
Home Educating Our Autistic Spectrum Children
Paths are Made by Walking
- 304 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Mainstream educational provision for children on the autistic spectrum can be inadequate or inappropriate, and an increasing number of parents dissatisfied with the education system are looking elsewhere for an approach that will suit their children's needs. In this book parents who have chosen the home education option for their children on the autistic spectrum candidly relate their experiences: how they reached the decision to educate at home, how they set about the task, and their feelings about the issues raised by their actions.
Alongside these personal accounts, Home Educating Our Autistic Spectrum Children includes a supplementary chapter on getting started with home education, written by a former advisory teacher for special needs, which offers a wealth of helpful tips and answers frequently voiced questions about teaching materials, curricula and socialisation. A separate chapter on home education and the law provides solid practical advice on legal rights and relations with the education authority.
This sympathetic, readable book aims to give parents whose children are not receiving appropriate support at school the confidence to consider home education as a realistic option. The balance between true stories and practical advice ensures that this invaluable book will inspire and inform.
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Table of contents
- COVER
- Home educating our autistic spectrum children: Paths are made by walking
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Editorâs note
- 1 Introduction
- 2 So, whatâs the problem with school?
- 3 Square pegs donât fit round holes (Robertâs story)
- 4 Home truths (Stephenâs story)
- 5 Is this normal? (Kevinâs story)
- 6 But will he ever speak to me? (Gregâs story)
- 7 In the real world, itâs OK to be different (Alexâs story)
- 8 An inspiration to us all (Matthewâs story)
- 9 Once a homeschooler, always a homeschooler (Johnâs story)
- 10 Being himself (Tristanâs story)
- 11 The difficult child (Alexandraâs story)
- 12 Three springs for a summer (Davidâs story)
- 13 Liberated by the label (Markâs story)
- 14 Living without the label
- 15 Iâve decided to home educateâwhat do I do next?
- 16 An outline of the law and practice of home-based education
- 17 Finding support and information
- The Contributors
- Book list