Murmer Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 We are having issues with the school (they refuse to acknowledge my child's needs and diagnosis)...at this point we hope to move next year so not sure its worth fighting them...I had considered home schooling before her diagnosis so it is not a foreign idea for me...but now I am trying to figure out how to do it if that is route we take. 1) I am in the state of Vermont, I am a certified teacher in the state of Vermont, my child does have an IEP (but it is not sufficient for her needs especially when the school just ignores it). According to what I have read they can make me to go "trial" over home schooling. This concerns me especially as we are looking at only 1/2 year (but may be less effort than dealing with the school). 2) She needs an algorithmic based spiral math program any good ideas for a child with ASD? 3) Social thinking curriculum ideas? 4) Other suggestions that I should consider? TIA!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 There are lots of social skills programs available now. So, you should be able to find curricula and even games that appeal to you. I will let others weigh in with specific ideas. Each child is very different with regard to how they respond to curricula, don't be disappointed if you have to do some experimenting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 I'm sorry the law in your state is hard to work with and the school is fighting you! I've only homeschooled, but my ds has an IEP to get the disability scholarship through our state. It took me two years of fighting to realize they had more clue how high $$$ these issues actually are and that it takes legal help. I wouldn't hesitate to get legal counsel or an advocate to help you line up your ducks. HSLDA has info by state, or you could join them. However I'm suggesting something a step further, actually consulting with an advocate or hiring one. See how much you can prevent with good preparation. Do you know where you're moving to? If you move to a state with a disability scholarship, that could be smart. :D You asked for spiral math, and you're looking at Saxon or CLE typically, if you ask in the homeschool community. R&S is known for having a slower pace. Do you know if she has SLDs or a lower IQ? I'm just asking, because if there's SLD writing, you might want to factor that in with your choice. It's not what you asked for, but for my ds (3 SLDs plus ASD/ADHD, gifted) I'm able to use the hands-on of Ronit Bird plus a variety of Daily Warm-ups and things from Teacher Created Resources. For him, they're just enough, and the answers often have multiple choice options, keeping the writing down. But math is really personal. Go with your gut. If you're dealing with a low IQ, you might want to google site search here or start a thread asking specifically about that. You're saying Social Thinking. I want to blow the pop top lid here on what you *can* do and *can* make happen at home. You can have ABA while you homeschool. I use our disability scholarship and have an ABA tutor, who does some academics in the context of working on behavior. So anything where we have compliance and self-regulation issues, I throw the materials to the tutor and she does them with him. Golden, simply golden. It has gotten us HUGE breakthroughs. You can go to the workshops at Social Thinking.com and I would DEFINITELY encourage you to. I went to one, and it totally broadened my horizons. I'm not trying to be our behaviorist, but it made me a more informed consumer. And maybe being your own behaviorist is your forte. It's just not going to be mine, lol. So yes on the workshops and then yes on their materials. You can filter on their site by age group. At age 7 your obvious things are Incredible Flexible You (now called We Thinkers 1). If you bring in a BCBA, they'll have more. That would just be a starting point. Our behaviorist just has so many things. I write her what we're dealing with, and she shows up with stuff. For us, it was really helpful to have the synergy of lessons plus a tutor practicing the skills of the lessons plus me carrying it over the rest of the time. Those really, really basic concepts, like people have feelings, you should notice, there's a group plan, etc., these have really helped us! Welcome to this section of the boards. Keep us posted on what you need and fire away with your questions! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murmer Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 Thank you so much! I am going to answer a few parts of your message :) Do you know where you're moving to? If you move to a state with a disability scholarship, that could be smart. :D We are hoping to go across the state line to New Hampshire which has much more liberal homeschooling laws along with the possibility of better public schools. You asked for spiral math, and you're looking at Saxon or CLE typically, if you ask in the homeschool community. R&S is known for having a slower pace. Do you know if she has SLDs or a lower IQ? I'm just asking, because if there's SLD writing, you might want to factor that in with your choice. It's not what you asked for, but for my ds (3 SLDs plus ASD/ADHD, gifted) I'm able to use the hands-on of Ronit Bird plus a variety of Daily Warm-ups and things from Teacher Created Resources. For him, they're just enough, and the answers often have multiple choice options, keeping the writing down. But math is really personal. Go with your gut. If you're dealing with a low IQ, you might want to google site search here or start a thread asking specifically about that. She is not low IQ but she does have ADHD. She also has speech issues which make story problems and programs with a lot of language very very difficult...but if she is taught the algorithm she has been able to be successful with math. You're saying Social Thinking. I want to blow the pop top lid here on what you *can* do and *can* make happen at home. You can have ABA while you homeschool. I use our disability scholarship and have an ABA tutor, who does some academics in the context of working on behavior. So anything where we have compliance and self-regulation issues, I throw the materials to the tutor and she does them with him. Golden, simply golden. It has gotten us HUGE breakthroughs. We JUST got an ABA company that is willing to come to our house and that is one of the things that is intriguing me about homeschooling...they would have more time to work with her which right now is limited to only after school hours. I will go research more at social thinking.com. Sadly for some reason I live in an area with very few resources for ASD...there is 1 speech therapist that is taking people and they finally opened an OT within 45 mins of my house :( But again bringing her home will give us more time to be involved in these sorts of things. SaveSave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 My ds has apraxia, and his language scores were low on comprehension. If you look at your dd's testing, you can see what is low and intervene yourself. Language is super, super easy to intervene on, mercy. Like seriously, look at what she's low in, go to Super Duper, buy some stuff. You can't screw it up. You're only going UP, kwim? With my ds I used The Grammar Processing Program (GPP) from Super Duper, and it was awesome. Got us from 25th percentile to 50th on his testing, and that made a LOT come together. We have farther to go, but I was really pleased and highly recommend it. It's utterly simple to implement. But see what's low, see what she needs. Sounds like you're going to be making a lot of good changes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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