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My Mom, My Teacher

Home-schooling Can Be a Viable Option for Special Needs Kids

By Debora Geary

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Second, once you have your legal ducks in a row, it's time to find a support group. While local organizations are valuable, Hayes strongly recommends checking out the many wonderful online communities. In the online environment, you have a much better chance of "connecting with another home-schooling parent of a similar age, gender and/or disordered child."

Home-schooling is not for all parents and not for all special needs kids, but if you are considering it as an option, Marshall has some words of encouragement: "Do it! Yes, it can be a lot of work, but what you give your child is priceless: the freedom to be the person they were created to be without any shame."

Online Resources for Home-schooling

For parents considering home-schooling their child with special needs, the following online resources are a good place to start:

  • Home-schooling Children With Special Needs is a wonderful collection of links and resources. Also check out the parent page which has excellent information and resources for home-schooling in general.
  • LD Online is a Web site on learning disabilities for parents and teachers with a home-schooling discussion board.
  • Bayshore School is a Web site of resources and information put together by Lenore Hayes.
  • The Home-school Zone is a general home-schooling Web site with a great FAQ for parents considering home-schooling.

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