Re: Are there any homeschoolers on this list?

[Guest guest]

My DD (NLD/Aspie) will be 13 soon. We homeschool. She sits in on some

classes at UCB, occasionally. We are very delight-led-learning oriented. I'm

happy to share how life-saving it has been for my DD to get out of the

unnecessary stresses of schools... Working with my DD's strength's and not

pushing so hard on her weaknesses has made major improvements. IMHO,

honoring personal learning style is the key.

Feel free to contact me off-list if you like. ;o)

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> I am new to the list. My 15 yo dd has Aspergers and I'm thinking about

> homeschooling her. I've got some concern about starting out homeschool

> in highschool and I'd like some feedback from those who are

> homeschooling their highschool child.

>

> Jan

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you ! I would love to talk with you more...

What is delight-led-learning? That is a new term for me.

I was given the advice of starting out the first year slowly, work on

a couple subjects she likes and ease into it that way.

By the way, I tried joining the " homeschoolingaspies " group and the

list owner didn't believe I was a mom. I gave up trying to please

her, I don't need the headaches in my life right now. I am not only a

mom, but I've lobbied in our state legislature for what I believe in.

Thank you so much for writing, I am discouraged right now. It's been

a very difficult, stressful year, with more severe trials than I can

count.

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> > I am new to the list. My 15 yo dd has Aspergers and I'm thinking

about

> > homeschooling her. I've got some concern about starting out

homeschool

> > in highschool and I'd like some feedback from those who are

> > homeschooling their highschool child.

> >

> > Jan

> >

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I am sorry to hear of your discouragement right now. I

think that this is very common for all of us on this

list. I am a 25 year old mom of 3 children. My 4.5 yr

old daughter Chantelle has High Functioning Autism

(HFA) and so does my 3 year old daughter .

is non-verbal however, and Chantelle has words

that she will quote from movies and stuff. I also have

a 11 month old baby boy named , who up until

last month didn't seem to have any signs of Autism,

but has recently been flapping his hands and rocking

and such. Either way, we are better able to know what

to do know if he indeed does have autism.

Anyhow, I was homeschooled most of my life - yet I

still graduated with a regular diploma and went on to

college and stuff. So I have experienced both. I went

to some classes in High school and elementary school.

I had music and Gym classes at the Public school

through elementary and middle school and then I went

to Math and Photography classes at the public school

during high school. So I can answer a lot of questions

that you may have, if you like. You can e-mail me at

essieshell24@... or here on the board, whatever

you feel more comfortable with. I will let you know

that I was happier being homeschooled or even learning

on my own, because I struggle with a learning

disability. No one has ever found a name for mine, but

things that I read do not register, unless i read

something OUTLOUD about 6 times over. Of course they

won't let you do that in the testing center. So they

had to give me a special room to be in in college. It

was imbarrading, but much better in college than in

highschool. There are other things that I stuggle with

learning, memorizing, and math and understanding

concepts and especially figurative concepts. I kinda

have to be shown, instead of told. So school was very

hard for me and I actually quit college in 2001 and

just began again this time at home, through a distance

college in January and I will finally graduate in

February of next year, 8.5 years after I started

college. So I would be happy to explain what I like

and dislike about homeschool and maybe some tips on

stuff if you are interested.

I wish you well with this endeavor and I plan to

Homeschool my children and already do as much as

possible and I have some great websites and references

if you are interested as well. Good luck!

Esther

--- jandennlinger wrote:

> Thank you ! I would love to talk with you

> more...

>

> What is delight-led-learning? That is a new term

> for me.

>

> I was given the advice of starting out the first

> year slowly, work on

> a couple subjects she likes and ease into it that

> way.

>

> By the way, I tried joining the

> " homeschoolingaspies " group and the

> list owner didn't believe I was a mom. I gave up

> trying to please

> her, I don't need the headaches in my life right

> now. I am not only a

> mom, but I've lobbied in our state legislature for

> what I believe in.

>

> Thank you so much for writing, I am discouraged

> right now. It's been

> a very difficult, stressful year, with more severe

> trials than I can

> count.

>

>

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> > > I am new to the list. My 15 yo dd has Aspergers

> and I'm thinking

> about

> > > homeschooling her. I've got some concern about

> starting out

> homeschool

> > > in highschool and I'd like some feedback from

> those who are

> > > homeschooling their highschool child.

> > >

> > > Jan

> > >

> >

> >

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

> >

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[Guest guest]

Jan, I homeschooled my NT daughter when she was in 2nd grade. I found

it fun, but very difficult to stay on task. I know a wonderful woman

who is the homeschool coordinator for a local group. She believes

strongly in getting out in the world. She gave me an example of a kid

who has an interest in the Civil War, so during the summer they're

gonna drive to many of the major battle locations across the South.

Jess is telling me she wants to homeschool again. I told her if she

still feels that way come August we'll consider it, but she's very

social and loves being around other kids. She has an interest in arts

and crafts, so if we do homeschool again, I plan on getting out to art

museums, going to places and setting up a sketching/paiting place,

doing home improvement plans, etc.

Her email, if you're interested is Ginger@... if you'd like to

converse.

HTH,

Debi

[Guest guest]

My oldest is 17 and left private school in 10th grade, she has severe

ocd and this was complicated by mono. She studied for the CA

proficiency exam, passed, and earned her diploma, so officially was

no longer a student . She also took her sats as a homeschooler and

did well. We hired a math tutor to complete geomoetry and algebra to

fill out her transcript in case she wants to attend college out of

state (though all CA state schools will accept the proficiency

diploma ). However her ocd is still so severe off and on that we do

not foresee her attending college soon.

My next daughter (14) is, I believe aspergers or HFA (she was

referred for neurological assessment some years ago but I did not

follow up knowing she would not cooperate and would find it

traumatic). She also has ocd and developed and ocd based eating

diosorder (only few safe foods-and safe only with particular rituals)

in past year. We are considering inpatient treatments.

She's been always homeschooled and I may look ito either full

correspondence curriculum for highschool, or independent study

through our local public highschool. She will also probably take the

state exam when ready, in order to test out early.

As for collge for either of them, that is really undetermined at this

point until both more stable. As you can see, managing well

academically and in testing etc does not necessarily mean a student

can cope with full time collge. W'll try with p/t community college

at least (My oldest has taken one course). I also homeschool my

younger kids. One other (9 yr old son) has begun therapy for ocd.

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nancy

> I am new to the list. My 15 yo dd has Aspergers and I'm thinking

about

> homeschooling her. I've got some concern about starting out

homeschool

> in highschool and I'd like some feedback from those who are

> homeschooling their highschool child.

>

> Jan

>

[Guest guest]

I take classes through my state rodp.org program. They are entirely

online, with the exception of a few proctored tests. While it won't

help getting the degree if the person isn't able to cope with a job, I

find this way of taking classes better than a conventional class. I

realized just how sensory overloaded I get when I started my first

online class. NO having to find a parking place, no extreme weather,

no noises of people talking and smells of hairspray and perfumes, no

distractions of people moving around and talking in front of me. I

think it would be great for anyone with sensory issues.

Debi

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[Guest guest]

BTW, www.abeka.com is a Christian curriculum co. They have online high

school, if I remember correctly. You can even travel to their location

for an official graduation ceremony & everything. We used their

homeschool curriculum when Jess was at home.

Debi

[Guest guest]

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> I know people that use A Beka. It is nice. I like Saxon Math though

> because the pages are plain.

>

Saxon math is great for kids who have autism. The math progresses

slowly, and builds on what you learned the day before. I've used Saxon

math in the past and have been very happy with it.