Homeschool: Resources for Meeting Special Challenges

Periodicals and Books on a Variety of Special Challenges

At Our Own Pace. A popular newsletter for special needs. Jean Kulczyk, 102 Willow Dr., Waukegan, IL 60087, yukko5@aol.com

Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception. Thom Hartmann. A new perception of ADD that suggests that ADD may have many positive and beneficial aspects. Also author of Healing ADD, Beyond ADD, and Thomas Hartman's Complete Guide to ADD. Excerpts at http://www.thomhartmann.com

Awakening Your Child's Natural Genius, In Their Own Way, and The Myth of the ADD Child. Dr. Thomas Armstrong.
http://www.thomasarmstrong.com/

Behavioral Intervention for Young Children with Autism. Catherine Maurice, editor. Pro-Ed, Inc., 1996. 8700 Shoal Creek Blvd., Austin, TX 78757-6897.

The Child with Special Needs. Stanley I. Greenspan, MD et al. Covers all kinds of disabilities (including cerebral palsy, autism, retardation, ADD, and language problems), and offers specific ways of helping all special needs children reach their full intellectual and emotional potential.

The Difficult Child. Stanley Turecki. Bantam Books, 1985.

Exceptional Parent Magazine. P.O. Box 2078, Marion, OH 43306-2178, (877) 372-7368.
http://www.exceptionalparent.com/welcome/contactus.htm

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, "Chronically Inflexible" Children. Ross W. Greene. Harper Collins Publishers, 1998.

The Gift of Dyslexia. Ronald D. Davis, http://www.dyslexia.com

The Home School Source Book. Jean and Donn Reed. Includes resources on Living With Chronic or Terminal illness, Death and Dying. They will provide the books at cost when needed. (877) 375-4680 jean@brookfarmbooks.com Brook Farm Books, PO Box 246, Bridgewater, ME 04735.

Homeschooling Children with Special Needs. Sharon C. Hensley, MA (educational consultant), reviews of many resources (Christian perspective).

Homeschooling the Child with ADD or Other Special Needs: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the Child with Learning Differences. Leonore Colacíon Hayes. Insights on the challenges and joys of homeschooling special-needs children. http://www.bayshoreeducational.com/special.html

The Indigo Children: The New Kids Have Arrived. Lee Carroll and Jan Tober. Hay House Publishers, 1999. http://www.indigochild.com

Learning in Spite of Labels. Joyce Herzog. Practical strategies for working with children with learning disabilities (Christian perspective). http://www.joyceherzog.com

Life Skills Activities for Special Children. Darlene Mannix. Learning how to understand and fit into the real world and develop skills needed to become more independent. Mannix has also written Social Skills for Special Children, which features stories, lessons, and hands-on activities (grades 2-6) for becoming aware of and developing socially acceptable behavior.

Negotiating the Special Education Maze: A Guide for Parents and Teachers. Winifred Anderson et al. From eligibility and evaluation to the IEP and beyond. This edition covers changes in disability laws and much more. Excerpts at http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/parenting/maze.html

The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction. Carol Stock Kranowitz. Perigree, 1998.

Step by Step. Colleen Rose. Therapy for cerebral palsy, to teach the brain through repetition and various techniques.

Thinking in Pictures: My Life and Other Reports of My Life with Autism. Temple Grandin. A personal account by a successful adult, including information from the frontlines of autism, on treatment, medication, diagnosis, and insights into genius, savants, and sensory phenomena. http://www.autism.org/temple/page1.html

You Don't Have To Be Dyslexic. Dr. Joan M. Smith. Excerpts at http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/parenting/maze.html