Does anyone here home educate their sn DC?

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went on education forum but theres no chatline there.

Mines 12 years old and learning difficulties to the extent she doesnt do SATS etc, Im teaching her what she can manage, she's 12 on paper but learning-wise shes 6-7. so thats the work I do with her.

key stages 1-3 in things. she has an aptitude for adding/subtracting, history and art, but struggles with others.

what Id like to know is...do you get any hassles from Ed panels about what your DC should be doing? ATM my current Ed panel are fine but we had to move borough for this as last one were terrible and condescending.

Shes HE as her disabilities and needs were not being met ANYWHERE. Im not only her teacher (qualified btw) but her SENCO too. the HE is going brilliantly, I just would like to share resources/experiences etc with other HE parents?

Anyone? Thanx

this might help.. www.mumsnet.com/Talk/home_ed

also there was a poster on here phleba, I hope she doesn't mind me saying but she is also HE her children.

Thank you, I'll look up these links. Thanx for your replies xx

Hi,
Yes I H.E. my DS,4, suspected asd, we did try school first but after a term it was clear they were not going to support him and my ds's was having all sorts of issues.
Anyway some other the sites I have found useful so far are;
Home Education Advisory Service
Education Otherwise
Yahoo groups, I'm in Berkshire not sure where you are
Parents in Touch.
I am also going to be H.E. my 2 eldest NT DD's 8 & 6 soon, we are all really enjoying it.
I'm happy for you to pm me if you would like to discuss anything, swop ideas etc

I'm always up for more resources. DS is nearly 12 on par with a 3 yo so pre school here (which I suppose is enough) but it's all the 'other stuff' I find hard. Life/social/communication skills is what he needs, who cares if he doesn't know his colours if he can't access a shop to buy an everyday essential is what I see.

meant to say there are a few HE facebook groups for special needs and MN.

I HE my 14 year old with HFA and ADHD, have been at it four years now. Brought him out of school because his needs weren't being adequately met and he was falling to bits.

He's doing really well. We don't get any hassle from the LA but then being an Aspie he's a bright spark and ahead of the pack academically, though I don't believe he still would be if he was still in school. They know we're doing a good job and often say so. He wouldn't get anything like this level of support in school.

Does your daughter have a dx, OP? I think that would make a difference to LA attitudes, especially if backed up by medical reports and recommendations.

We home ed our 4 children, 1 has diagnosis of asd and possibly adhd, and another is waiting diagnosis of asd. Neither of them have been to school, and are more than happy at home, what we achieve in 10 minute blocks 3 times a day is fab! They get to be themselves, with out pressure and all of their learning is done 1 to 1 and is suited to their individual needs and requirements :)

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yes I home ed my kids - well my eldest has just started in year 7 but the other three are still at home :) My 6yo has ASD & dyspraxia & significant language delay - he doesn't have learning disabilities but the three diagnoses combine to produce an awful lot of barriers to learning. He had an ABA programme running at home for a couple of years & we still use some ABA techniques (strangely enough it works well with an autonomous type HE ... following interests etc).

We do a lot of lego, a lot of computer based learning, lots of SALT & OT but tbh the 'SN' is pretty much a non issue now (as far as HE goes); I'm guided by aptitude & ability (from 'age, aptitude & ability') as I am for the other children.

Oh this is brilliant stuff! Thank you all for replying, its such a weight off my mind.Sometimes I think we're not doing enough work and other times I think we're doing too much.

We do a lot of visual stuff as DC has problems handwriting, she does pencil practice and things but her writings like a reception-age child.

we also watch discovery channel for History, Science and other stuff.

We are South east-ish if theres anyone in the areas around Hampton/Kingston/Hounslow/Staines/Richmond?

I'm with phlebas in that I go by aptitude and ability too, not 'what that age SHOULD be doing'.

Any of you do SATS?

No SATs here but we are going the exam route. Ds has done IGCSE Maths and is doing Physics, Chemistry and History this summer. IGCSEs are popular with home educators because there is no coursework (difficult to get marked) and it's assessed on exam only. We just do what he's interested in.

In our local school where children with special needs go, an individual child's program is totally target based. They don't follow a curriculum either. We HE our son.

I HE ds. He has ASD, dyspraxia, hypermobility and sensory processing disorder.

He was only in school part time before and I would be called in daily to deal with a meltdown. He was learning NOTHING.

In the end he moved to an ASD unit where he lasted less than two weeks and every day of those two weeks he came home with bruises and abrasions from being "restrained".

He's a different child now. We tend to watch programmes he is interested in, usually car and train related and then research the information we see in them. You would be amazed at the variety of topics raised in one programme.

Eg one of Michael Portillo's Great British Railway Journeys programmes :-

Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Henry 8th and the Tudors.
The Cross Rail Project in London with great comparisons to how railways built in the 1800's and the social history surrounding that.
The history and science of Malt.
The Westbury White Horse, it's history and how it is maintained then and now.

We researched all of them and ds was thoroughly engaged by them.

There's a couple of FB groups including a MN home edders group you could request to join.

akaemmafrost I had same probs with Dc at scool, getting called in literally every 5 mins with her meltdowns, and yes, bruises too, and no she didnt learn anything either.

DCs obsessed with history at the mo cos of Horrible histories, and castles after watching Battle castles with Dan Snow, stuff like that too.

Learns more in a hour than a full day at school!