Homeschooling Programs for Kids With Learning Disabilities

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"Hi, I'm Linda Wooldridge and I'm a home school Mom. Personally, I've never home schooled a child who has a learning disability but many of my friends have. Some of things that they have found helpful are to check with the school system to see what resources you might be able to use part of the time. In the same way that you might be able to use the gifted program, you might also be able to send your child for part of the day to help them learn to cope with things that they have difficulties with. Another option would be to have your child evaluated or do an evaluation yourself and buy programs based on your child's disability grade level. In other words if you have a fourteen year old who is functioning well on a first grade level then use first grade materials. There is no sense in frustrating you or your student. I have talked to a Mother who had a son who was functioning at a level where she was teaching him how to ride the bus, to count money, to be able to clean his own house and cook his own meals and that was the focus of her home school program. If you have a child who has just has some sort of emotional disability, then be sure to pay attention to which times of the day are better for your child and when your child is ready to learn. After all, who knows better what your child is capable of then you his parents. However you choose to home school your child with a disability, whether it's to use the resources available through the school system or to build your own. You also might want to contact local facilities who help with that particular disability. Such as autism, or down syndrome and use their resources as well. However you choose to do it, you'll be able to build a wonderful home school for your child and get to know them a whole lot better in the process. Have a wonderful home schooling day. I'm Linda Wooldridge."