Home Schooling for Children with Special Needs Resource Pages

Home Schooling for Children with Special Needs

Books

Gold, Laura Maery and Joan M. Zielinski (2000) Homeschool Your Child For Free, Prima Publishing. Recommended. Why pay More?

Guterson, David (1992) Family Matters, Why Homeschooling Makes Sense, Orlando: Harcourt Brace & Company. Recommended for those who have considered Homeschooling and those who haven't

Kaufeld, Jennifer (2002) Homeschooling for Dummies, New York: Hungry Minds Inc. Don't be offended by the title. This book speaks for itself.

Resource Pages

Homeschool Your Child For Free <http://www.hsfree.com>. You can get weekly reviews by subscribing at Subscribe: 0-homeschoolreviews-subscribe@egroups.com or Subscribe at <http://www.hsfree.com>.

Homeschooling Children with Special Needs <http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8259/special.html> Well-annotated links lead to "E-boards, Message Boards, Newsgroups, & Chats", "National & Local Organizations", and "Other Resources & Places for Information & Help". Some resources are general-purpose; most are specific to one "need" or another (ADHD, autism, giftedness, etc.).

About Homeschooling: Special Needs <http://homeschooling.about.com/msubspecneeds.htm>

Roughly a dozen links are briefly annotated by the About Homeschooling Guide. ***

In Spirit: Resources for Unschooling Special Needs Children <http://www.inspirit.com.au/unschooling/resources/hsspecialneeds.html>

Minimally-annotated links on the general topic are followed by those specific to these "needs": "ADD/ADHD", "Autism", "Blind/Vision-impaired", "CAP: Central Auditory Processing Disorder", "Downs' Syndrome", "Dyslexia", "Gifted", "Hard of Hearing/Deaf", and "Speech & Language Disorders". Some commercial sites are included.

Homeschool Central: Special Needs Links <http://www.homeschoolcentral.com/special.htm > A-dozen-and-a-half links, largely to general resources, are presented with basic annotation. **

A to Z Home's Cool: Special Needs <http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/weblinks/specialneeds.htm> Three-and-a-half dozen links to resources for "special needs" in general and learning disabilities in specific are offered with competent annotation. Among the subcategories are "Legal Advocacy" and "Screening". Don't fail to note the sidebar, which has links to the parent site's sections on dyspraxia, A.D.D., autism, blind homeschoolers, "Challenges" (which includes chronic illness), deafness, and dyslexia.