Re: Homeschooling Aspergers kids?

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My wife homeschooled our then 8 year old last year and it was very good for

him. The biggest problem was that his younger brother, who was 5, was

nearly on the same level academically and it bothered our AS son.

Good luck.

( ) Homeschooling Aspergers kids?

This is my first post, so I apologize if this has been asked previously. I

have 3 kids: son (15), daughter (11), and other son (6½). It's my youngest

son who has adhd and AS. We would all LOVE to homeschool next fall, but do

AS kids do alright schooling at home, in anyone's experience? He is having

difficulty in a " regular " classroom setup. I think the more individualized

attention he'd get at home, plus my ability to incorporate his " obsessive

interest of the month " (this month it's the root-canal procedure, haha!)

into his lessons would be more enjoyable for him. BTW, we have several

years' experience homeschooling under our belts--we just had to stop for a

few years while we were going through the initial difficulty of having Wade

properly diagnosed. :-) Liz

[Guest guest]

I did it for two years and feel it was the best thing I could have

done for my son at that time.

You already have the confidence since you homeschooled before. I

would say just to make sure you continue with therapies (which I did

not and my son's speech did not improve) and play groups.

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> This is my first post, so I apologize if this has been asked

previously. I have 3 kids: son (15), daughter (11), and other son

(6½). It's my youngest son who has adhd and AS. We would all LOVE to

homeschool next fall, but do AS kids do alright schooling at home, in

anyone's experience? He is having difficulty in a " regular "

classroom setup. I think the more individualized attention he'd get

at home, plus my ability to incorporate his " obsessive interest of

the month " (this month it's the root-canal procedure, haha!) into his

lessons would be more enjoyable for him. BTW, we have several years'

experience homeschooling under our belts--we just had to stop for a

few years while we were going through the initial difficulty of

having Wade properly diagnosed. :-) Liz

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[Guest guest]

, we had the same experience with a younger sibling when I

homeschooled them for two years.

Placing the boys in school this year (and separate grades) helped

them a great deal in regards to this. Unfortunately, my younger son

was tested as gifted and my older and autistic son is very, very

jealous of the fact his brother gets to go to enrichment classes.

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> Hi ,

>

> My wife homeschooled our then 8 year old last year and it was very

good for

> him. The biggest problem was that his younger brother, who was 5,

was

> nearly on the same level academically and it bothered our AS son.

>

> Good luck.