Homeschooling child with (SBS- TBI)

[LisaAnne]

Hi, I have been around here for a couple weeks and you all have been very helpful. I THANK YOU all. As you may know I am bringing my DS home in the fall after being in the public school system for the past 3+ yrs. We live in California (Inland Empire)

 

His history:

3mnt old- Suffered SBS/non accidental trauma w/ Left subdural and subarachnoid hemorrhages with hypoxic ischemic injury. Partial & grand mal seizures (non in past 6 yrs). Multiple bilateral retinal hemorrhages/resolved. Microcephaly, developmental delay.

 

When placed in our home at 22months he was only making noises (non verbal). He quickly began to speak using 1-2 word sentences.

 

DX 4yrs old with Developmental Dyspraxia & ADHD

 

Has IEP- He started kinder in a Mod-sev SAI day class. At the end of the year we opt'd to have him repeat kinder moving him into a Mild-Mod SAI class. He is currently in 1st grade in a SAI class with 1,2 & 3rd graders. He is to be out of the general ed classrooms 80% of the time (hence the SAI special classroom).

 

In Nov he went through the full testing:

 

Cognitive Abilities range

Verbal Comp- 65

Working Memory-62 processing speed- 65

perceptual reasoning- 79

receptive voc- 73

expressive voc- 80

 

Academic ach range

oral exp- 64

listening comp- 81

basic reading skills- 67

reading comp- 64

math calc skills- 79

math reasoning- 86

written exp- 65

 

Psycho processing range:

Visual motor integration- 74

visual perception- 77

motor coordination- 60

 

I didn't list them all. These numbers are actually lower than his last 3 yr evaluation when he was 4yrs old.

 

His speech assessment (OWLS):

Listening comp- 73

Oral Exp- 63

Oral composite- 65

 

Compre assmt of spoken land (CASL)

Antonyms- 74

syntax cont- 47

pargraph comp- 81

nonliteral lang- 86

pragmatic judgement- 51

core composite- 62

 

I am looking at using the following curriculum's-

 

Time 4 Learning (have been using as after-school)

Math -U- See

Building Thinking Skills

Sequential Spelling

 

I like the Sonlight LA

 

What are some others to help with my DS? What works with children with brain trauma?

Edited March 26, 2012 by LisaAnne