Resources and information on ADD, with a positive look at the condition. The author of this website, Teresa Gallagher, challenges the notion that ADD is a disorder, arguing that it is a normal condition for some people.
LD OnLine.org is the leading information service in the field of learning disabilities, serving more than 200,000 parents, teachers, and other professionals each month. Launched in 1996, it was the first and is by far the most visited learning disabilities site on the web. LD OnLine features thousands of helpful articles on learning disabilities and ADHD, monthly columns by noted experts in the field, a free and confidential question and answer service, active bulletin boards, and a Yellow Pages referral directory of professionals, schools, and products. LD OnLine is often the first destination for parents and educators seeking information on how to help children and adults with learning disabilities.
Here you'll find the text of the law, along with amendments, articles, general information, and more.
Language skills usually evolve naturally in a normal family environment. But what if your child isn't taking to communication as readily as your other kids did? Maybe he isn't talking as much or understanding what he hears. There are fun ways to help kids learn the language skills that come naturally to most people.
Homeschooling a special needs child can be a gratifying, rewarding, and successful venture. While many families with special needs children homeschool in Massachusetts and receive approval with relatively little difficulty, sometimes the approval process can present greater challenges for special needs families.
Useful information for anyone considering homeschooling a child with Down syndrome.
NATHHAN (NATional cHallenged Homeschoolers Associated Network) is a Christian, non-profit organization dedicated to providing encouragement to families with children with special needs that are homeschooling. They publish an online or hard copy quarterly newsletter. They also publish a family directory, updated each year. They have a large lending library by operated by mail.
Choosing a high school curriculum for a homeschooler can feel daunting. It presents a greater challenge when your child has special needs. This guide will help you choose a homeschool high school curriculum for a student with dyslexia.
This article gives some of the benefits of home educating a deaf child, including one-on-one attention, clear communication, and teaching methods that can be adapted to the child's educational needs and learning style.
List of resources for those homeschooling children with special needs.
This policy paper provides a list of questions that parents and parent organizations can address in an effort to ensure that statewide assessment systems fully and fairly include students with disabilities. In the past, students with disabilities have too often been excluded from large-scale assessments. However, students with disabilities now must be included in state assessment programs with appropriate accommodations, as required by the recent amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Homeschooling Kids With Disabilities offers information and support to people who are homeschooling children with special educational needs.
Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NLD), also called Nonverbal Learning Disabilities, is a developmental disability that affects children's academic progress as well as their social and emotional development. NVLD encompasses a combination of learning, academic, social and emotional issues. This article looks at factors to consider before choosing to homeschool. It discusses scenarios which may lead the parents of a child with NLD to consider homeschooling, and includes case studies of students with NLD who have been homeschooled for varying periods of time.
A look at using an unschooling approach with children who are highly sensitive and out of sync.
This list is a forum for those either radically unschooling or learning how to radically unschool to discuss our "shining" children (Highly Sensitive, Out of Sync, Asperger’s traits, Explosive) and all the issues that accompany life with them--how we grow and learn ourselves thanks to our non-typical children and how unschooling frees their spirits and allows them to truly "shine."
A mother of an exceptional child discusses why homeschooling is the right choice for their family. A personal look at the joys of learning and growing together through an unschooling philosophy of life.