Lise Pyles

Homeschooling the Child with Asperger Syndrome: Real Help for Parents Anywhere and on Any Budget

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Packed with inspiring ideas and tips that can be used with any curriculum and on any budget, Homeschooling the Child with Asperger Syndrome explains how to design a varied study programme built around the child's own interests, making use of simple material as well as computers and on-line resources.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781843107613
• ISBN-10: 1843107619
• Artikelnr.: 21971841

Autorenporträt

Lise Pyles lives with her family in Aurora, Colorado and is the mother of a son with Asperger Syndrome who, homeschooled for several years, is now at university. A freelance writer, she is the author of Hitchhiking through Asperger Syndrome: How to Help Your Child When No One Else Will, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Her family's journey has encompassed living on three continents and following many paths including therapy, diet, medication and several schooling options.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Acknowledgments. Preface. 1. Should You Homeschool Your Child
with Asperger Syndrome? 2. Developing Your Plan. 3. Some Family Models. 4.
Where Academics Meets Asperger. 5. Unit Studies. 6. Making Your Own
Learning Tools. 7. The Computer. 8. The Older Teen. 9. What Else Do I Need
to Know? 10. Final Thoughts. Appendix 1: Asperger and Homeschooling
Resources. Appendix 2: General Homeschooling Resources. Appendix 3: Social
Skills. Appendix 4: Facial Expressions. Appendix 5: Idioms. Appendix 6:
Sample High School Transcript (US). Appendix 7: Books, Software, DVDs,
Games, Toys. Appendix 8: Finances of Homeschooling. Bibliography. Subject
Index. Name Index