Considering Homeschooling Your Child on the Autism Spectrum? Some Helpful Hints and Suggestions for Parents

Autor/in	Hurlbutt, Karen
Titel	Considering Homeschooling Your Child on the Autism Spectrum? Some Helpful Hints and Suggestions for Parents
Quelle	In: Exceptional Parent, 40 (2010) 4, S.20-21 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-9157
Schlagwörter	Home Schooling; Autism; School Choice; Functional Behavioral Assessment; Parents; Therapy; Teaching Methods; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Behavior Modification; Cognitive Restructuring; Sensory Integration; Planning; Special Needs Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homeschooling; Home instruction; ; Hausunterricht; Heimschule; Autismus; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Eltern; Therapie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Sensorische Integration; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf
Abstract	With the increase in the numbers of diagnosed children on the autism spectrum, schools are being challenged to provide proper educational services for these children. In Educating Children with Autism, the National Research Council recommended that educational programs for students with autism include three basic components. These are direct instruction of skills, behavior management using functional behavioral assessment and positive behavioral support, and instruction in natural settings. There are also a host of strategies and methods available today, and some of these include Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), sensory integration, Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), social stories and other cognitive behavioral interventions, auditory integration therapy (AIT), TEACCH methods (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped CHildren), gluten- and casein-free diets, and supplemental vitamin therapy. Many parents have identified a therapy, method, or program they have found to be effective for working with their child, however, have experienced the school as being unable or unwilling to provide this treatment. More and more parents of children on the autism spectrum have become frustrated with the school system and have been exploring homeschooling as an option. The decision to homeschool is a lifestyle choice, not just an educational choice. It is a big decision to make but where do parents start? This article provides some recommendations that parents may want to take into consideration while making the decision to homeschool. (Contains 3 resources and 14 online resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10