Homeschooling

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Where do you get info on homeschooling? How do you know what programs to use? My son is in 1st grade and doing better since his AS dx / IEP, because he's getting smaller class sizes, a one on one, and lots of OT support / props which seem to work so far. It's only been 2 weeks, but I see a big change. His teacher, although responsive, is not excited that he's still in parts of her classes. I sent an email saying how great he's been at home the last 2 weeks, being more focused, and breezing through his homework and asked how he was at school. She only said, "He seems to have taken to his one on one". I expected more of a response. She was in favor of him moving to another school that had sp ed classes and I fought to have him stay and provide for him, so she may be mad because he's doing better against her

recommendation. I have a great relationship with the sp ed teacher who has him for one class and checks on him throughout the day. She calls and emails me just to let me know how he's doing. I want to be more in touch with what he's learning and methods of learning so I can enhance these at home. I thought if I could learn from the homeschooling material, I could make fun ways for him to learn at home and keep him away from the TV and video games, plus I don't know how 2nd grade will be so I want to be prepared and have options if the school can't provide for him. I'd appreciate any info or web links anyone can provide.Thanks, GenFrom: jm.smoldt <jm.smoldt@...>Subject: ( ) Re: A rough

week... Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 10:48 AM

How do we do it? I homeschool! I gave up on the school district in preschool. I started homeschooling and there is no way I will ever put him back in public school. He does so much better at home. He was getting in trouble all the time for stupid things like licking his hands. He actually missed library time for licking his hands. I know it is gross but how is that a big deal. He had stimming behaviors that included licking. I was just glad he wasn't licking other kids. lol. They forced him into the bathroom which was one of his phobias even though they were informed that they were not to force him under any circumstances. When he had Christmas break and it was time to go back to school he had such a huge meltdown that I couldn't bear to send him back. We started homeschooling and he has done so great. He loves being able to work at his own pace and choose some of his own activities. Granted he is only 6 so we will see how things

go, but I have no intentions of putting him back in. Right now he is so ahead in math and reading but has a fine motor delay that severely effects his writing, so I think it would be hard for the schools to provide an environment where he was not bored. I am certain if he was in public school he would be causing trouble out of boredom and frustration as well.

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