Noah is doing great" right, except for the daily bullying, teasing, ostracizing he's having a wonderful time!
Homeschool is freedom to let your kid learn at his own pace in a warm, loving environment without the stress- it was just sucking the life out of my son. Please don't believe those that say homeschooling is not good because there is no chance for socialization - it's absolutely 100% false.
There is tons of info. on the web about homeschooling -it may help answer questions and relieve your fears. |
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SIXLUCY
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| I am a single Mum of a 11 year old boy with HFA. I too have autism. My son is more high functioning than me or so it seems |
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