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Indiana has pretty loose regulations on homeschooling. You just need to fill out minimal paperwork. There's a worksheet for how you plan to cover various subjects, but I don't think anyone ever looks at it, it's just a good tool for you.
I do think it's pretty challenging to homeschool a kid with PWS, though. It's good to have a few hours a day when she's foraging or compulsing or shutting down against someone else's authority!
With our fairly high-functioning 17-year-old, we've tried mainstreaming with a one-on-one and modifications (e.g. everything open-book), special ed classes for academic subjects, and self-contained classroom for kids with emotional difficulties (horrible; other kids' behaviors were so bad in there that the paraprofessional refused to be there). Currently she goes to choir and theatre with typical peers and does all the rest of her subjects one-on-one in the library with a computer, worksheets and her para,
brings almost nothing home as homework. She can work at her own pace (she's motivated to earn her diploma), so this works well for us. But I think we had to go through all the other options before the school corp would accept this one.
Ivy Boyle <drsboyle@...> wrote:
Ivy Boyle <drsboyle@...> wrote:
Hi all,
My son, Alex, attends a school for autism in Cleveland--the Monarch School,
which is affiliated with Harvard, in Boston. We really love it, and it
meets his needs. They are also very responsive to any suggestions that I
have about dealing with food.
Interestingly, there is another PWS child in the school. He is there, not
because he is autistic--he is not--but because his behavior was so badly out
of control at the local school, that his mother managed to get the local
school to pay for the Monarch school. Monarch accepted him because they
felt that he clearly had language difficulties, despite speaking clearly and
"normally". At Monarch, this kid is a wonderful student, and is behaving
well and learning at grade level. I can't say enough about the change in
this child.
Thanks,
Ivy
-----Original Message-----
From: linplus2 [mailto:Lin@come-over.to ]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 9:21 PM
To: pws-autism@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Educational Options for children with P-WS and Autism
Hi Kerry:
I am keeping my children at home and plan to home school, but they
are only ages 4 and 5, so I have not formally filled out the
paperwork to home school.
Trevor still has no expressive language skills, so I am reluctant to
send him anywhere, plus the social services and school system in
Arizona are horrible. I hope we will be able to move out of state,
but i am just beginning to look at other states.
Regradless of where we live, i still plan to home school, though i
heard that some states have much harder cirriculum requirements than
others. there are many websites about home schooling and lots of
resources available. Where do you live?
My daughter is also showing problems with sensory integration and
possibly Aspergers. both children require a lot of time and help.
Trevor's dx of Autism has become axis 1 and PWS UPD as axis 2. He
just had a psych eval and is very low- functioning with a global
assessment of 10. He cannot even brush his own teeth or get dressed
unassisted. I do not know how he compares to other children with the
dual dx, but i am interested in hearing. Trevor is also still not
toilet trained and has no body awareness.
--- In pws-autism@yahoogroups.com , "Kerry Headley" <k.headley@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've been thinking lately about education/school options for my son
> J.R. who is almost 8. I'd love to hear what everyone is doing
> regarding elementary and middle-school programming options.
>
> J.R. is still in kindergarten right now (second time) and I'm
trying
> to map out a plan for the next few years for him. I love the
school
> he's attending right now but want to explore a home tutoring/school
> day blend. I'm just a little concerned how he'll do with a full-
day
> at school.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from everyone.
>
>
> Kerry, Mom to J.R.
>
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